iO Tillett Wright has photographed 2,000 people who consider themselves somewhere on the LGBTQ spectrum — and asked many of them: Can you assign a percentage to how queer or straight you are? Most people, it turns out, consider themselves to exist in the gray areas of sexuality, not 100% queer or straight. Which presents a real problem when it comes to discrimination: Where do you draw the line?
I think acceptance in the society itself is the root cause when it comes to discrimination. The society has an opinion of everything. It cannot leave the person alone to decide the person’s orientation. The society’s comments, attitudes towards the person who are especially not straight, etc., create tensions on the mind of such persons who in turn, are hesitant to share with the world their actual orientation. The society does not often even look upon any person who is queer to be as normal a human being as others in the society. Not being straight is still considered to be a taboo and hence here is where I feel, the real problem is when it comes to discrimination: the mental block of the society in general.
I draw a line where I feel confident in myself to tell the world what my orientation is; whether straight or queer. I further draw a line to detach myself from the society that does not consider me as a normal human being to be dealt with, if my orientation is not straight. To me, the society that is encouraging and gives me positive vibes, is the one whom I shall connect genuinely otherwise, my connect shall also be superficial with the people who do not respect my orientation.
iO Tillett Wright has photographed 2,000 people who consider themselves somewhere on the LGBTQ spectrum —...