Collected Item: “This is what a lesbian asylum seeker looks like.”
Your Name
Valerie Pires
Your Pronouns
she/her/hers
[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 lesbian asylum seeker 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)
Arezou (26), an Iranian lesbian asylum seeker, created her fashion version of Safe Place International's t-shirt made for the Athens Pride Parade. Safe Place International is a humanitarian organization that provides a safe house for LGBTQ refugees in Athens. Athens, Greece.
As a social documentary photographer, I followed a group of LGBTQ asylum seekers, refugees, and humanitarian workers as they prepared for and participated in the Athens Pride Parade. For some, it was a significant moment as it was the first time they experienced the freedom and safety to celebrate their identity publicly.
As a social documentary photographer, I followed a group of LGBTQ asylum seekers, refugees, and humanitarian workers as they prepared for and participated in the Athens Pride Parade. For some, it was a significant moment as it was the first time they experienced the freedom and safety to celebrate their identity publicly.
[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."
Arezou (26), an Iranian lesbian asylum seeker dressed in a cropped black t-shirt with a rainbow flag and "Refugees Welcome" written on it, throws her head back laughing as she ecstatically prepares to attend the Athens Pride Parade in Athens, Greece.
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Yes
Instagram handle, if any
@valpnyc
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