Collected Item: “This is what a queer nongender-conforming clown looks like.”
What is your name?
Genesis Quiroz
What are your pronouns?
she/they
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 queer nongender-conforming clown 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..."
To be a queer clown is to perform. Someone who shares joy and hope with others who need it the most. When I feel gender dysphoria, and I can’t describe the confusion that goes on in my head, the quickest way to find relief is to paint my face. Behind the makeup, I can be who I want to be. Without worrying what gender I am or what my role is meant to be. I feel free and invite stares from strangers, rather than look down and give them mean glares. I get to happily be my silly clown self with no care for judgement. This is what being a queer clown means to me.
Describe your photo so we can provide alt-text for future visitors to this website. Example: "Two women holding hands and smiling as they walk in a pride parade, surrounded by rainbow flags and a vibrant crowd celebrating LGBTQ+ pride."
One person with clown makeup on a piano covered in paint being displayed as a work of art.
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 hold the rights to this image?
Yes
What is your instagram handle?
@eggenesis
In the event that you win this contest, how can we best contact you: Instagram, email, or other? If other, please provide contact details.
Instagram