Martha Madrigal
Bio
Trans Artivist/Writer/Humorist ~ co-host of “Full Circle (The Podcast) with Charles Tyson, Jr. & Martha Madrigal.” Rarely shuts up.
Stories (28/0)
Happy National Coming Out Day… Celebrate With Your VOTE!
We are less than a month out from the US elections on November 8, standing at the crossroads of love and fear, knowing that once again, voters will help determine whose lives matter. In my book, all of the anti-trans legislation across America should be enough to send republicans packing. But of course, that’s not the thing that’ll do it. Overturning Roe, though- seems to have sent motivation to many. Good. It’s all the same conversation, really, a political party that is trying to (continue to) legislate a sickly twisted version of Christianity onto all of us. But the cishet rank and file, unless they both know AND support a trans human, likely wouldn’t rush to the polls in any great numbers to save us.
By Martha Madrigal5 months ago in Pride
Exchanging Housekeeping for Soulkeeping
Who are we when no one is watching? How do we spend our time when we have (or TAKE) a moment, free from obligation, expectation, or duty? When you aren’t doing things for other people’s comfort or approval, or to pay the damn bills, how do you spend your time?
By Martha Madrigal6 months ago in Viva
I Agree, Trans People are Fascinating
A summer’s worth of work culminated last weekend in a two-day conference I co-ran in a fancy hotel in Philadelphia. An old friend started a new event planning company, and she reached out to me in May to work with her on a large and prestigious medical symposium.
By Martha Madrigal6 months ago in Humans
There But for the Grace of God Go I
My parents both used this phrase often as I was growing up, “There but for the grace of God go I.” It’s a bit awkward as sentences go, at least for me. But I think the sentiment was meant more toward empathy than pity. It speaks to the idea that we are all human, and if the circumstances of my own life had been just a bit different, I could find myself homeless, or addicted, or learning to accommodate physical or emotional challenges that I don’t directly experience. It was applicable to anyone going through stuff I am not. It could just as easily say, “remember to be kind, because you do not live anyone else’s story.”
By Martha Madrigal7 months ago in Humans
What IS Love in 2022?
“Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. I use the word "love" here not merely in the personal sense but as a state of being, or a state of grace - not in the infantile American sense of being made happy but in the tough and universal sense of quest and daring and growth.”
By Martha Madrigal8 months ago in Pride
I Once Thought Bill Maher Was Funny
Back in the late 1990s when I was trying hard to work as an actor, the advice pretty universally seemed to be, “if you can do ANYTHING else, do it. Because this is hard. It often sucks. And few of us ever make any money.” They usually went on to say, “but if it’s all you can see yourself doing, keep going.”
By Martha Madrigal10 months ago in Humans
The Republican Religionists Feel Emboldened (for now)
In some ways, I “othered” myself by coming out as trans. At least with my children and my family of origin, dwindling as it is. I highlighted yet another way we are not “the same” in this world. That shouldn’t be a problem, but of course, it is potentially mired by words like “deceived” and “liar.”
By Martha Madrigal10 months ago in Pride
