My Body My Timeline - Texas History of Bodily Autonomy

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Color Squad is a collective of teen artists who work together to design and implement public and community art. Each year, we explore a theme that is important to our community, research that theme through a series of workshops and interactions, and then create art that reflects that theme.

Color Squad is a program of Creative Action.

This year, Color Squad’s broad focus was GENDER and BODILY AUTONOMY. The eighteen teens in our collective compiled a timeline of events in the history of bodily autonomy activism, focusing on Texas. We hope to inform and inspire you with our art, and we hope you enjoy.

Thank you so much for supporting Color Squad, we hope you have a wonderful day!

I D E N T I T Y A M O N G

I N D I G E N O U S

P E O P L E O F T E X A S

The indigenous people of North America form 1,162 recognized governments today. Their ideas of gender and identity were unique before foreign colonialism and unlike the accustomed European influence. Many tribes saw a pattern in the divide in jobs. Men were hunters and warriors, women crafted and gathered. The duality in work needed for survival meant there was little gender biased hierarchy

Two-Spirited people were those who could take on both roles These multi-talented people crossed the gendered lines in work. these people were also commonly spiritual leaders. The twospirited people are what can be defined as gender not conforming today.

Lozen was born a warrior. She liked to roughhouse and fight. Typically the women of her tribe were talented weavers, not her. Lozen lived and died a fighter. A lot of what we know of her comes from her companion Dahtetse. Lozen was a Chiricahua Apache and Dahtetse a Mescalero Apache. The two women were not joined until later in life. Lozen was described as two-spirited and masculine while Dahtetse was a feminine and sophisticated young woman.

Both were captured as prisoners of war in 1886. Lozen died of tuberculosis in her 50s far away from her people. Dahtetse was released after 8 years a prisoner, she found a community in Fort Sill, Oklahoma,Dahtetse mourned Lozen until she passed in her old age.

THE HIV AND AIDS EPIDEMIC

What is HIV/AIDS? How Does The Virus Spread?

HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that attacks the immune system. The weakening of the immune system caused by HIV leaves the body more susceptible to illness. HIV attacks and kills CD4 Tcells which are crucial to fight foreign pathogens.

HIV can escalate to AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) when the patient's CD4 T-cells drop so low the body critically at risk of pathogens, it become unlikely the body can fight off a virus.

HIV is transmitted through bodily fluids, such as blood, semen, vaginal and anal fluids, and breast milk. The common ways the virus spread was shared needles and sexual intercourse.

There has yet to be a cure for HIV/AIDS, though treatment is available.

The infamous AIDS epidemic hit Austin in 1983 with the first Austin diagnosis. Earlier in 1981 the virus was named GRID (gay related immune deficiancy), however this was later changed to the AIDS virus. AIDS killed over 40,000 people in the 80s Though a large majority were gay men

and other members of the LGBTQIA+ community. The virus affect this community harshly because of the sexual liberation unique to their community. Black and Brown members of the queer community were also disproportionally affected because of their racial majority in poorer communities

Some facts around sexual violence

13% of K-12 students have experienced/been a victim of sexual assault. These statistics include all genders...

people and cases that have happened at schools because so many cases go unreported.

Younger people are at the highest risk of sexual violence and abuse. 1 have expereinced rape.

ABOUT THIS PIECE

This piece is meant to express a very uncomfortable feeling for theer. They can step into this piece a feeling of discomfort. This piece is meant to be an experience.

All genders are effected by sexual assault or attempted sexual abuse. Trans students are at an extremely high risk for sexual abuse. sexual assault has long term effects maybe even life long. Native americans are at the highest risk for sexual violence, from the ages of 12 and above there are 5,900 cases of sexual violence per year.

-Statistics from RAINN-

This year, we were inspired by recent laws attempting to control people’s bodies. For our zine this year, we took a look at the past and present of the fight for bodily autonomy, focusing on the activism done for disability rights, abortion rights, and trans rights in Texas. Through our research, we found that these problems are not new, and people have had to fight for bodily autonomy for as long as people have had bodies. We hope you learn something from our zine, and we thank you for spending your time and money on our art. Love, Color Squad

ARTISTS

Texas History of Bodily Autonomy / Eva Chairez............pag.4

Pre-Colonial Gender and Identity / Harper Herde.............pag.5

Sodomy in Texas / Carmen Garcia...................................pag.6

Texas History of Eugenics / Anika Gullapalli...................pag.7

Wagon Wheel Drag Show 1930 / Jack Wallace................pag.8 Randy Wicker / Audrey Pore ............................................pag.9

First HIV Diagnosis in Austin / Harper Herde.................pag.10

Allgo Opens / Sara Fowler...............................................pag.11

Sodomy in the Courts / Ming Irwin ...............................pag.12

Gloria Anzaldua, A Gender Queer Icon / Ara Smith..........pag.13

Texas’ First Mark of Pride / Ara Smith...............................pag.14

Non Discrimination Protection/ Izzy Adame & Audrey Pore..pag.15

Women’s Rights March of 2017/ Eva Chairez.................pag.16

Cat Break / Carmen Garcia..............................................pag.17

ARTISTS

Texas Bans on Trans Kids in Sports / Eva Davis.......pag.18

Texas Bans on Trans Kids in Sports / Eva Davis.........pag.19

SB4 and SB8 / Jesse Kline...........................................pag.20

Kai Shappley / Aubrey Sotak.............................................pag.21

Harassment Laws / Samaria Ross....................................pag.22

The Ride to a Wall / Bunny Toft.......................................pag.23

About Lizelle Herrera / Bunny Toft................................pag.24

Olivia Julianna / Audrey Pore...........................................pag.25

P1nkstar, Austin Trans Musician / Izzy Adame..............pag.26

Basics of Gender Sexuality Alliances/Kenny MacDonell...pag.27

Anti Trans Bills / Ming Irwin..............................................pag.28 Resources.........................................................................pag.29

Cover by Carmen Garcia

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