Skip to main content

Curve Archive

Collected Item: “This is what a lesbian looks like”

Your Name

Kelly Clouser

Your Pronouns

She/her

[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 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)

This is what being gay in the 90’s, dancing in the clubs, staying up all night means to me. We were young and free to be in our safe haven in Pittsburgh, PA.

[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."

Kelly Clouser and Caren McBane posing for our hairstylist Christine Goodis photo shoot. Circa 1990

[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

Kclouser412

[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.

Email or instagram
Click here to view the corresponding item.