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The California Report Magazine

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Golden States of Grace: Prayers of the Disinheirited
We begin today with religious communities living on the margins in California far outside the mainstream. The new book "Golden States of Grace: Prayers of the Disinherited," portrays photos of very intimate moments with very diverse communities of faith, from a branch of deaf Mormons in San Diego to members of a transgender gospel choir and Latina sex workers from Mexico who pray to a female folk deity. Host Scott Shafer talked to photographer Rick Nahmias, who began this project seven years ago.

Transendence Gospel Choir
One of the communities featured in Rick Nahmias's book is the Transcendence Gospel Choir. For nearly a decade, the group has been a haven for its members, who identify as transgender or transitioning.

The California Honeydrops
If you took the trumpet of Louis Armstrong and mixed in a little New Orleans rhythm and blues, zydeco, soul and gospel, you might begin to capture the sound of the California Honeydrops. The band was born in Oakland three years ago and quickly developed a following for an infectious danceable sound. Earlier this week three of the four California Honeydrops dropped by to chat with Scott Shafer and play a few songs from their latest release, "Spreadin' Honey."

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