The Diamante Dick.

03.01.2020 (16 years young)

“I am not embarrassed by my body. It is still my body, only that one wrong hormone had caused it to grow differently. My body is a canvas and clothes and makeup are paint- my gender identity does not confine my expression.

I have proudly created the ‘diamanté dick’ -an outfit first introducing me as an artist.

It consists of a white sweater with silicone nipples, dripping red tuelle and pearls out of ribbon scars with a knee-length, loose black skirt with white flower embroidery and a flaccid 5-inch rhinestone pink and opal penis. It is so harmonious that upon first inspection you may not notice each detail. It is viewed as a whole the same way the body should be.

Day to day, I play on the mind strings of gender questioning, “what makes a man or a woman?” through makeup and wearable art.

I’m so grateful I have these opportunities to just be my authentic self and help empower others- I want to continue to grow and spread my message: ‘expression is not limited by female or male, art is free.’”

- 11th Feb 2020

Press:

Shirt worn to the Intersex Awareness Day rally (2019), photograph published in article below:

Intersex people on how they want to be treated and accepted | Dazed (dazeddigital.com)