Projects tagged "LGBTQIA"

Art, Activism and the Age of AIDS
Practitioner:
David Wojnarowicz
Date:
Jul 10 2019
David Wojnarowicz was born on September 14, 1954, and died on July 22, 1992, at the age of 37 due to AIDS-related complications. Before he became an artist, he attended a Performing Arts high school from which he dropped out of in order to make a living as a farmer in Canada. This was up until he made a name for himself as an artist in New York’s cultural scene.
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Es-Cultura Lesbiana
Practitioner:
Lesbianas Sin Duda (LSD)
Date:
Jun 1 1995
As a result of the social stigma of homosexuality, lesbian feminists were rejected and silenced as a radical minority within the mainstream Movimiento Feminista (MF). Lesbianas Sin Duda (LSD) is a queer activist group based in Madrid that arose in the early 1990s as a response to this erasure.
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Art Therapist for Human Rights
Practitioner:
Art therapists
Date:
Jan 13 2017
We demand that AATA respond to Karen Pence's stated commitment to our field by asking her to publicly take action for the rights of LGBTQIA people, Native people, Black and Brown people, Muslims, survivors of sexual assault, people with disabilities, immigrants, refugees and all people who are in danger as a result of the policies of the current administration.
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STYLELIKEU
Practitioner:
Elisa Goodkind & Lily Mandelbaum
Date:
Jan 26 2009
Elisa and Lily chose to create StyleLikeU as an alternative to this disempowering status quo. In 2009, the duo picked up a home video camera and launched their "Closet" series, documenting diverse individuals who were challenging fashion industry norms in their style.
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The Vivienne Foundation
Practitioner:
Vivienne Westwood
Date:
Dec 15 2022
The Vivienne Foundation exists to honour, protect and continue the legacy of Vivienne's creativity and activism. Since the start of her career in the 1970s, Vivienne was renowned not only for her fashion design, but also her activism. Vivienne always utilised her platform of prestige to make the world a better place.
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Angel Action
Practitioner:
Romaine Patterson
Date:
Oct 17 1998
Matthew Shepard was attacked by Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson on October 7, 1998, the victim of an anti-gay hate crime. He was pronounced dead on October 12th. Shepard's funeral was protested by Fred Phelps, notorious leader of the Westboro Baptist Church. The protesters bore signs with phrases such as, "God hates Fags", "No tears for Queens", and "Fag Matt in hell".
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It Gets Better
Practitioner:
Dan Savage and Terry Miller
Date:
Sep 21 2010
After a spate of bullying-related suicides of LGBT youth, gay columnist Dan Savage and his partner Terry Miller decided to launch the It Gets Better project to see what they could do about it. They began with a simple YouTube video in which both of them described their experiences with bullying in high school, coming out, their families, and the story of their relationship and the adoption of their sun.
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Undertale
Practitioner:
Toby Fox
Date:
Sep 15 2015
Undertale is a critically acclaimed JRPG indie title that was recently released, and you can get it on the game’s official website or Steam.
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The Fight Against AIDS, La Radical Gai in 1994
Practitioner:
La Radical Gai
Date:
Dec 1 1994
This act of art and activism displayed in the photograph was created in 1994 by the group La Radical Gai at the height of the HIV and AIDS epidemic that decimated many communities in Madrid. The first case of AIDS in Spain was documented in 1982. Since that time, 85,000 people in Spain have been diagnosed with AIDS and 60,000 people have died from the deadly virus (Soriano, Ramos, Barreiro, Fernandez-Montero, 2018).
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Brick X Brick
Practitioner:
Public Displays of Affection
Date:
Jan 21 2018
Brick x Brick is a public art performance that builds human “walls” against misogyny. It is organized by the Public Displays of Affection, a collective of artists, designers, educators and organizers that engages in nonviolent direct art action. During the wall performances, participants wear brick-patterned jumpsuits adorned with colorful brick patches bearing statements of misogynistic violence made by US President Donald Trump.
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Love Queer Cinema Week (aka the Beijing Queer Film Festival)
Practitioner:
Students of Beijing University, Beijing Queer Film Festival commitee
Date:
Dec 1 2001
Founded 19 years ago, the Beijing Queer Film Festival (aka Love Queer Cinema Week) is one of the grassroots film festivals in China focusing on independent queer film screenings and cultural exchange activities. We aim to expand public discussions on sexuality / gender identity / gender expression, we aim to give a platform to sexual and other minorities in China and the World, and we celebrate diversity.
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SPEAK
Practitioner:
various groups around the world
Date:
Mar 25 2013
Last night I attended an Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Assault Speak Out, where people across campus from the LGBT community and coalitions of color came together in one sacred space to share their stories with strangers. For many, including me, it was the first time we spoke out publicly. It was empowering. It was liberating. Rarely do I let myself shed tears over my repressed memories, yet I cried over every
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"The Future Of the Revolt"
Practitioner:
Diego del Pozo Barriuso
Date:
Jan 1 2017
This work addresses inequalities and disparities experienced specifically by LGTBIQ peoples in Spain. In the heart of this picture are six individuals dressed in queer fashion walking and linking arms. This is a powerful depiction. Usually, especially in a global context, it is unsafe for queer people to brave the streets alone. Here in Pozo’s work this represents pride without fear.
