Jex Blackmore

Jex Blackmore is best known for their performances in civic spaces. Their work, which is focused on the relationship between moral religious rhetoric, sexuality, and political policy, takes aim at institutions of social and sexual oppression. They have been featured in numerous publications such as TIME , Vanity Fair , Washington Post , NPR , Cosmopolitan , and Salon . In 2015, they organized the largest Satanic gathering in history to unveil The Satanic Temple’s Baphomet monument in Detroit, which was featured on CNN ’s “This is Life with Lisa Ling.” From 2017-2018 they were a columnist at VICE Magazine covering reproductive legislation. Their reproductive healthcare advocacy has ranged from filmmaking, performance, writing about their personal abortion experience in the viral blog entitled “Unmother ,” and debating the Westboro Baptist Church . Their work is featured in the Magnolia Pictures documentary, "Hail Satan?", which was an official selection at Sundance 2019. Jex’s first installation "Sex Militant," held at Chicago's Co-Prosperity Sphere, was listed as one of the best art exhibitions of 2019 by the Chicago Reader and was duly protested by the Catholic Church. In 2020, their experimental endurance film "An Undue Burden ," premiered at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, the oldest experimental film festival in the United States. In 2022, they took an abortion pill on live TV to spread the word about the availability of mail order abortion.