06/21/2026
As a photographer, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what happens when a moment is documented, and what happens when it isn’t.
History isn’t just made up of major events. It’s made up of people.
The people who fell in love.
The people who made art.
The people who built families.
The people who found joy despite everything.
For so much of q***r history, those stories were hidden, erased, rewritten, or never recorded at all.
Documenting q***r lives today feels important because it leaves a trail. A record, some evidence. A reminder that we were here then, and are here now.
I often hear “I support you, but you don’t have to be so loud about it”. And every time, I beg to differ. Visibility saves lives. Because every time a q***r person is seen, documented, and remembered, it becomes a little harder to erase us and a little easier for someone else to imagine a future for themselves.
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