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So’le Celestial is a Trans Non-Binary, Queer, and Gela’ CHamoru artist, singer, songwriter, performer, and producer. They were born and raised on Guahan in the Mariana Islands, but is currently based in the Puget Sound Salish (Tacoma and Seattle, WA)The art So'le creates honors the existences and sacredness of Indigenous CHarmoru/Pacific Islander identity and Trans Non-Binary, Queer and Gela’ (CHamoru word for “gay”) identity. Through music, they create an open and compassionate space to explores all the dimensions of being Gela’, Trans and Queer CHarmou. Art and music allows them to honor their ancestors, myself, and the souls and bodies we hold; a space where sexuality, sensuality, and love can be explored openly; a space to heal and grow. Using music as a means of storytelling allows them to share stories that me and my communities need to see and hear; to remind and affirm that their existence is sacred and worthy of love and power; to imagine and manifest a world where we exist in our entirety.

Two-Spirit Anishinaabe musician and composer.

Artist-run independent broadcasting platform amplifying narratives of intersection, solidarity, contradiction and inspiration in the Arts.

Launched in 2014, Broken Boxes was created to transmit ideas between working Artists. Broken Boxes shares the lived experiences and world building strategies of contemporary Artists in order to archive collective strength while considering how Art and imagining may unbind us from collective social trauma. This long-form interview podcast reflects the vulnerability and strength of the Artist while acknowledging the many variations of an Artists practiced values including those of the activist, advocate, disruptor or culture bearer. 

Broken Boxes maintains that complexity is resilience and expands on the points where we stand in accomplice-ship for one another as creatives. By actively practicing long term alliance through communication strategy, this work amplifies Artists at the forefront of global and regional impact who are creating new ways to see our existence through Art, organizing and advocacy. This project promotes deeper understanding, healing and solidarity as we move collectively towards witnessing each other and the world in new ways.

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