Personal Statement: At first glance, it's easy to call Angela Motter an enigma. A self-proclaimed "boy/girl" with a black-leather and muscle stage persona, Motter might be easily mistaken for a tough guy right out of 1955. Her alluring "Teen Beat pin-up" good looks coupled with her unpretentious and oft-disarming stage presence, have won over legions of loyal fans.

Motter has always been serious about being open about her sexuality. She was the first out of the closet in the burgeoning Atlanta acoustic scene of the late 1980s. She is especially interested in making sure that young dykes who identify as butch and perhaps are leaning towards identifying as transgendered understand that there is a place in the world for them to be themselves, all along the spectrum of gender variance.