B. Lindsey Deaton

. Lindsey Deaton [she/ella] (Trustee) is a maker, artistic director, public servant, and a fierce transgender and LGBTQIA+ youth advocate. Mrs. Deaton is one of the world’s leading experts on the transgender singing voice and is widely recognized as a leader in building the global trans choral movement. She has spoken and written extensively on how to create a safer choral space for trans and gender non-conforming singers. Lindsey Deaton currently serves as the first appointed transgender Commissioner for the City of West Hollywood on its Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission and is the Founder and Artistic Director of the San Diego Queer Youth Chorus. Lindsey is the Creator and Artistic Director of The TransVagina Diaries, an original theater project produced by the National Organization for Women Hollywood Chapter (HollywoodNOW) and co-sponsored by the City of West Hollywood. Lindsey is also the Creator and Artistic Director of The Church of Trans Love, a theater piece with music for the City of West Hollywood LGBTQ Pride Arts Festival 2022 and 2023. Lindsey Deaton is a 2022 California Arts Council Established Individual Artist Fellowship grantee and a 2022 National Theater Project Creation & Touring Grant Finalist. Her TransVagina Diaries project also received a 2019 MAP Fund Finalist grant. Lindsey came to West Hollywood in May 2015 and founded the Trans Chorus of Los Angeles (TCLA). Under her artistic direction, TCLA became the largest group of trans and non-binary people anywhere who gathered regularly to create music. Lindsey Deaton’s work with the chorus has been covered and featured on NPR, MSNBC, LA Weekly, The Advocate, and in the Los Angeles Times, who said she is “…Providing an essential voice”. Lindsey is currently featured in the major feature documentary ‘OUTLOUD’ produced by Gemini Productions.