Society / The Musicians Taking the Fight for Trans Lives to Church The story behind Trans Requiem. The Musicians Taking the Fight for Trans Lives to Church The story behind “Trans Requiem.” Andrew Yee performing at the premiere of Trans Requiem at NYC’s Trinity Church on September 18, 2025. I wish I could say that, with the first chords of Trans Requiem, these anxieties dissipated. However, Yee considers Trans Requiem to be “more of a secular-style mass, even though the location is in a church.”