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Art and transgender people

Many amazing artists have created important work about trans and gender diverse people.

  • Niv Acosta (nivacosta.com)
  • Justine Mara Andersen (barefootjustine.com)
  • Anohni (anohni.com)
  • Anna Anthropy (w.itch.io)
  • Steven Appleby (stevenappleby.com)
  • Nina Arsenault (ninaarsenault.com)
  • Estelle Asmodelle
  • Lauren Auder
  • Morgan Bassichis
  • Sadie Benning
  • S. Bear Bergman
  • Juno Birch
  • Cooper Lee Bombardier
  • Kate Bornstein
  • Ria Brodell
  • Claude Cahun
  • Loren Cameron
  • Sophie Campbell
  • Micha Cárdenas
  • Ryan Cassata
  • Cassils
  • Eli Clare
  • Sophie Cook
  • Vaginal Davis
  • Morty Diamond
  • Dia Dipasupil
  • Sean Dorsey
  • Zackary Drucker
  • Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi
  • Ali Eisner
  • Rhys Ernst
  • Edie Fake
  • Yishay Garbasz
  • Pippa Garner
  • Lukas Greyson
  • Katie Herzog
  • Murray Hill (performer)
  • Silas Howard
  • Juliana Huxtable
  • Jennell Jaquays
  • Andrea Jenkins
  • Jeffrey Catherine Jones
  • Chase Joynt
  • Katastrophe (rapper)
  • Julia Kaye
  • El Kazovsky
  • Phuwaryne Keenan
  • Skylar Kergil
  • Kimono (band)
  • Maya Kobabe
  • Katlego Kai Kolanyane-Kesupile
  • Young Joon Kwak
  • Sophie Labelle
  • Laerte
  • Greer Lankton
  • JJ Levine
  • Amos Mac
  • Leiomy Maldonado
  • Flo McGarrell
  • Phia Ménard
  • Nath-Sakura
  • Rémy Noë
  • Ovartaci
  • Willi Pape
  • Shadi Petosky
  • Anton Prinner
  • Pyuupiru
  • Jennifer Diane Reitz
  • Isley Reust
  • Veronique Renard
  • Mirha-Soleil Ross
  • Gavilán Rayna Russom
  • Erica Rutherford
  • Drew Riley
  • Venus Selenite
  • Susy Shock
  • Vanessa Show
  • Vivek Shraya
  • Ahya Simone
  • Dana Simpson
  • Tuesday Smillie
  • SMITH (artist)
  • Sophie (musician)
  • Sandy Stone (artist)
  • Kalki Subramaniam
  • Casey Ninedreams Sullivan
  • Tourmaline (activist)
  • Wu Tsang
  • Vektroid
  • Del LaGrace Volcano
  • Geo Wyeth
  • Kortney Ryan Ziegler

Historic trans artists

  • Mark Aguhar (1987–2012)
  • Lili Elbe (1882–1931)
  • Greer Lankton (1958–1996)

Artists with work about gender

  • Mariette Pathy Allen
  • Nan Goldin
  • David LaChappelle
  • Jess T. Dugan
  • Lissa Rivera
  • Diane Arbus
  • Texas Isaiah
  • Joan Lobis Brown
  • Bettina Rheims
  • Wolfgang Tillmans