#san-francisco-queer-culture

#san-francisco-queer-culture

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.

A loud, public, and often colorful privilege. We walk through neighborhoods where our LGBTQ+ flags fly high. We have businesses that reflect us and city officials who hear our voices. This isn't true everywhere, and we know it. But even here, even now, I see a growing numbness, especially among younger gay men. Myself included. Because being a younger today means being born into the aftermath of a war we didn't fight.