Transfemme nonbinary visual artist Riri Franklin says: 'It’s no secret that the sociopolitical climate in the U.S. has been very hostile toward trans people. We are exhausted, overwhelmed, numb and desperate for hope that things will be OK.'
Tell us what it’s like living in America today as an LGBTQ+ artist and how it is impacting your life and your work.My name is Riri Franklin and I make short comics about being a transfemme nonbinary person. I grew up in a conservative part of Southern California in a private religious school that was adamantly anti-LGBTQIA+ and even put some of my friends through conversion therapy.
While San Diego is one of the more progressive and accepting cities in the U.S., I still often deal with feeling out of place in public, and strangers stare at me very often. I’ve been laughed at, catcalled, heckled in bathrooms, and photographed without my permission. Nonbinary trans people like me often stand out in a crowd because we don’t easily fit into people’s presuppositions and categories that they constantly place others into.
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