Collected Item: “this is what a trans butch dyke looks like”
Your Name
Sharon Kilgannon
Your Pronouns
they/she
[Eligibility] The Curve Photo Contest proudly centers and uplifts people who identify as lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer women and nonbinary people. Please share how you self-identify, using language that feels most accurate to you. 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 trans butch dyke looks like
[Artist Statement] Tell us more about your photo by sharing a brief artist statement OR answering this prompt: "This is what being ______ means to me..." (Max. 100 words)
For me, trans joy exists in many different forms. Feeling the presence of trans joy is sacred. I treasure each moment in a patriarchal society where systems of power actively discriminate against our very existence. I’m here, I exist, in all my trans, butch, dyke glory and I’m not going anywhere. Trans joy arrives in big and in small moments, in community, in poetry, in jeans, in tight white vests, in music, in nature and animals (neither seem to care that I’m trans). I battled with my transness like it was the enemy, a terrible secret and something I should be ashamed of. Like I had somehow failed myself and the people around me if I let it in and became it. I slowly opened my heart and learned that hatred is the enemy, infighting is, fear is, but not transness. When I let my transness in, I let love in, finally.
[Visual Description] Describe your photo so we can provide alt-text. Example: "Two women holding hands and smiling as they walk in a pride parade, surrounded by rainbow flags."
Portrait of Tommy (they/them) captured in a laundrette in Brighton. They are dressed in a black vest paired with black trousers, accentuated by a carabiner and chain attached to the belt loops. Tommy has tattoos on their arms and chest, adding to their distinctive style.
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Yes
Instagram handle, if any
@alonglines
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