Loud Whispers

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I experience certian struggles and oppression faced by trans men and by trans women, but I do not have a 1:1 experience with either. I am very much aware of when people from one group of trans people make false assumptions and assertions about another based on ideas not informed by lived-experience.

I see transmascs making transmisogynistic assumptions about the lives of transfemmes and I personally know that is wrong because of my personal experiences, so when I see that, I say something about it.

I see transfems make transandrophobic assumptions about the lives of transmascs and I personally know that is wrong because of my personal experiences, so when I see that, I say something about it.

This is in addition to listening to people when they speak on experiences I am not familiar with.

I think you all need to do a better job believing each other when you hear people start talking about the pain of living in cisnormative patriarchy. It's not a suffering contest.

And boost that its and intersection of the *fear* of men and how that can be weaponized at different class levels!!

the discrimination crosses over into pressure to conform to either heterosexual or homosexual communities with there being very little space for bisexuals to exist on our own without input (unwanted) from either group.

this is why it is so important to not only recognize the diversity in bisexual identity, but to uplift us and affirm us within our subsections of the queer identity. we have been here alongside you for centuries and it’s far past time to recognize us and our existence.

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'at war with myself I am at war with you' 🥀

In ‘at war with myself’ I wanted to convey the tension of intimacy between two people who are at odds with themselves internally and are thus experiencing a similar rift within their intimacy. Even though there is a clear connection between them, shown through their physical proximity and near identical poses, their backs are turned to one another. Which is a stance I chose to convey that they are navigating a reluctance toward trust, vulnerability, and facing each other lest they be seen to closely, too clearly. I also wanted to convey that with people who are at war with themselves, it is often difficult for them to cut through to the truth of who they are – because self-acceptance is difficult for and sometimes at the root of inner conflict – and harder yet for them to share true versions of themselves with others. Which is suggested through the mirror reflection of the pair and the smoke obscuring parts of their bodies.