Saturday, Jan. 24rd: #DeafWoke With Guest Breanna Sinclairé!

Join us and for #DeafWoke with guest Breanna Sinclairé for a bold, center-stage conversation on voice, art, and making room for trans brilliance. A CalArts and SF Conservatory alum and a history-making opera artist, Breanna has moved from Carmen to concert halls to national anthems, turning “first” into momentum for the next wave.

Guest Bio: Breanna Sinclairé is recognized as the first trans individual in the opera programs. Throughout her career, she has performed in numerous operatic productions, including Carmen, Samson and Delilah, and Duruflé's Requiem, among others. She has appeared as a guest artist with the San Francisco, Washington D.C., and Los Angeles Gay Men’s Choruses. She was invited to perform at the Americans for the Arts Annual Convention alongside House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Breanna has performed the national anthem at various prominent sporting events, including for the San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics, and San Francisco Deltas, becoming the first trans singer to perform at a national sporting event. In 2015, she was recognized as OUT Magazine's LGBT Hero of the Year.

Breanna has traveled extensively across the United States and Canada. A significant milestone in her career was her debut at Walt Disney Concert Hall in July 2017. She has also performed at notable venues such as the Lincoln Theater and Nourse Theater. On December 31, 2018, she made history as the first trans singer to perform with the San Francisco Symphony.

Her achievements have been featured in prominent media outlets, including a July 2019 article in The New York Times by Michael Cooper titled “Transgender Opera Singers Find Their Voices,” and she has been showcased on KQED. In 2019, she was also interviewed on NPR’s KQED Radio program "Three Transgender Opera Singers on the Risks They Took to Live Authentically." On May 30, 2021, she performed a rendition of the national anthem during an episode of the Emmy Award-winning television show “United Shades of America with Kamau Bell,” as part of its Memorial Day special. In March 2022, Breanna debuted as “Kelly Davidson” in the opera film "BOUND," directed by Joel Ivany and produced by Against Grain Theatre, marking her first female professional role in opera.

In August 2022, she attended the Berlin Opera Academy and was cast as Gertrude in the opera "Hansel und Gretel" by Engelbert Humperdinck, her first female professional opera role. She performed in Recife, Brazil, at the Classical Music Festival on December 14, 2024, and sang a full recital with orchestra at the renowned Santa Isabel Theater with Orquestra Jovem de Pernambuco.

On September 18, 2025, Breanna made her solo debut alongside Katherine Goforth at the historic Trinity Church in New York City on Broadway, performing the “Trans Requiem,” a new work composed by two-time Grammy Award winner Andie Yee.

#DeafWoke is a virtual consciousness-raising engaging online talk show, led by Black and Indigenous Deaf host Mx. Antoine Hunter PurpleFireCrow.

Founded as a response to isolation and misinformation experienced during COVID-19, #DeafWoke provides access to Deaf BIPOC life stories, critical coverage of the Black Lives Matter movement, education, arts, social justice, and analysis of COVID-19-related news for Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, Hard of Hearing, Late-Deafened, and Black Hearing communities.
Our mission is to uplift BIPOC Deaf and disabled artists’ voices, contribute to the arts and larger society, and increase awareness at the intersections of audism, ableism, and racism. This includes DeafDisabled stories as a force for cultural change and collective liberation. There is also space to talk about economics, parenthood, and education.

All episodes are produced with ASL interpreters and captioning, welcoming everyone to the conversation. It’s inspiring, it’s funny, it’s beautiful with the ugly, it’s things people don’t really talk about, it’s unheard of—it’s Deaf Woke.

Date: Saturday, January 24, 2026
Time: 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET

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ASL/Voice interpretation and Captioning provided

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Breanna: Ms. Breanna Sinclairé stands tall and regal, a striking presence that commands admiration. Her deep, soulful brown almond eyes—gifts from her mother—hold stories that resonate with strength and vulnerability. As an African American woman, her honey caramel skin radiates warmth, a luminous glow that speaks of resilience and beauty. Her flowing brown hair, streaked with hints of blonde, cascades with a natural grace, framing her face like a work of art. Her expressions are melodies in motion—sometimes a stunning shade of purple, pink, gray, or even vibrant yellow—teeming with emotion and depth. Her makeup, a bold symphony of bronze, oranges, pinks, and dark reds, accentuates her fierce individuality. Her dramatic lashes are more than a fashion statement—they are her way of expressing her soul. Her presence exudes elegance, prosperity, and a luminous spirit that cannot be contained. The sun itself seems to shower her with grace and sophistication, illuminating the powerful, radiant essence of who she is.
Mx. Hunter: On a green background is a photograph of Mx. Antoine Hunter Purple Fire Crow. Antoine Hunter is an Indigenous and African-American person with dark milk chocolate skin from his mother. He has almond-shaped eyes, long lashes, high cheekbones, a full beard, and long locs tied in a low braid. He is smiling and dressed in black.
Text reads: Breanna Sinclairé. Mx. Antoine Hunter PurpleFire Crow. Antoine Hunter Presents: #DeafWoke. Saturday, January 24th. 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET. Join Mx. Hunter and Breanna Sinclairé for a bold, center-stage conversation on voice, art, and making room for trans brilliance. A CalArts and SF Conservatory alum and a history-making opera artist, Breanna has moved from Carmen to concert halls to national anthems, turning “first” into momentum for the next wave. Accessible in English & ASL with auto-captions.
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