Louder Than Fear [EP] is a collection of five songs about what it means to grow up feeling out of place, and the long path toward finding your own voice.
For years I moved through the world feeling like a ghost — trapped between names, expectations, and silence. These songs come from that time, but they’re also about what came after. About transition. About learning to respect my own truth. And about the people who helped light the way when things felt impossible.
All of these songs originate from my personal experiences and often the lyrics are ripped from my essays written and shared here.
Each track tells a different part of that story: isolation, anger, resilience, and eventually community. Again and again I saw the same thing happen — one person finding the courage to live honestly, and that courage becoming a spark for someone else.
That’s really what this record is about. The quiet strength that exists in queer and trans communities. The way we carry each other through darkness. The way a single voice can help someone else find theirs.
These songs aren’t just about survival. They’re about what happens when we realize we were never alone.
Call for Artists: LOUDER THAN FEAR
I’m inviting trans, queer, and gay artists to help shape the visual identity of the title track from my upcoming EP, “Louder Than Fear.”
This song is about resilience — about finding strength in our community and choosing love in the face of hatred. Because of that, I want the official track artwork to come from within our own trans and queer community.
If you’re an artist who would like to contribute an image for the official track artwork, I would love to hear from you.
Please reach out using the form below and include a link to your work or a concept for the piece.
Let’s make something louder than fear — together.
Thank you for your response. ✨
TRACK LIST
- “You Don’t Own My Voice” (release date: March 13th, 2026)
- “Still Here Anyway” (release date: to be determined)
- “Learning My Own Name” (release date: to be determined)
- “Fire in Our Voices” (release date: to be determined)
- “Louder Than Fear” (release date: to be determined)
You Don’t Own My Voice was written in response to the hate and harassment that many transgender and queer people have experienced in the Niagara region — including myself.
Over the past few years, I’ve had a number of encounters with the Niagara Regional Police while speaking out about misconduct and discrimination. Some of those experiences included being intentionally misgendered and treated in ways that felt meant to humiliate or discredit me. For many people in the 2SLGBTQQIA+ community, those kinds of interactions aren’t rare. They’re part of a pattern that leaves people feeling like outsiders in their own community.
This song is my way of processing that harm.
It comes from the frustration of watching a police service treat members of the queer and trans community as if we are problems to manage rather than people who deserve safety and dignity. But it also comes from a place of resilience.
Hate and intimidation are meant to silence people. This song is about refusing that silence.
No report, no label, and no attempt to erase someone’s identity can take away their truth. And no amount of hostility can erase the strength that exists in queer and trans communities.
You can try to control the narrative. But you don’t get to decide who we are. And you don’t own my voice.
On Not Disappearing
I am not good at making lifelong friends. My record is uneven, marked by distance and missed chances. Going stealth would have only deepened that pattern. More importantly, it would have meant abandoning the mercy, empathy, and action shown by the people who stood beside me. I needed their proximity—not just their support, but their…
I DIDN’T PLAN TO BECOME A TEACHER: The Students Who Made Me Stay
I didn’t become a teacher because I planned to. I became one because I stayed. Because I said yes often enough. Because students like Alex and Clare taught me that education is not merely academic—it is relational, fragile, and profoundly human.
RAISED BY PLACES UNSEEN: The Quiet Way Borneo Found Me
I arrived in Kota Kinabalu under a veil of night. The airport was modest, its walls carrying a patina of age that felt unexpectedly comforting. It didn’t strive to impress; it felt lived-in, a doorway used by generations of travellers before me.
PART 3 – NO PERMISSION NEEDED: What Was Once Shame Has Become Pride
What began as innocent play, the joy of dressing up and pretending, soon curdled into confusion and punishment. My parents’ gentle corrections hardened into anger, their voices faltering with something more akin to unrelenting impatience. My pleas — small, wordless, desperate — were dismissed as misbehaviour. How could I have explained, at four or five…
PART 2 – SHAPE OF BECOMING: Grief, Legacy, and Inheriting Her Echo
Grief is a complex journey, shaping identity through loss and memory. Sabrina reflects on her relationship with her mother, navigating absence, longing, and legacy. While struggling to inherit her traits, they ultimately find strength and validation in her mother’s enduring voice, guiding them towards self-acceptance and growth.
PART 1 – UNFOLDING: A Trans Woman’s Search for Self and Sanctuary
In Canada, before I left, I moved through the world like a ghost—trapped in the wrong name, the wrong body, the wrong silence. In Korea, in this unexpected corner of Asia where cities shed memory as quickly as the seasons change, I found a stillness that held me. Through my camera lens, through hours of…
Sabrina Constance 