Wednesday, October 18, 2017
These Trans and Queer Artists Are Challenging Popular Notions of Strength
www.artsy.net: After President Donald Trump announced his sweeping ban on transgender people from the armed services in July, he said that he was doing the United States a “great favor.” Contrary to any existing evidence, he announced that transgender topics had been “a very confusing issue for the military,” which purportedly burdened the nation’s defense with “tremendous medical costs and disruption.”
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“As political agents and objectors, queer artists continue to demonstrate a steely resolve to overturn Trump’s LGBTQ smear campaign. Genderqueer and transgender people are not weak, as his administration would suppose.” This quote from the article truly stood out to me as being explicit proof of the power the LGBTQ community has had and how the art they produce is a way to defy public stereotypes and social norms. The LGBTQ community has faced so much adversity, particularly under the current administration of our government, which is why LGBTQ artists are tasked with making art that makes a statement, is provocative, and breaks preset notions about the community as a whole. The powerful thing about art, rooted in all types and backgrounds, is the way it is able to make a profound statement on the taboo and face situations head on without apology. The LGBTQ community is one of the strongest communities when faced with adversity, which is what makes the art coming from transgender, genderqueer, or other LGBT artists so powerful and raw.
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