Maya: I was blown away thinking, ‘here’s this girl that also likes all the same stuff I like!’

Eris: One who likes to drive around in the car with the music way too loud.

Maya: So, I didn’t know that Eris liked me. I knew she was my friend. Later through a mutual friend I found out that she liked me also. So I sent her a text message saying, ‘I have a crush on you.’

Eris: I had to sit down and read that message several times.

Maya: We’re both polyamorous and had other partners as well. I’ve had my partner Brooke and I’ve been with them 16 years. There was a lot of navigating when it came to our relationship.

Eris: I had a very awkward school girl crush on Maya. We’re also two trans women who were going through a lot at the same time so we had a bond through that.

Maya: The way Eris talked about dance music and the power of it is something I felt deeply but didn’t necessarily know people that shared that same ideal and connection with it. All my work is highly personal and emotive. I found that music was the best way I could express myself and talk about what I wanted to talk about. People talk about clubs being a place to heal but not in such explicit and powerful terms like she does, which is another thing that attracted me to her.