"The Trump Administration has launched a full-fledged assault on trans people and trans rights, prohibiting trans people from serving in the military, sending trans women to men's prisons-a move tantamount to a death sentence- restricting trans passports, and making it harder for trans individuals to receive gender-affirming care, or any health care at all, just to name a handful of policies. But one of the less publicized effects of Donald Trump's anti-trans executive orders has been a crackdown on trans culture."
"The Trump Administration heralded the "removal" of the exhibit as "a principled and necessary step." Sherald quickly decried it as censorship. Though the Administration likely had numerous gripes about Sherald's reimagining of what is maybe the most recognizable American symbol, the controversy demonstrates the shaky future of trans art. Imagine how much uproar there would have been had the work in question not only depicted a trans woman but been created by one."
In July, artist Amy Sherald withdrew from a Smithsonian show after learning she might not be allowed to include a portrait of Lady Liberty depicted as a Black trans woman. The Trump Administration described the exhibit removal as "a principled and necessary step." The administration has implemented policies barring trans people from military service, placing trans women in men's prisons, restricting passports, and curtailing access to gender-affirming and other health care. Government actions have also targeted trans culture: official websites remove trans references, conservative states ban books by trans authors, and the National Endowment for the Arts requires grant applicants to agree not to promote "gender ideology." A Fulbright trip for a transfeminine scholar was canceled.
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