Collected Item: “This is what a queer person looks like”
Your Name
Kat Catchpole
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 queer person 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)
I was inspired to take this self portrait during a period of my life before I started fully questioning my gender. I came out as gay a year or so prior, which was a huge breath of fresh air - when I was freshly out and dating my girlfriend, I think I felt like "Ok, this is who I am now." That part of me is still true, but now I am beginning to understand myself in even deeper ways. This self-portrait represents the growing pains of coming into queerness, which I now understand to be a process that is never fully complete. I am always in the process of unknowing what I held to be true about myself and allowing myself to change in whatever ways I need. To me that is what queerness is all about - the understanding that we are all fluid, multi-faceted beings with the capacity to change and become who we want to be.
[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 portrait of a calm looking person sitting with one leg crossed over the other, in front of a vine-laced fence, with a dog sitting by their side.
[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
@run.ing.around
[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.
katycatchpole4@outlook.com