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Artist Honors Trans Lives with Powerful Nationwide Ceremonies

3/3/2026

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Sage Ni’Ja Whitson, a Black nonbinary artist, conducted ceremonies at 91 sites across 15 states for trans and intersex people who died between 2021 and 2025.
The exhibition These Walking Glories at the California African American Museum features 90 pedestals topped with jars of essences from collected materials at the sites.
Whitson says the work honors lives amid erasure and violence against trans people and seeks to foster community resilience.

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Sage Ni’Ja Whitson, a Black nonbinary artist, conducted ceremonies at 91 sites across 15 states for trans and intersex people who died between 2021 and 2025.
The exhibition These Walking Glories at the California African American Museum features 90 pedestals topped with jars of essences from collected materials at the sites.
Whitson says the work honors lives amid erasure and violence against trans people and seeks to foster community resilience.