Fresh Meat Productions is thrilled to announce our 2025 TRANSfutures Commissions!
TRANSfutures Commissions are annual, community-nominated grants awarded to performing artists across the US, with a focus on Bay Area artists, and a focus on BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) trans, transgender, gender-nonconforming, Indigenous Two-Spirit, non-binary, gender-expansive and genderqueer artists.
These are unrestricted grants, intended to be an investment in the ongoing artistic, creative and community practices of these brilliant artists.
TRANSfutures artists are nominated and selected by a national cohort of Nominators.
TRANSfutures Commissions, like all of Fresh Meat Productions’ programs and activities, does not discriminate based on race, gender or disability.
2025 TRANSfutures Commissioned
Nominators and Artists
B Noel Thomas
B Noel Thomas is an award-winning performing artist and vocal director, currently based in New York. With her versatile baritone-to-soprano voice it has allowed her to be able to play roles.
Landa Lakes
Landa Lakes is a Chickasaw drag performer from San Franciso, Ca. She is originally from the Tupelo commnuntiy in Oklahoma but settled in San Francisco after her service in the US Navy.
TransArt/Unity Coalition
Community activist, historian, preservationist and designer, Herb Sosa is a founding member of, and currently serves as Director & CEO of UNITY COALITION|COALICIÓN UNIDA (UC|CU), the organization for the Hispanic, Indigenous & Of Color LGBTQ!+ communities, advancing Equality & Fairness, through Education, Leadership and Awareness, since 2002, with programming in Miami & Bogotá.
Sosa is also the producer of the annual Celebrate ORGULLO Festival for Hispanic & Indigenous Pride, and Publisher|Editor-In-chief of AMBIENTE Magazine, a digital publication offered in English & Spanish, since 2003.
Iman
Iman is an Icon who has helped spearhead and cultivate the redefinition of Artist of Accessibility. Through thier unique brand of High Octane dance performances while incorporating American Sign Language, to turning many a look, Iman has continued to show us what the Bay Area scene is missing and still carving out thier space.
Cemora Valentino-Devine
I have been a drag performer for 28 years. I am originally from St. Louis MO. I moved here in 2008. I have been living in Oakland for the past 17 years. I have performed in places such as Berkeley, San Jose and San Francisco including Modesto. I started here in Oakland at the White Horse bar and held a successful tenor there for 7 years.
Demian DinéYazhi´
Demian DinéYazhi’ is a Diné transdisciplinary artist, poet, and curator born to the clans Naasht’ézhí Tábąąhá (Zuni Clan Water’s Edge) & Tódích’íí’nii (Bitter Water). They live and work in a post-post-apocalyptic world unafraid to fail.
Jas Perry
A proud member of the Houses of Diewies and Ross. A Bay Area singer and draglesque performer who does it for the fat, black, disabled, trans and queer communities.
Larri Mariola
Larri Mariola (she/they) is a passionate performer who captivates audiences with infectious energy and storytelling. A proud Disney adult, Larri shares positivity through singing, acting, and teaching, reminding everyone of the joy of creation.
NV Gay
I am a trans photographer, author, activist, and educator focused on empowering and uplifting marginalized individuals and communities.
Peter “U-Phoria” Griggs
Peter “U-phoria” Griggs is a Two-spirit performance activist who continues to create BRAVE spaces through the vessel of DRAG, theater, volunteerism and protest.
Q.RIOUS
Q.Rious is a genderfunky shapeshifting clown creature who loves to be upside down. They have been doing drag for almost 3 years, and now they are exploring the world of circus, pole, and burlesque!
Ursa Arcana (aka JD)
Ursa Arcana (they/he) is the music/multimedia project of the queer artist JD. A cabaret chanteuse and a confessional indie rock star, Ursa Arcana explores the personal and political through music and visual art.