Results for: representation
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Queer and Appalachian: Creating Art Out of Loneliness
Throughout the decade of making this photography book, I have learned new senses of belonging.
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Which of Your Possessions Belongs in a Trans Museum?
Small grassroots LGBTQ+ museums, archives, and galleries are redefining what it means to preserve and display trans histories.
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The Illuminations Grant Offers New Possibilities for Black Trans Women Artists
The Illuminations Grant is a testament to what can happen when cultural producers invest their energy not just in the documentation of trans people, but also in creative solutions for their lives and careers.
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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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Cristy C. Road’s “Next World Tarot” Boldly Defines a New Generation of Saints
Cristy C Road’s intersectional tarot deck, enchanted with resistance, survival and spirituality, is no longer a dream of the future.
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“BUTCH”: Photographer Meg Allen On Her Kickass Documentation of an Evolving Community
“There are a lot of butches out there still. More than ever. And in a larger variety than ever. And that is what my project depicts, in style, body, race and gender non-conformity.”
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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 at Work
Your community gallery for May! Nearly 100 queers doing the work!
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Follow Your Arrow: Graphic Designer Soof Andry on Punk-Rock Freelancing
“Generally in life all I want to do is: good work for good causes with good people. I want to be a good designer, I mean truly, deeply good at my craft; everything else is semantics.”
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“Bring Your Own Body” Exhibit Is Really Rad, Showcases Trans Art and Archives
Through an exhibition of both contemporary artwork by a slew of trans artists and a truly impressive selection of archival documents from the Kinsey Archives and the University of Victoria Transgender Archives, Stamatina Gregory and co-curator Jeanne Vaccaro work to fill in the gaps between what many see as signs of mainstream progress and the true, vast history of trans people’s lived experiences.
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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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Hearts and Crafts: Jessica Buie, Where Art Meets Science
Jessica Buie’s art combines cultural theory and scientific concepts and an amazing eye for design. Also, she designed special stickers for us!
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Hey NYC LGBTQ Artists, Submit Your Stuff To “Love Out Loud” Group Show
Vanessa’s Team Pick: An open call for LGBT artists, photographers, and sculptors in the New York City metropolitan area.
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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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Artist Attack!: All the Cunning Stunts Queer It Up At Street Level
“…but I also think that part of what our light box project did was to not assume that participation in mainstream culture means that you also have to take the structures of visibility that come with it as a given.”
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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.