Taina Luna
Sept 25, 2025
Studio Research II
Professor. Doris
My BFA is an autobiography of myself as a transmasc/man. It's a journey of my experience with accepting and confronting being transgender, while showing the beauty and the normalcy of it. After my surgery, double mastectomy, I wanted to express joy, openness, realness, confidence, vulnerability, and self love. there are so many people that expressed their hate out of ignorance, and whatever reasons that they aee are justified. These pieces of work are more for my trans community, to give space for them, to show that we're always going to be here, despite what some of the world thinks. In our community, there is a lot of fear, hopelessness, depression, and anger. hence why, I added this news article discussing Trump's Executive Actions that have been impacting our communities LGBTQ+ Health, specifically youth.
The article that I have attached has explained what families have gone through just to make sure that their children are safe. However, even then, many health care providers/institutions have stopped their services causing a negative impact impact on systems. In Texas, if the families helped their child receive gender-affirming care for their children, it is considered child abuse. This has caused not only a crisis with families, but also transgender youth. Depending on the state they are in, they are in danger in school, walking the streets, the bathrooms, public areas, and unfortunately sometimes their families. Lawmakers have not protected LGBTQ+ youth, more so trans kids. Most people don't focus or care about these events that have been unfolding, mostly because it doesn't affect them.
This is what I want to put out, not only want but what needs to get put out. My BFA and this news article comes with two realities; one showing the accessibility to be able to be the real you and the joy, confusion, and pride you gain and more, the other showing the disgusting reality that happens to many kids and adults that don't have the chance yet to show their true selves.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/06/03/us-bans-on-gender-affirming-care-harm-trans-youth
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