How I express my trans identity through art

As Trans Awareness Week comes to an end, transgender artist, poet and activist Chloe Filani has explained how she uses art to express her gender identity.

Filani told PinkNews that art was one of the fundamental building blocks of her identity. “I find it very powerful being able to find my voice within that space and express myself out of just thinking about the worries and my transitioning and [to] be able to embody something else,” she said.

Filani’s work has taken her across the breadth of the artistic and activism world, from creating slam poetry that addresses the themes of racial injustice in modern UK politics, to using performance art as a tool to express her femininity and gender expression.

She was initially inspired by the Black transgender artist

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