Post by Ayla on Jan 19, 2016 8:18:18 GMT 8
A life-size statue dedicated to victims of violence against transgender people has been commissioned for the Transgender Day of Remembrance in Palm Springs.
The Transgender Community Coalition has hired Heath Satow, a Los Angeles-based artist, to create the tribute for the annual vigil remembering community members killed across the country every year.
Thomi Clinton, activist and coalition director, said the statue is intended to raise awareness around violence and discrimination the community encounters.
“Trans people have a history of being oppressed and hurt,” Clinton said. “The statue represents the struggles, the hardships, and the victimization the trans community faces.”
The original iteration of the transgender sculpture illustrates a life-size figure, made of steel butterflies, lying on its side. Where exactly the statue will find a permanent home in Palm Springs is still to be determined.
In 2014, Clinton came up with the idea for the sculpture after a transgender woman, Yaz’min Shancez, was shot then burned behind a garbage bin in Florida. Shancez’s body left a silhouette where her remains were discovered.
www.desertsun.com/story/news/2016/01/06/statue-pay-tribute-transgender-victims-violence/78321528/
The Transgender Community Coalition has hired Heath Satow, a Los Angeles-based artist, to create the tribute for the annual vigil remembering community members killed across the country every year.
Thomi Clinton, activist and coalition director, said the statue is intended to raise awareness around violence and discrimination the community encounters.
“Trans people have a history of being oppressed and hurt,” Clinton said. “The statue represents the struggles, the hardships, and the victimization the trans community faces.”
The original iteration of the transgender sculpture illustrates a life-size figure, made of steel butterflies, lying on its side. Where exactly the statue will find a permanent home in Palm Springs is still to be determined.
In 2014, Clinton came up with the idea for the sculpture after a transgender woman, Yaz’min Shancez, was shot then burned behind a garbage bin in Florida. Shancez’s body left a silhouette where her remains were discovered.
www.desertsun.com/story/news/2016/01/06/statue-pay-tribute-transgender-victims-violence/78321528/