WE
31 March - 1 May 2022
Atrium Exhibition
To mark the International Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31st, we are celebrating eight of the many faces of trans individuals living in Merseyside.
This day is dedicated to highlighting the accomplishments of transgender and gender non-conforming people, while raising awareness of the work that still needs to be done to achieve trans justice.
WE was produced in the National Trust’s Hardman House, the only known British example of an intact 20th century photographic studio. At its height in the 1930s and 1940s, the possession of a self portrait taken there signified wealth, social credit and a spot in society.
‘Visibility’ is a heavy word, and we must ask ourselves what effective visibility looks like — in photography and culture — but crucially also in legislation and policy. The question posed to the participants included in WE was: ‘what does the International Trans Day of Visibility mean to you?’.
Finding out where we feel comfortable in the world sometimes means finding new ways to describe our experience. Alongside this exhibition, we have a the below Queer Dictionary displayed on our Digital Window Gallery with a glossary of popular terms you might hear people use to talk about their gender identity.
Atrium Exhibition
To mark the International Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31st, we are celebrating eight of the many faces of trans individuals living in Merseyside.
This day is dedicated to highlighting the accomplishments of transgender and gender non-conforming people, while raising awareness of the work that still needs to be done to achieve trans justice.
WE was produced in the National Trust’s Hardman House, the only known British example of an intact 20th century photographic studio. At its height in the 1930s and 1940s, the possession of a self portrait taken there signified wealth, social credit and a spot in society.
‘Visibility’ is a heavy word, and we must ask ourselves what effective visibility looks like — in photography and culture — but crucially also in legislation and policy. The question posed to the participants included in WE was: ‘what does the International Trans Day of Visibility mean to you?’.
Finding out where we feel comfortable in the world sometimes means finding new ways to describe our experience. Alongside this exhibition, we have a the below Queer Dictionary displayed on our Digital Window Gallery with a glossary of popular terms you might hear people use to talk about their gender identity.
