This Saturday, June 25, Martin will be back in Clayton to help kick off the city's inaugural Pride parade. She is also a singer, with her third album set for release this fall, and performs in drag as Queera Nightly, a riff on the name of English actress Keira Knightley. Now living in Oakland with her older sister, who is a lesbian, and her sister's girlfriend, Martin works as an executive secretary at a nonprofit. I didn't know about trans people until being a part of RCC and really through drag and being immersed in the queer community.' 'Through services like the RCC, I was able to find some support and representation in my community that I didn't have because I grew up so sheltered. 'I would say I felt very isolated as a young queer person,' recalled Martin, 24, who came out as transgender last year and recently started her social transition and began hormone therapy. Through it she found a job, resources, and met with a therapist for the first time who was not Mormon. Martin eventually connected with the Rainbow Community Center, the LGBTQ nonprofit service provider located in Concord. Former Clayton resident Sabine Martin, as her drag persona, Queera Nightly, will ride in the Clayton Pride parade.
