Collected Item: “This is what a butch lesbian looks like.”
What is your name?
Louise Dalgleish
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 butch 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..."
Celebrating intimacy is important as someone who lives with a terminal illness. It's not often that people see me for who I am, my relationship with masculinity, not my cancer. This is what being butch means to me.
Describe your photo so we can provide alt-text for future visitors to this website.
Self portrait of topless white butch lesbian with buzz cut, wearing white boxers kneeling on the floor of her room and looking down at her body.
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?
@alvvayslouise
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 or email works for me