A compelling exploration of trans art, activism, and resistance.
Spanning over four centuries, this volume brings together a
wide-ranging selection of artworks and artifacts that highlight the
under-recognized histories of trans and gender-nonconforming
communities. Through the contributions of artists, writers, poets,
activists, and scholars, this title reflects on historical erasure
and imagines trans futures.
An expansive array of objects chart not a patriarchal history but a
gender-neutral, trans-centric hirstory. The first publication of its
kind, this survey celebrates trans forebearers, highlights struggles
and triumphs, and reflects on the legacies of trans creative
expression. Contributions by Kate Bornstein, Ria Brodell, Vaginal
Davis, Leah DeVun, Mo B. Dick, Zackary Drucker, David Getsy, Martine
Gutierrez, Andrea Jenkins, Jade Guarano Kuriki-Olivo (Puppies
Puppies), Thomas (T.) Jean Lax, Abram J. Lewis, Miguel A. López,
Amos Mac, Cyle Metzger, Deborah A. Miranda, Morgan M Page, SA Smythe,
C. Riley Snorton, Dean Spade, Sandy Stone, Jeannine Tang, Michelle
Tea, McKenzie Wark, and many others probe new horizons where
institutional critique and trans culture meet. This book is
copublished by the Museum of Trans Hirstory & Art (MOTHA), a
conceptual art project of artist Chris E. Vargas that is forever
“under construction” by design to allow continual transformation.