Transilient
Transilient is a trans-led media collective training community artists, especially trans people in Western NC, to create nonfiction stories rooted in care and collaboration that affirm, connect, and celebrate people marginalized by gender, race, class, se We candidly document transgender and gender non-conforming people in their day-to-day lived realities using only their voices. The project attem
Meet Azrael Máel Eóin. Azrael
Acrobat. Artist. Southerner.
Splitting time between Asheville, NC, and Memphis, TN, Azrael uses movement to explore what words sometimes can’t. Their latest work examines the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, asking what it means to stay, rebuild, and carry grief in a changing landscape.
As Fixin’ to Stay follows stories across the Southeast and focuses on Western North Carolina and Memphis, we’re lucky to have met Azrael, whose work helps us understand q***r and trans power in the South beyond headlines and statistics. Through aerial performance and physical storytelling, he is exploring how communities adapt after disaster and what remains when the floodwaters recede.
The story of the South is not just one of survival. It’s one of creativity, connection, and finding new ways to hold each other up.
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05/14/2026
Southerners aren’t the enemy. Throwing us away means throwing away some of the most vulnerable and marginalized people in the country. We’ll still continue to fight back and do the work regardless but hating the South means your politics are myopic,to say it kindly. There must be solidarity with Southern people if we are to ever live in a country that stands up against fascist politicians and billionaires, where all people have bodily autonomy, where racial justice looks like actual justice and freedom, a world where trans and q***r people aren’t demonized, where rich pedophiles are held accountable, where the working class can survive, and we become something more than “climate resilient” and live in reciprocity with nature.
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05/07/2026
We’re excited to invite y’all to a special Pride Month fundraiser for Fixin’ to Stay on Friday, June 5th from 8 PM–10 PM at .avl in Asheville, NC!
Fixin’ to Stay is our upcoming documentary which challenges stereotypes about the Southeast by centering q***r and trans Southerners who are building q***r power, mutual aid networks, and progress across the region.
We’ll be screening our newest reel from the film alongside the trailer for Whistle Down Wind by , a q***r coming-of-age feature directed by and filmed entirely in Western North Carolina, with support from Campaign for Southern Equality, Cucalorus, the New Orleans Film Festival, and more.
Transilient has previously reached national and international audiences through our traveling trans documentary project, with coverage in Refinery29, OUT, an.schlage, Buzzfeed, and more. We’ve always been committed to skill-sharing and creating pathways for trans and q***r creators to break into documentary storytelling. The fundraiser helps us to keep doing this work!
📍 DayTrip
🗓 Friday: June 5, 2026
⏰ 8 PM–10 PM
🎟 $5 entry
Come watch, connect, and support q***r Southern filmmaking and enter a very gay raffle!! 🌈
The raffle featuring prizes from some of our local favorites (plus a few others!!):
SEE YOU THERE!!
04/14/2026
Day 1 of 3 filming in Western NC. Thank you so much for meeting with us and being a part of Fixin’ to Stay. Best team! Best film! Best community to be filming with. Southern q***r and trans people are the future!
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