The illustration below was commissioned for StoryCorps’ podcast season sharing stories from LGBTQ people from across the US. These 12 episodes were created to honor of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising in NYC.
When I began work on this drawing, the first image was a wall. How walls protect, keeping in or out. I thought about my own internal walls, and how they served me once. However, not much seemed to change for me while they stayed intact. Transformation happens when walls are breached. Color leaks out and leaks in. Pink rabbit guides, gazing at a starry sky, our mortality and joy. I still don’t know exactly the right way to be gay, but I’m doing my best. I hope this drawing inspires and amuses, and I’m honored to make a small contribution in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall riots. Standing on the shoulders of giants.