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A powerful poem about what it feels like to be transgender
Practitioner
Lee Mokobe
Date
May 1 2015

"I was the mystery of an anatomy, a question asked but not answered," says poet Lee Mokobe, a TED Fellow, in this gripping and poetic exploration of identity and transition. It's a thoughtful reflection on bodies, and the meanings poured into them.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference, and was featured by our editors on the home page.

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performance art protest against campus lockdown due to covid
Practitioner
student from Beijing Film Academy
Date
Nov 22 2021

A performance art piece by a student who sat in a cage to protest a draconian lockdown of the Beijing Film Academy (BFA) recently went viral, and was censored just as quickly. Like many other Chinese citizens, university students have been living under strict lockdowns, and are beginning to chafe at the restrictions—and at administrators’ lack of responsiveness to students’ concerns.

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The Fight Against AIDS, La Radical Gai in 1994
Practitioner
La Radical Gai
Date
Dec 1 1994

This 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 in Spain was documented in 1982. Since that time, 85,000 people in Spain have been diagnosed with AIDS and 60,000 people have died from the deadly virus (Soriano, Ramos, Barreiro, Fernandez-Montero, 2018).

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Women to the Front: Perspectives on Equality, Gender, and Activism
Practitioner
Nancy Rivera, Scotty Hill, Salt Lake City Arts Council
Date
Mar 16 2020

Women to the Front: Perspectives on Equality, Gender, and Activism is an exhibit that showcases 15 female artists with ties to Utah who infuse their art with activism. The exhibit commemorates the centennial of the 19th Amendment and the 150th anniversary of the first vote cast by a woman in Utah.

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