This transgender artist recorded his stunning new album as a unique self-collaboration, and now he won't be able to tour the U.S.: ‘We're being scapegoated'
For months, these words were scrawled on a piece of paper affixed to musician Bells Larsen's mirror.
Emilie Hanskamp is a Toronto-based music journalist and producer.
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