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DarkMatter speaks out against transphobia and racism during the duo's spoken word performance at Parkes Hall on Sunday night. The South Asian art group brought poetry and discussion about nonconforming LGBT people to Northwestern as the student group Rainbow Alliance's fall speakers.

DarkMatter presents poetry performance #ItGetsBitter at Rainbow Alliance’s fall speaker event

October 26, 2015

DarkMatter, a transgender South-Asian performance art duo composed of Alok Vaid-Menon and Janani Balasubramanian, performed their #ItGetsBitter spoken word poetry as Rainbow Alliance’s fall speaker Sunday...

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Transgender activist Janet Mock, spoken word group DarkMatter to come to Northwestern

October 6, 2015

Transgender rights activist and author Janet Mock and spoken-word group DarkMatter will visit Northwestern this month as part of Queer and Trans Empowerment Month hosted by Multicultural Student Affairs. A...

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