We Need More Trans Women Represented In Art History

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We Need More Trans Women Represented In Art History

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/janet-bruesselbach-trans-women-art-history_559c2ce3e4b05d7587e24ef4?utm_hp_ref=transgender

The Huffington Post/by Priscilla Frank Posted: 07/08/2015 08:37 AM EDT | Edited: 07/31/2015 01:03 PM EDT

"It's 2015, and transgender women star in television shows, take center stage in rom-coms, and grace the covers of magazines. And yet in the realm of fine art, particularly more traditional fields like painting and portraiture, trans women remain almost entirely absent. 

Janet Bruesselbach is trying to change that. The artist, based in Queens, New York, is inserting trans women into the canon of art history, introducing viewers to the many different manifestations of the female body, and providing stunning images along the way."