Kristen Henderson

[2] Kristen is currently performing in the Drama Desk Nominated Best Musical “F_*k 7th Grade,” at The Wild Project theater in New York City [3] She and her wife, Sarah Kate Ellis, are vocal advocates on LGBT issues, especially marriage and family equality.

In 2013, Henderson made the Buzzfeed's Most Powerful LGBT Icons and Allies List alongside The Pope, Madonna, President Obama, Edie Windsor and Elton John.

The Huffington Post also did a 3-part feature web series titled "Here Come the Brides", documenting the couple's wedding, from dress shopping to their eventual "I dos.

They wrote a memoir about the experience titled "Times Two, Two Women in Love and the Happy Family They Made" which came out on April 4, 2011, through Free Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.

[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] In 2012, the United States government invited Antigone Rising to travel to Israel and the West Bank of Palestine to act as cultural ambassadors.

The band toured the region extensively, performing in remote villages and schools during the day as part of an outreach program, and doing large concerts at night in nightclubs and theaters.