AntiBoy: Harry Hains — Photo: Ella WeisskampHarry Hains held ambitious aims for his music alter ego ANTIBOY. Recording an album of lyrical electro-pop under the moniker, Hains conceived of ANTIBOY not only as a stage name, but as a non-binary trans-human character meant to embody their vision for an inclusive future, free of labels.
Gender, sexuality, and race are social constructs, Hains insisted, and genderless ANTIBOY would represent “true equality.”Hains poured his vision for ANTIBOY into writing, performing, and co-producing debut album A Glitch in Paradise, but didn’t survive to share that vision with the world.
In March, the Australian-born musician and actor, who starred in the 2015 queer drama The Surface, died at 27 of a fentanyl.
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