You formed pop-punk/new wave band RZA after attending NOCCA (New Orleans Center for Creative Arts) in the late '70s. What was your upbringing like?

My dad was a Methodist minister and he ran Felicity Church on Chestnut. Between my dad and my Cuban mother we didn’t really have rock ’n’ roll in the house. I grew up transgender. I was born female and grew up and transitioned and went to school as a boy but no one really knew. It could be dangerous. There were a lot o...