Collected Item: “This is what a lesbian looks like.”
What is your name?
Natalie Taylor
What are your pronouns?
She/her
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."
This is what a lesbian looks like.
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 lesbian means to me. Not being afraid to be me, smiling, laughing inside as my wife sits in the background looking straight thru me as if it was our first date again. I'd rather be wearing jeans and a t-shirt but this day, she asked me to be a bit more feminine for the office headshot. Knowing as soon as the camera stopped clicking, I would be off changing back into my comfy clothes.
Describe your photo so we can provide alt-text for future visitors to this website.
My wife is a marriage and family therapist, who owns her our practice called Voyage Counseling. She asked me to join her office for headshots, since I work part time as her HR/Finance/Scheduling Manager. She has one request. "Smile like you did when we first met ten years ago!" Little did I know the photographer was snapping away. This picture captures the love I have for my amazing wife.
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?
EmbraceForChangeCorp
In the event that you win this contest, how can we best contact you: Instagram, email, or other? If other, please provide contact details.
Natalie@embraceforchange.org