J Mase III

J Mase III is a Black/Trans/queer poet, educator and filmmaker based outside of LA. As an educator, Mase has worked with community members on Trans liberation, racial justice and moving towards reparations in spaces such as K-12 schools, universities, faith communities and restricted care facilities. He wrote and performed in the short film Bad Theology which premiered at the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival. Winner of a Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Non-Fiction and a Creative Capital Award, he is co-director of the forthcoming documentary, the Black Trans Prayer Book and is finishing his latest solo work, Is Your God a Violent God? Finding a Theology for Survivors. Find him on Instagram & TikTok (@jmaseiii) and www.jmaseiii.com!