Results for: representation
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Queer IRL: Autostraddle’s 2021 Pride Gallery!
“I am SO THANKFUL to be vaccinated and alive and gay as fuck.”
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Laura Aguilar, Groundbreaking Lesbian Chicana Photographer, Dies at 58
Aguilar was a pioneer in sharing the faces and experiences of various Latina lesbians in the 90s, when there was very little representation. Aguilar’s art gives the marginalized and subcultures within subcultures — poor, fat, woman, lesbian, Latina — a place to be held and seen.
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Origami Customs Crushes Capitalism, Makes Really Lovely Queer Lingerie
“Lingerie is the clothing that most relates to our intimate feelings about our bodies — it can reflect the way we see sensuality and sexuality, and also have the ability to transform our relationship with our bodies.”
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“Kings & Queens In Their Castles” Captures Queers At Home
Sometimes you have to step outside to remember who you are and who you want to be. And sometimes, you have to retreat to the epicentre of yourself, surrounded by whatever environment you can create.
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PHOTO GALLERY: Queer in the Stacks
It’s you and like 85 of your closest Autostraddle friends posing with your favorite books! Get in here!
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PHOTOESSAY: The Dinah, As Told By Dancers
Honestly this year was the wildest I’ve ever seen it. Maybe it’s the political climate but everyone turned out for a good time.
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“I Want to Be Visible”: A Queer #DisabledAndCute Photo Gallery
When I saw the hashtag #DisabledAndCute gaining steam on Twitter last weekend, I felt an immediate tug of recognition. Disabled folks were here, owning our bodies and looks rather than trying to cover up, slink away, or downplay.
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PHOTO GALLERY: Queer at Work
Your community gallery for May! Nearly 100 queers doing the work!
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New York Comic Con 2015 PHOTOS: Everything Relevant to Your Queer Lady Nerd Interests
Here’s a mega photoessay of Comic Con with highlights from panelists talking about women in comics, diversity in comics and LGBT representation.
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Follow Your Arrow: Photographer Michelle Davidson-Schapiro on Confidence and Caring
“It’s the kind of work that makes me look forward to eight hours on my feet holding five pounds of camera in my hands with another seven pounds slung across my back. It’s wonderful to create not just art, but art that makes people feel special and good and beautiful.”
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22 Stunning Queer Photography Projects Showcasing LGBT Community Diversity
Same-sex couples, butch and femme identities, queer youth speaking out, gay life in Japan, LGBT athletes and so many more projects from incredible photographers looking to give visibility to a historically hidden population.
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“We Are The Youth” Captures Young Queers Across America
This extraordinary photojournalism project highlights young queer lives and stories.
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He Said/We Said Takes a Field Trip To the Art Gallery
Forget marble statues and artsy films. Our models are living, breathing masterpieces of style.
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TESTIMONY Exhibition Gets Born, Tells The Story Of Being Young And Queer
Were we ever so young? “Testimony” is here to tell us we were (and it was actually kind of okay.)
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Artist Attack! Zanele Muholi Boldly Archives the Difficult Love of South Africa’s Black Lesbian Community
“Even if you don’t understand, you refuse to understand, you have something to process”
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#1 must have Brings Photographic Queer Realness to a Zine Near You
Lizz’s Team Pick: #1 must have is an uplifting, adorable and generally all around awesome new photo zine for queers!
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Artists Attack! Ten Lesbian Photographers You Should Know (About)
From Catherine Opie to Cass Bird to Zanele Muholi, here are ten queer women with vision and talent changing the heteronormative face of contemporary photography.
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“A Day in Gay America” Features Lesbians on Motorcycles, Adam Lambert
FYI, a day in Gay America involves pumping gas, eating dinner, and other super-gay things.
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Help The Outliers Project “Contemplate the Space Between”
Be the change you wish to see in the world! And help this artist do the same.