Reina Gossett is an artist, activist, and 2017 Activist in
Residence at the Barnard Center for Research on Women. She directed
The Personal Things (2016) and, with Sasha Wortzel, wrote,
directed, and producedHappy Birthday, Marsha!(2017), a short film
about legendary performer and activist Marsha P. Johnson.
Eric A. Stanley is Assistant Professor in the Department of Gender
and Sexuality Studies at the University of California, Riverside,
editor ofCaptive Genders- Trans Embodiment and the Prison
Industrial Complex, and, with Chris E. Vargas, director of the
filmsHomotopia (2006) andCriminal Queers(2016).
Johanna Burton is Keith Haring Director and Curator of Education
and Public Engagement at the New Museum in New York and the series
editor for the Critical Anthologies in Art and Culture.
As someone who has spent her life seeking reflections of myself in
visual and print media, this anthology by my dear friend Reina
Gossett was a salve, helping me unpack the images I've taken in of
myself as a trans woman — and the ones I am creating through my own
writings and Pose.—Sarah Karlan, BuzzFeed
The texts collected here chart new ways to tell our stories, to
represent ourselves, our art, our archives, and our futures.—Paris
Review
Trap Door is an essential tome that focuses loosely on work by
trans-identified artists and the paradoxes inherent within it. The
book is “resistant to the canonization of trans art,” as its
editors note in an introduction, and the writings and interviews
included in an expansive anthology—showcasing figures such as Chris
E. Vargas, Geo Wyeth, Wu Tsang, Park McArthur, and Constantina
Zavitsanos—provide valuable ways of redefining what a canon might
entail.—ArtNews
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