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TRANSummer Camp and the Ethical Clinic for Gender and Sex Characteristics
Practitioner:
Arian Kajtezovic & Trans Mreža Balkan
Date:
Oct 29 2017
The TRANSummer Camp on the Croatian coast inspired members of the Croation trans community to become creative activists, and led to a public media campaign, video series and event advertising the “opening” of a (fake) clinic for trans health. The project included an ambitious survey on the healthcare experiences and needs of trans and gender variant people in the Balkans in multiple languages.
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You Need to Calm Down
Practitioner:
Taylor Swift
Date:
Jun 17 2019
Everything You Need to Know About The Equality Act & Taylor Swift's Petition to Pass It In her latest song and music video for “You Need To Calm Down,” Taylor Swift is celebrating Pride the best way she knows how — by telling homophobic bigots to pipe down. Both in the video and in the song’s lyrics, the singer establishes herself as a clear ally to the community, singing “Shade never made anybody less gay.”
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Wired in Disability Arts
Practitioner:
Kinetic Light
Date:
Feb 3 2022
Serene colors and technical set pieces create a surreal ambience as performers delicately hover into the black void above the stage. These performers belong to Kinetic Light, an "internationally-recognized disability arts ensemble". In 2022, the ensemble performed Wired, a "potent contemporary aerial dance performance that explores race, gender, and disability stories of barbed wire in the United States".
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Fan Activism: Trans Interventions in Fandom and Beyond
Practitioner:
fans
Date:
Mar 10 2016
Fanfiction is political, subversive, radical. Writing Harry Potter as a girl, Hermione as black, or Ron as transgender exposes people to narratives written from the perspective of marginalized communities. But is writing fanfiction a type of activism?
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Jolin Cai and Womxnly
Practitioner:
Jolin Cai
Date:
Dec 26 2018
The famous pop singer Jolin Tsai (蔡依林 Cài Yīlín) wrote and released a song named “Rose Boy” (official English title “Womxnly”) in 2018, inspired by the story of Yeh Yung-chih (叶永志 Yè Yǒngzhì), also known as “Rose Boy” (méiguī shǎonián 玫瑰少年), whose death has made him an iconic figure in Chinese-speaking LGBTQ communities around the world.
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I want a president
Practitioner:
Zoe Leonard
Date:
Oct 11 2016
Installed on the occasion of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, I want a president renders a poignant portrait of the cultural and political climate in the early 1990s in New York City with words that still resonate today.
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Zanele Muholi: 'I'm a visual activist'
Practitioner:
Zanele Muholi
Date:
Jan 5 2018
I am a visual activist. Most of what I have done over the years focuses on black LGBTQIA+ and gender-non-conforming individuals from South Africa and other neighbouring countries. It’s about making sure we exist in the visual archive. I call myself a visual activist — or, rather, a cultural activist, because this work is not only about the arts; I’m focusing on education, I’m dealing with culture in a way that confronts a number of issues.
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Rose Boy
Practitioner:
Singer Jolin Tsai
Date:
Dec 26 2018
“Rose Boy” (玫瑰少年) refers to Yeh Yung-chih, a 15-year-old junior high school student in Taiwan who died on April 20, 2000, after years of bullying due to his non-conforming gender expression. Though the official cause of death was ruled accidental—he allegedly slipped in a school bathroom—the circumstances surrounding his death, including prior complaints from his mother about repeated verbal and physical harassment, drew widespread public attention.
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Brat Summer: From Charli XCX's *Brat* to a Cultural Movement and the Perfect Sneaker Aesthetic
Practitioner:
Charli XCX
Date:
Jun 7 2024
The Brat Summer movement can be directly traced back to the release of Charli XCX's album "Brat" in 2024. Known for her boundary-pushing pop sound and fierce persona, Charli XCX used "Brat" as a platform to explore themes of defiance, self-empowerment and the rejection of societal expectations.
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The SOA Cycle
Practitioner:
Carlos Motta
Date:
Jan 1 2015
"SOA Cycle, and what it later became, which is called the Democracy Cycle, is a group of seven large works that approach the question of democracy. What is democracy? How is it constructed? How is it implemented? Is it something that is to be thought of in relation to its political influence? Or is it something that plays out in terms of cultural and social, and even emotional terms, for instance?
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ROYNATION
Practitioner:
Roy Mitchell, Sandy McLeod, Kathleen Mullen, Ken Fraser
Date:
Mar 19 2013
ROYNATION is a weekly internet radio show. The show covers art and politics and because ROYNATION is queer, it's usually queer art and politics. The show goes live on Tuesdays at 9PM. During the show people can phone in or comment in the chat and after the show, it's available as a download.
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Manifest Justice
Practitioner:
Manifest Justice
Date:
May 10 2015
Last August, as protesters marched in Ferguson, Missouri, after the death of Michael Brown, the 18-year-old unarmed teen shot by a police officer, another group of activists began thinking about how to incorporate the creative community into the movement. The result is Manifest:Justice, a free pop-up art show taking place in Los Angeles.
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