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Public school tried to ban student’s lesbian art work because it’s “offensive” to Christians (www.lgbtqnation.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Telorand@reddthat.com to c/exchristian@lemmy.one

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Communicating trauma through art is fine, as long as you don't remind the Christian fundies that their beliefs and practices are a prime source of religious trauma for lots of people.

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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

She's a legit artist now. You love to see it.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 1 points 8 months ago

Then that place isn't very public

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 1 points 8 months ago

The artwork is a critique on the common hypocritical, racist and sexist sentiment many christian people hold. The artist clarifies it's based on experiences growing up queer in a christian environment.

If anything, this could upset people who don't want to admit to being bigots. I suppose pointing out systemic issues in certain groups of society could be seen as offensive. But the right approach to solving that is not to shove it under the rug. This public school messed up there.

By the way, the work is not explicitly lesbian, perhaps that's describing the artist themselves. Advertising it as such seems like a misrepresentation.

[–] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm really glad to see other sites and news orgs picking this up. Here is the piece:

https://www.artsonia.com/museum/art.asp?id=123418418

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

lesbian artwork

So what, like girls kissing?

Looks at art

OH SHE SPICY. Absolutely love it.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Sorry about the rant it’s not aimed at you specifically but at society. I hate that all of lesbian art is so often assumed to be romantic or images of women going at it. Like that’s part of it, but it’s also poetry and music and a lot of self portraits in a variety of media and comics like Alison Bechdel’s Dykes to Watch Out For.

Our community has built a lot of its art in the pursuit of identity and self. And a lot of it involves trying to avoid our eroticism being consumed by the men who fetishize our love.

Lesbian art is this teenager pouring her pain onto a canvas. It is as high a form of lesbian art as I’ve had the privilege to see.