How Protests, Skin-Walkers & Trans Defiance Informed Cavetown’s ‘Cryptid’ Music Video
Billboard | 16.01.2026 23:45
Comparing the 2020s to previous decades, there’s more discourse about trans people than ever before. But that isn’t necessarily a win for the LGBTQ community. Trans identity has become a dog whistle for conservative who are intent on legislating other people’s existence; you’d be hard pressed to find a politician or pundit who hasn’t weighed in on the issue more than once. But a trans person talking about trans identity? You might as well look for cryptid representation in media. After all, plenty of people talk about sasquatches, but you never hear Bigfoot speak out.
