Chloe Dzubilo, artist and AIDS and transgender activist, died February 18 in New York City. She was fifty years old. She was apparently overmedicated and fell in subway tracks.
Chloe studied art at the Parsons School of Design and received an associates degree in gender studies from CUNY-City College in 1999.
Originally from Connecticut, Chloe moved the East Village in 1982 and worked Studio 54 before becoming ad director for the art magazine, the East Village Eye. She wrote plays for and performed with the Blacklips Performance Cult (cofounded by Antony Hegarty) at the Pyramid Club, which had been founded by her partner Bobby Bradley. She also edited the Blacklips literary 'zine, Leif Sux. She also did some modeling.
She performed with a local punk-rock band, the Transisters.
Chloe read me some of her poems - I loved them so much I put them to music and TRANSISTERS was born. TRANSISTERS songs pulled no punches in subject matter with lyrics like "I'm a big transsexual with lots of glamour. Walkin' down the street in full armour" and titles like "Kaposis Koverstick" and "Transie-Chaser." The year was 1995, we were in the thick of the AIDs crisis, needed to shout about it, and Chloe did a fantastic job.
FYI I have a TRANSISTERS CD's I would like to donate to any suitable cause or charity in Chloe's name
--Gyda Gash
In September of 2002 Chloe became the first transperson on the cover of POZ. She appeared on the cover a total of three times.
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Ain’t nothing like knowin’ what it feels like…when you slip thru the cracks of society, political niceties, political correctness, health care, housing, employment, wealth, shoe stores, subways, family outings, holidays, systems, systems. Systems. Ain’t nothing like knowing these facts deep in one’s bones. When you’re transsexual. Ain’t nothing like knowing triumph over all of these adversities.
-– Chloe Dzubilo
The art is from a show entitled Transeuphoria at Umbrella Arts, which Chloe curated along with Jeffrey Greene.
There will be a memorial for Chloe on March 12 at the Judson Memorial Church, near Washington Square.
Gathering some history while it is available.
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