matte giclee print - limited edition of 5
20x30 inches (unframed)

 
Carey’s identity does not hinge on erasure or extremity, nor on a demand for simple masculinity. Instead, it exists in relationship: to adornment, to history, and to the body as a site of ongoing conversation rather than correction. 
 
This portrait resists the cultural pressure to read trans embodiment as a before-and-after narrative. Their pearls are an assertion that gender can be self-defined without being defensive.