How Trans Irish Dancer Hayden Moon Found a New Home in Pole Dancing
The transmasculine dancer is best known for his Irish dancing, but he’s found a different kind of acceptance in the pole dance community.
6 LGBTQ+ Artists Who Work in Traditionally Binary Dance Forms—Ballet, Ballroom, Irish Dance—Share Their Experiences
The dance industry is no stranger to queerness, or the diverse, overlapping populations whose sexual orientation, gender identity, or some combination thereof fall under the vast umbrella of the LGBTQ+ community.
Meet the Activist Helping Rewrite the Rulebook for Trans Irish Dancers
The process of gender transition is never easy. But in the dance world, it poses particularly unique obstacles. Hayden Moon, a 26-year-old theater and performance PhD student from Sydney, Australia, has been Irish dancing since he was 13, and competing since he was 19. For years he danced in the women’s section, but it took […]