This was a radical queer’s dream show.

Now this is Lawrence, so it’s full of radical queers. Naturally, the home base for radical queers is White Schoolhouse. The DIY (or DIT, as they prefer to call it, for “Doing It Together”) venue hosted an all-trans-fem lineup on Wednesday (even the audio engineer for the show was trans). D.C. punk rockers Ekko Astral headlined the night, encouraging the audience to leave their depression at the door for the evening and lean into happiness (queer joy is essential in the fight for liberation). They proceeded to debut new songs, encouraged the audience to rally against where their taxes currently go (war), and spoke heavily about the militarized ICE presence they witnessed firsthand in D.C.

Wichita’s Yae, a duo known for wicked finger-tap guitar styles, and Lawrence’s thrash-inducing Vicar Amelia opened up the night. Photos below.