Naomi Elizabeth "Nomy" Lamm was born on September 1,1975 and is an American singer-songwriter and political activist.
16 Facts About Nomy Lamm
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Nomy Lamm is known for her activism on the issue of fat acceptance.
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Nomy Lamm became part of the queercore scene in Olympia, Washington, where she performed with various musicians.
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In 1999, Nomy Lamm released a solo debut album of punk rock music with revolutionary themes, titled Anthem.
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Originally, the record company Talent Show sought to compile the work of the various bands with whom she performed as frontwoman, but Nomy Lamm chose to re-record the music as a solo project.
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Later in 1999, Nomy Lamm released The Transfused, a soundtrack to the anti-corporate rock musical that she created with The Need.
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Nomy Lamm toured as part of Doctor Frockrocket's Vivifying Reanimatronic Menagerie and Medicine Show.
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Nomy Lamm continued to publish zines, and she gave theatrical college lectures on fat oppression, sometimes dressed in fairy wings and waving a magic wand.
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Nomy Lamm toured as part of the spoken word performance troupe, Sister Spit, and wrote as a regular columnist for Punk Planet magazine.
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From January 2004 until May 2005, Nomy Lamm co-hosted a monthly genderqueer open mike variety show called The Finger with Ana Jae.
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Nomy Lamm's music is featured in the 2006 documentary, Young, Jewish, and Left.
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In 2012 Nomy Lamm was a keynote speaker at the biannual Femme Conference.
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Nomy Lamm completed writing her first book, for her MFA, a series of short stories about trauma and transformation called 515 Clues.
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Nomy Lamm continues writing and releasing music with her band, The Beauty.
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Nomy Lamm has been ordained as a Kohenet Priestess by the Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute and has created a divination deck for the Counting of the Omer between Passover and Shavuot.
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Nomy Lamm's totem animal, is a seal, described by artist Riva Lehrer as "seen as cute and puppy-like with their enormous eyes and neotenous faces" but predators.