Classical Transgender

When Thomas Brown began singing, voice coaches told him men should not sing mezzo soprano. Brown was certain they were wrong and transitioned into Tona Brown an African-American opera singer and classical
violinist. To hear her rich mezzo-soprano voice, you would never guess
that she was born a man. Sometime during her voice
and violin studies at Old Dominion and the Shenandoah Conservatory,
Brown gradually began to identify as trans, in part she says because
“people at auditions thought I was a woman anyway.” and eventually became certain of her identity.

 To be able to express her musical gifts and gender is a true gift!