JD Samson is originally from Ohio, and is based in New York. JD is a member of the group LeTigre, and is known for everything from making lesbian calendars, to sporting a tattoo reading, "Mustache," and DJing.
In addition to Le Tigre, JD has worked with:
- The New England Roses
- Peaches
- Radio Sloan and Samantha Maloney.
- Junior Senior
These days, JD is collaborating with Johanna Fateman (also from Le Tigre) on a remix project titled Men.
JD wrote on the Le Tigre website:
"It was really hard to come out of the closet in Ohio as a fifteen-year-old lesbian. My parents and I fought a lot, and I was constantly getting in trouble for being different (ie: shaving my head, dying my hair). I was extremely fortunate to have some other gay and lesbian friends at my school and in surrounding areas. We attended meetings at the GLBT center in Cleveland every once and a while and quickly found the queer friendly meeting spots for teens. Whenever there were problems with straight kids harassing us we had a whole gang of kids to back us up.
JD has also put out two beefcake, pinup style calendars, JD's Lesbian Calendar in 2003 and JD's Lesbian Utopia in 2006.
You can listen to some of JDs remixes on her MySpace page.
