Collected Item: “This is what a queer person rediscovering dressing up as a way of freeing yourself while dancing looks like”
What is your name?
Leah
What are your pronouns?
they/she
Use the following phrase for your photograph's title, filling in the blank with however you self-identify. Feel free to include all intersections of your identity. (Examples: lesbian, trans person of color, Latinx queer woman, radical faery, butch, etc.): "This is what a _______ looks like."
queer person rediscovering dressing up as a way of freeing yourself while dancing
Tell us more about your photo by sharing a brief artist statement or answering this prompt: "This is what being ______ means to me..."
This is what being free means to me. What it means to chose joy as an activist in order to keep going. It means enjoying time with your chosen family and letting music speak to your queer body.
Describe your photo so we can provide alt-text for future visitors to this website.
There's a person with dark short hair, sunglasses, a leopqrd top, shorts, fishnet stockings and a dressing gown draped over her shoulders dancing in a blue blurry space.
Do you consent to The Curve Foundation storing, sharing, and using this image and its description as we deem appropriate, including disseminating on our social media, website, and Curve quarterly? Do you confirm that you are the photographer of this image?
Yes
What is your instagram handle?
lei.dingwater
In the event that you win this contest, how can we best contact you: Instagram, email, or other? If other, please provide contact details.
leah.vandeputte@gmail.com