Collected Item: “This is what a 61-year-old androgynous, activist lesbian/dyke/queer looks like”
Your Name
Stephanie Schroeder
Your Pronouns
she/they
[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 61-year-old androgynous, activist lesbian/dyke/queer 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)
As a 61-year-old androgynous, activist lesbian/dyke/queer, I do not conform to societal norms: not heteronormative cisgender women’s roles; not a contrite worker selling my labor to pay my rent but suffering in silence; not being silent as a person living with Long COVID and bipolar. And I’m certainly not going away or being disappeared just because I am in the checked box category of 60+ and that’s it… no higher age stated – as if women over 60 are all now somehow dead. I'm still here and it's extremely important that elder queers exist and are visible.
[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."
A white woman with short dark hair and blue glasses is wearing a purple 1199 union t-shirt holding a gold and black sign that reads "Solidarity." She is sanding next to a giant, inflatable rat signifying labor disputes with NYC street scene in the background.
[Agreement] 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 Archive and Curve Quarterly?
Yes
Instagram handle, if any
@StephS910
[Agreement] By checking 'I understand' below, I acknowledge that this contest upholds values of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and I confirm that my submission does not contain anti-LGBTQ+ or other discriminatory, hateful, or exclusionary content.
stephanie.e.schroeder@gmail.com