In July, the artist Amy Sherald pulled out of a large-scale show at the Smithsonian after learning that she might not be able to include a portrait of Lady Liberty as a Black trans woman. The Trump Administration heralded the “removal” of the exhibit as “a principled and necessary step.” Sherald quickly decried it as censorship. Though the Administration likely had numerous gripes about Sherald’s reimagining of what is maybe the most recognizable American symbol, the controversy demonstrates the shaky future of trans art. Imagine how much uproar there would have been had the work in question not only depicted a trans woman but been created by one.

The Trump Administration has launched a full-fledged assault on trans people and trans rights, prohibiting trans people from serving in the

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