"Hidden Genders"
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When I first came across this article as an emerging trans I remember feeling encouraged and a bit daunted by the stories in it. Encouraged because it was the first glimpse I got of the wonderful variations on gender and relationships which people could embrace, daunted because it obviously took courage and imagination to declare yourself to a national publication or to a photographer.
All these portraits still express an authentic delight in confident individualism. I wanted to be like them and hope that I have honoured their legacy.
- Original Publish Date
- 02 October 1994
- Archived Date
- 05 December 2022