B. Proud's powerful 'Transcending Love' series features transgender and gender non-conforming couples and sites where trans people have been murdered.
” in 2020 alone ― and those are just the cases that have been reported.
“I would go and spend a few minutes paying my respects, saying their name, just asking the universe for more hope and protection and wishes for our country and world to do better,” she said. “I’m not sugarcoating or providing a facade of something only positive,” she said. “I feel the violence is a critical component. The ‘landscapes’ or murder sites also look quite normal at first glance. But with the knowledge of the gruesomeness of the heinous acts committed there, they become something else altogether.
“I’m a fierce ally and I believe we all need to be accepted,” Proud said. “I do not want to be the voice but a conduit, an amplifier of these stories while also offering [trans and gender non-conforming people] the ability to tell their stories. Visibility is key.”
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