Post 2 / Research / Boxing Trans sticker

 

Questions from research:

    Some of the questions that came up was, 1, what were some ways that organizations have helped trans individuals receive the care they need in red states, 2, have there been any ways where doctors can help in red states for trans individuals? I have gathered three different sources that provides a nonprofit website that discusses, organizing communities, educating the public, analyzing policies and lawmakers, advocating at state and local hearings, training individuals to fight for human rights, connecting with people from Texas to discuss tools to counteract discrimination. My second source is from Lenox Hill Hospital, more specifically "Gerald J. Friedman Transgender Health & Wellness Program", providing different types of medical services for transgender and gender non-conforming people. Finally for my third source, specifically has transgender resources that ranges from, health & wellness, legal services, suicide prevention, information about rights, and more. 

    One of the sources, "equality Texas", specifically helps trans individuals that reside in Texas both mentally and physically. It provides various of resources that can help educate more people on what to do in red states, even giving chances to allies on how to better support them. For the next two sources, I believe I found a type of answer on how doctors can help in red states. Unfortunately, doctors in red states can only provide different advices on how families can still receive the care they need. Not only are families are in risk, clinics and doctors are too, so we all have to work together in order to live. Some other ways that doctors have been helping is providing information about the risks of denying gender affirming care, supporting the "shield laws" for their patients, and working with organizations. To go even further, the two sources brings various of information about sexual health, gender affirming care, and organizations that can help.

https://equalitytexas.org/

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https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/sexual_orientation/resources/transgenderrights/#:~:text=international%20resources%20here.-,Know%20Your%20Rights,United%20States%2C%20including%20U.S.%20territories. 

Art Intervention:

    For my art intervention, I want to display a sign of courage and bravery during these scary times. In the transgender community, I believe that there has been little hope and a struggle to be able to continue living. To combat this, I will create a boxing sticker featuring a transman/masc person declaring "knock out the terfs". The reason it will be a sticker is because, it can be displayed anywhere and due to the small composition, people that have not come out due to safety reasons, can have it near them. It is a small act of defiance, against people that want to erase us, and hope, to keep going for my trans family. 

Reading Assignment:

Write 1/2 ideas, expressions, or sentences that strike you from each page of the reading.	Write responses/reactions (thoughts, feelings, associations, questions, confusions, connections...)
"While art professors often see the critique purely as a place for constructive evaluation, to many art students, the critique is synonymous with judgment day."	I found this quote funny just because of how accurate it is. The way that I used to dread critiques, I still do but not as bad, is like a stone in my stomach. I know that I communicate with a lot of my peers to see how they feel before and after.
"Thus, the critique is both a deadline and a marker of a perpetual beginning, a freeze-frame moment in the context of a continuous studio practice."	Understanding critiques as a deadline but also a beginning, is something that brings me almost solace. I know a lot of people, dread critiques, including me, since it's hard to have a separation between the person and art work. I have gotten better with it, but I still dread critiques. With this quote, helps me gain a different and more in depth perspective, so I can push myself to a new level.
"The idea that the critique is really a small marker in the larger continuity of an artist's practice allows both student and teacher to think of it as a useful tracking device rather than a courtroom drama."	I believe that certain professors can either provide insightful critiques or statements that does provide feedback, however, it does not give any type of helpful tool to push the student to better themselves. I have received both types of professors, and not only can I tell the difference between the critiques, I can also tell which professor wants to push me to the best artist I can be.