Projects tagged
LGBTQIA
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Trans Murder Monitoring
Read more: Trans Murder MonitoringAs part of an international workshop (10-11 October 2015) with the Center for Artistic Activism, 17 trans activists and artists from 13 European countries developed a creative campaign to mark some of the spaces in Berlin which have symbolic significance…
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Hundreds Gather at Utah Capitol in Protest of New Transgender Rights Related Bills
Read more: Hundreds Gather at Utah Capitol in Protest of New Transgender Rights Related BillsLawmakers in a Utah House committee soundly rejected a bill that would have penalized doctors for giving gender-affirming health care to minors, then moments later approved legislation that included similar restrictions on transgender health care — minus the punishment —…
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Rainbow Makeover: Swedish Response to Russian anti-LGBTQ+ Discrimination.
Read more: Rainbow Makeover: Swedish Response to Russian anti-LGBTQ+ Discrimination.Swedish lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights advocates offered their colorful stance on Russia’s controversial anti-gay legislation over the weekend. As The Local is reporting, activists gave a pedestrian crossing outside of the Russian embassy in Stockholm a rainbow…
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Organization for the Democratization of the Visual Arts
Read more: Organization for the Democratization of the Visual ArtsODBK is an activist organization that aims to create a more equal, diverse, inclusive, transparent and democratic art world. ODBK seeks to do this by diversify and increase the number of people who understand and engage with contemporary art. We…
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Es-Cultura Lesbiana
Read more: Es-Cultura LesbianaAs 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…
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“The Future Of the Revolt”
Read more: “The Future Of the Revolt”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…
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The Fight Against AIDS, La Radical Gai in 1994
Read more: The Fight Against AIDS, La Radical Gai in 1994This 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…
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Effects of Gentrification in Madrid
Read more: Effects of Gentrification in MadridEl Rey de la Ruina (The King of the Ruin) has become an act of powerful recognizable symbolism throughout Madrid. In terms of his popular heart symbolism, the artist chose the organ, a heart, as one of his favorite symbols…
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Lesbianas Se Difunden and the Feminist Movement in Spain: Taking Back Ownership of the Female Body
Read more: Lesbianas Se Difunden and the Feminist Movement in Spain: Taking Back Ownership of the Female BodyFrom 1993 to 1998, Spanish activist group Lesbianas Se Difunden (LSD) produced and published a collection of texts and visuals called Non-Grata (Snyder 10), using erotic images of the female body and sexual relationships to capture their audiences’ attention. Within…
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How Détournement Was Used as a Weapon in 15-M Protests
Read more: How Détournement Was Used as a Weapon in 15-M ProtestsJust over a decade ago on May 15, 2011, a wave of social outrage began as the Spanish people collectively decided that they had had enough of the corruption, cuts, and inequalities affecting their country. 15-M was a movement that…