I’m not sure what I am, and the unknown is where I feel most myself, although I can’t say it’s very comfortable. My creativity lives in that motion of discomfort, so I accept it. I welcome it. I want to feel at home with you. I want to recognize you, and I want you to…
Max Irving
Embracing femininity in a healthy way has always been difficult. Internally, I have always felt more masculine, but my aesthetic has never really matched that. Now, femininity is my version of drag. Femme-y genderqueer babe they/them Age : 25 Location : Berkeley/East Bay
Andy
I am strange, so it fits that my gender would be weird as fuck too. Gender as defined by society just doesn’t make sense to me. So, gender-weird, genderqueer, gender fluid. I have been living my truth for 4 years now, which has meant many wardrobe changes, changes in my name, and how I move…
Missy Anathema
I fought my whole childhood to prove that I was a woman who was just as smart, strong, and capable as a man. Through finding myself somewhere unexpected on the gender spectrum, I found a way to not only find confidence in myself outside of my birth assigned gender, but to help others love and…
Q
I was born and raised in Columbia, SC. That’s also where I was when I figured out that I was gay. Growing up, there were no gay people (that I knew of anyway) in my neighborhood. Growing up as a skinny, bookish, glasses-wearing kid in the projects didn’t give me a very wide, or hopeful,…
Rachel
I’m me. This is the body I have. genderqueer/ swirly combination of genders and lack thereof they/them 42 years old
Keira
Scientist, artist, and kaleidoscope of identities. hard femme transdyke enby she/they 26 years old Santa Cruz Instagram
Teek
In 2022, I circled back to some of the participants of this series to ask them if they would like to update their profiles, or expand a little more on how the events of the last few years have affected them. Here is Teek’s response – In the four years since my photo appeared in…
Alex Trapp
I’m a person first, artist second. I don’t care much for personal meaning beyond that. I’ll talk about my transition if it will help someone else, but beyond that, for me, gender is the least important thing in my life. Trans male Gender ID : Male / Queer Age : 41 Location : Seattle, WA…
Joseph Liatela
I am a multi disciplinary artist newly based out of Los Angeles, California working in performance, print making, and video. My work explores the way we perceive gender, intimacy, memory, trans/queer intergenerational connection, and the self. Using movement, hormones, ritual, and medical technology to create a dissenting body, I draw from my experience in trans,…