Day: March 26, 2018

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Instagram Post 5: Cassils (Art)

Cassils, a trans performing artist, displayed 200 gallons of their own urine in New York City in 2017. This performance piece, part of the exhibit entitled “#PISSED,” was intended to protest the Trump administration’s rollback of federal  guidelines instructing schools that transgender students are to be allowed to use the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity.  This rollback makes it even more difficult for trans students to use the bathroom that they identify with. Cassils collected their urine every day since February of 2017 for approximately 200 days to show the burden that this rollback would inflict on trans students.

Image Received From:

https://www.out.com/art-books/2017/9/27/queer-artist-collected-200-gallons-urine-protest-federal-trans-bathroom-guidelines

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Instagram 4 – AIDS Die In Protests (social issue)

The AIDS epidemic hit the LGBTQ+ community hard in the 1990s. Despite it’s large impact on multiple communities, the AIDS epidemic was largely ignored by the political administration. Pat Buchanan infamously said, “The poor homosexuals. They have declared war on nature and now nature is exacting an awful retribution” (Rimmerman). Die ins, like the one shown above, were used as a form of protest and a way to gain awareness for the issues faced. Organizations like ACT UP called for political action and funding of AIDS research.

 

Photo by Chuck Stallard June 1990

Image Received From: ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15799coll4/id/375/rec/54

Additional Citation:

Craig Rimmerman, “The Conflict Over HIV/AIDS Policy,” in The Lesbian and Gay Movements. Assimilation or Liberation? (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2015), 33-74.

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Instagram 3 – Major! Documentary (film)

The documentary Major! consists of a series of interviews with Miss Major, a trans woman of color and activist who seeks reform the criminal justice system. Throughout the film Miss Major identify’s a number of obstacles trans women face on a  daily basis. Whether it is coming out and not being accepted, homelessness, sex work, or the prison system, Miss Major seeks criminal reform for the safety of her “children” and “grandchildren.” Miss Major explains how many times sex work is one of the only forms of work that trans women can get. This often leads to their arrest where they face increased rates of physical and sexual violence as well as unjust solitary confinement within the prison system. Miss Major hopes to use her activism to reform the prison system and protect trans women.

Image Received From: http://archive.transgenderuniverse.com/2016/03/10/people-profile-miss-major/

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Instagram Post 3

This image is a drawing from Queer Zines 2. It is of a penis being turned into a clown through the pubic hair and testicles. I find this image to be interesting because it makes its subject lighthearted. We often think of sexuality and nudity and penises to be so serious or bad. This drawing completely changes this norm and makes fun of our seriousness about its subject.

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