Draft Statement
My name is Liam McEvoy, I am a final year student at Belfast School of Art studying Interaction Design. I wanted to create something for my major project that would be beneficial for not only myself but; younger designers and the future generation that could be representing the design and tech industry. During my time at university I have found it difficult to find LGBTQ+ representation and I know this would be a struggle for some design students and it would be very difficult to find resources to find inspiration and positive role models. I feel that this book would be able to solve this problem, I have interviewed over 20 leading figures in the industry to help gain an insight not only on their life but their thoughts and work and we speak about if we think that being in the LGBTQ+ community had an impact on their careers. I think this is a really important project to Kickstarter to provide inspiration and positive role models to people. I want to showcase and celebrate the LGBTQ+ talent through this book. The book is launching on Friday 1st May 2020 5pm BST. I only have 30 days to raise to meet my target for this to become a success. I would really appreciate if you would be able to grab a copy or even donate what you can to make my project become a reality. Please back me, we are more than ready to see more equality within the industry and hopefully through this book many more people will see design and tech as an industry they will feel welcome in.
