QUEER BABES

WE STARTED WITH DISCUSSIONS ABOUT OUR OWN QUEER EXPERIENCES AND WHAT WE FELT HAD BEEN A PROBLEM GOING UP AS QUEER PEOPLE. OUR GROUP WAS MIXED AND I FELT VERY COMFORTABLE AND EXCITED TO DISCUSS WITH THEM WHAT THEY THOUGHT. OUR REFERENCE POINTS BEGAN WITH TELEVISION AND POP CULTURE, CITING THE CURRENT ISSUES FACING QUEER PEOPLE. WE FELL ON THE STORY OF SEX EDUCATION AND WHAT WAS STIGMATIZED ABOUT QUEER SEX. WE DECIDED TO DOCUMENT THE QUEER EXPERIENCE IN RESPONSE TO SEX AND EXPLORE WHAT WAS THE TRUTH BEHIND IT

WE STARTED TO EXPLORE THE HETERO NARRATIVE AROUND QUEER SEX AND THE FETISHIZATION OF IT. WE WANTED TO LOOK AT A MORE INTIMATE ASPECT AND SHOW IT TO PEOPLE. WE STARTED SEARCHING FOR PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SHOWING A MORE INTIMATE AND TRUE SIDE TO BEING QUEER. LOOKING AT REFERENCES OF ARTISTS WE LIKED AND QUEER PUBLICATIONS THAT WERE TACKLING THE TOPIC. WE THROUGH A MIX OF IMAGERY AND TEXT WOULD WORK BEST TO EXPRESS A VISUAL LANGUAGE. WE STARTED TO FIND PEOPLE WHO WERE COMFORTABLE BEING PHOTOGRAPHED AND WE ASKED THEM TO TELL US ABOUT WHAT THEY FOUND SEXY IN THEMSELVES AND OTHERS. THIS WAS TO SEE IF THAT QUEER NARRATIVE PUSHED BY CISHET PEOPLE WAS TRUE AT ALL. WE FOUND THAT PEOPLE VARY SO MUCH THAT IT IS COMPLETELY UNTRUE TO LABEL THEM ALL WITH ONE THING.