"The collection shows how Fernandez used photography to explore and express her gender, identity, and personal life from the 1950s through the 1980s. Materials include photobooth strips, Polaroids, and personal snapshots, often capturing moments with partners, friends, and members of the queer communities she was part of. They offer a glimpse of everyday trans life across several decades, reflecting both private relationships and broader social worlds."
"Select photographs of Fernandez are currently on view in I Live the Life I Love Because I Love the Life I Live at the GLBT Historical Society Museum. Co-presented with the Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive, the exhibition highlights the resilience, creativity, and cultural impact of Black, Latinx, Asian, and Pacific Islander trans and gender-nonconforming people. To view the exhibition, visit the GLBT Historical Society Museum at 4127 18th Street in San Francisco's Castro District."
Victoria Fernandez performed professionally as Vicki Starr and worked as a dancer in San Francisco topless clubs during the 1960s. Photographs span the 1950s through the 1980s and include photobooth strips, Polaroids, and personal snapshots. Images often capture Fernandez with partners, friends, and members of queer communities, documenting private relationships and broader social worlds. The collection demonstrates Fernandez's use of photography to explore and express gender, identity, and personal life. Select photographs appear in the exhibition I Live the Life I Love Because I Love the Life I Live at the GLBT Historical Society Museum. The exhibition is co-presented with the Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive and highlights resilience and cultural impact among Black, Latinx, Asian, and Pacific Islander trans and gender-nonconforming people.
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