Meet West Dakota, Drag Performer | I Weigh Artists

West Dakota is an NYC-based performance artist, and one of the leading organizers behind The Brooklyn Liberation march which led 15,000 people into the streets of NYC to rally for Black Trans lives. In this interview, we asked Dakota about building their career as a performance artist, and the freedom West has brought to them. CREDITS Producer: Sophia Jennings DP/Editor: Kieran Coyne Assistant Editor: Louisa Phillips GFX: SocialQ Agency Filmed at YouTube Space NYC. -- ABOUT I WEIGH Founded in March 2018 by Jameela Jamil, I Weigh is a community allyship platform built to share ideas and stories that ultimately mobilize activism. Growing beyond our original Instagram community, we now offer a place for original content that explores social issues that stem from mental health to climate change to the representation of marginalized groups. Through this powerful content we’re committed to breaking down different stereotypes in the world; teaching each other how to practically and effectively use our time and energy to make actual change both in our own communities and globally. CONNECT WITH I WEIGH Subscribe to the I Weigh channel: https://bit.ly/SubscribeIWeigh Read more stories on the I Weigh website: https://bit.ly/IWeighWebsite Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/i_weigh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iweigh Twitter: https://twitter.com/i_weigh

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