Ongoing series.

People have many words to mark out those who wouldn’t fit, think, look, behave, dress, speak (…) in any other way. As the English term “queer” freed itself from an historical stigmatization, the outdated meaning was transformed into something empowering, until it became part of the mainstream vernacular, used even by brands. Despite this reclamation, it is usually others who are the first to proclaim your difference in relation to them.

The self-designation of being queer – meaning that your identity varies from that of cisgender-heterosexuals – has not one look, but many. Every face and body can embody queerness.

Identifying oneself as queer can be a long and hurtful process, a process we often don’t witness or encounter. Some have to go through it alone, some find help through family, friends and community.

We meet everyone on their way, where they happen to be, at the given moment, willingly stepping forward to form a narrative.