Transgender Elders Show Us the Meaning of Survival, pt. 1 (click hereΒ for part 2)
For many trans people, representation can be difficult to find, and often one-sided: depicting trans youth but not trans elders. Itβs like we donβt have a future, an adulthood, a middle age, an old age. Itβs like we just stop. Supporting our young people is important, but we need to show them we have a future, too.
As photographer Jess Dugan explains on her website, βthose [representations] that do exist are often one-dimensional.β Dugan set out to fill this representational age gap, teaming up with social work researcher Vanessa Fabbre since fall 2013 to develop the evocative photo project, βTo Survive on This Shore.β In the recently released collection, diverse trans elders ages 50 to 86 are pictured at home or in meaningful spaces, gazing unapologetically into the camera, as if asking the viewer to look deeper into their unique context and life story.
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this is amazing,and fills me with hope
