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is a full length poetry collection (TransGenre Press, 2016) adapted from Yan's award-winning one-person slam poetry theater show. Yan’s poetry explores his identity as transgender, queer, Asian
American from Hawaii, asking what makes queer hearts and families and what forces constantly work to break
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is a heartfelt 80s dance musical comedy featuring a transgender/non-binary (TGNB) cast, live aerobics, stunts, competition, and exercise. Yan wrote a classic underdog story that portrays TGNB people as ordinary and extraordinary, defying all odds to sing, dance, compete, dazzle audiences, and find
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follows two trans and gender non-conforming friends on a trip to
Planned Parenthood as one gets on and the other gets off testosterone. Yan asks whether testosterone is the holy grail of (trans)masculinity or just another drug? Hormones can be magical, alchemical. Rubbing gel on the chest and arms
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Asian-American pop-rock poetry musical. The story centers around Dash, a transgender spoken word performer, and his best friend Adrian, a lesbian singer-songwriter. As an activist musical duo, they become internet-famous and embark on cross-America tour. Their political and personal music touches
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As rising sea levels threaten the loss of their motherland in Hawaii, the
Philippines, China and North America, four women fight to preserve the volcano, ocean, land, and air for future generations in an immersive three-channel documentary created by a majority LGBTQIA cast and crew of queer
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is Yan's award-winning one-person slam poetry theater show. It relates the resilience of queer love in all its forms—like between cis and trans siblings, lovers, and pride parade attendees — in the face of societal and medical treatment barriers.
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