# The cancellation was a crushing blow for Gosine, a professor of environmental arts and justice at York University in Toronto, who put years of work into the exhibition. It was inspired by his 2021 book Nature’s Wild: Love, Sex and Law in the Caribbean

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**Author:** ![Feminist\_Lo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/spaceisameansofproduction.discourse.group/feminist_lo/32/5_2.png) [@Feminist\_Lo](https://spaceisameansofproduction.discourse.group/u/Feminist_Lo)\
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A [Washington DC](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/washington-dc) art gallery has abruptly cancelled two exhibitions featuring Black and LGBTQ+ artists, prompting accusations that it has caved in to Trump. [‘I was in shock’: DC gallery pulls exhibits of Black and LGBTQ+ artists amid Trump DEI crackdown | Trump administration | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/01/art-museum-of-americas-exhibit-trump-dei)

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**Author:** ![Feminist\_Lo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/spaceisameansofproduction.discourse.group/feminist_lo/32/5_2.png) [@Feminist\_Lo](https://spaceisameansofproduction.discourse.group/u/Feminist_Lo)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://spaceisameansofproduction.discourse.group/t/the-cancellation-was-a-crushing-blow-for-gosine-a-professor-of-environmental-arts-and-justice-at-york-university-in-toronto-who-put-years-of-work-into-the-exhibition-it-was-inspired-by-his-2021-book-nature-s-wild-love-sex-and-law-in-the-caribbean/183/2 "2025-03-02T20:01:04Z")

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I was actively trying to find something happy to post…sigh…

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**Author:** ![Dulcie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/spaceisameansofproduction.discourse.group/dulcie/32/49_2.png) [@Dulcie](https://spaceisameansofproduction.discourse.group/u/Dulcie)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://spaceisameansofproduction.discourse.group/t/the-cancellation-was-a-crushing-blow-for-gosine-a-professor-of-environmental-arts-and-justice-at-york-university-in-toronto-who-put-years-of-work-into-the-exhibition-it-was-inspired-by-his-2021-book-nature-s-wild-love-sex-and-law-in-the-caribbean/183/3 "2025-03-02T23:03:27Z")

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I give you an “A” for the effort as it is really hard these days to find positive.