Check out 'Iridescent Footprints: Stories and Glories of Our Lives' exhibition, featuring multigenerational LGBTQ+ artists, until May 8 at CenteronHalsted. Witness the culmination of intergenerational dialogue and collaboration. | ✍️ Charlie Kolodziej
—the midwest’s largest LGBTQ+ community center. He began to notice that, like his students, many older LGBTQ+ adults felt disconnected from the communities and spaces they helped build. Greteman and Morris began to wonder: What would happen if they brought together older and younger generations to engage in thoughtful conversation about their lives?
On a stool in the exhibition, Post-it notes allow visitors to contribute words they use to self-identify, like “pansexual,” ”WLW,” and “queer,” to the board. The piece explores how the language used to describe LGBTQ+ identity has evolved over time. Projected on the adjacent wall are flashes of each handwritten response. Together they read like mini entries in a community diary: “Bratz dolls and monster high,” “Laughing with my queer friends about silly little things,” “dykes on bikes.” One simply says, “Dick .”
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