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This post is a response against the passing of two laws in Nashville recently, SB0001, which prohibits gender-affirming care for minors who are transgender, and SB0003, which prohibits “adult cabaret entertainment” from being performed in public – or what some have dubbed the “anti-drag” bill. It’s appalling to me that in 2023 we’re moving backwards in terms of our human rights and treatment of humans who are being criminalized. We could spend less time finding what we have in common with each other and building communities who support each other when there is crisis and trauma from a loss of life to a national disaster. But, communities is what they don’t want because it also means that people will be more politically active advocating for things like health care and decent public education and transportation. It means people advocate for environmentally sound practices, too. The politicians in power would just rather keep selling us out to corporations and valuing profit over people.

On a basic level, as photographers, we’re often searching for beauty whether it is in a human or in a landscape. As humans, we need to recognize that it is beautiful to be who you are and live in a world where everyone can be just that. Living in a world where people have to hide and be false is UGLY. It’s also unethical and oppressive. I don’t have an answer to the horror of why this bill passed. Some of my progressive family members live in the state themselves. My guess is, in America, when they can’t control the voters, they gerrymander states so that the very few conservative voters in their districts have more of a say. That’s just a guess…..and also voter intimidation and anti-voting laws against those who are more likely to vote for progressive platforms is very real.

In any case, I think we all need to question our own biases too and be open to learning and loving other humans regardless of their identities. It makes for perhaps a better photographer and definitely a better human.

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Taken on: June 30, 2018

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