Travesti
par jrimasil @jrimasil
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For this project, I decided to reflect on the masculine and feminine questions. As a gay person, I grew up with a set of rules about what men can and can't do. This ghost haunted me my whole life, limiting me and making me lose wonderful opportunities to connect with other human beings.
At the same time, in 2019, I lost a very close friend to the violence: he was killed by two men in Brazil because he was homosexual. I discovered the whole thing on the internet, in a newspaper. That shocked me. I developed panic attacks and could no longer leave the house. The violence against my friend destroyed lives everywhere, reverberating in each soul he touched.
From this project, I wanted to talk about invisibility. I tried to hide my face with a cap to represent the "alpha male" who has to hide his sexuality. But it was not enough: in the gay community, it is usually the most visible who endure the most violent acts.
So, I used a wig and a dress with plastic flowers to hide my face while making my beard visible. I wanted the image to be ghostly, representing those who died before me. I wanted to make people reflect on complex and poignant questions: has acceptance truly grown? Are the hard-fought rights of the LGBTQ+ community at risk? Can we truly feel protected and free to be ourselves? Do populist governments threaten to push us back into the shadows?
If you want to see all the pictures, this is my portfolio: https://www.wila.me/
And my Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/w.ilame/
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