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  'Struggles and joys' of older transgender people - CNN Style

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  Gloria, 70, Chicago — The image used on the cover of Jess T. Dugan and Vanessa Fabbre's forthcoming book, "To Survive on This Shore: Photographs and Interviews with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older Adults." Scroll through the gallery to see more images from the book, with quotes from the …

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  Léon Hendrickx's "Kings & Queens" shows drag queens posing - with themselves - CNN Style

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  CNN — In a typically intimate image from photographer Léon Hendrickx’s series “Kings & Queens,” drag queen Snorella is pictured sitting on the lap of Micha Schneiderberg, a hand laid protectively across his chest. If the pair appear comfortable with one another, that’s because they are – they’re the …

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  How Donna Gottschalk's chronicled 1970s lesbian life - CNN Style

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  CNN — There’s a memorable picture of Donna Gottschalk that is circulated in some corners of the internet. In the photo, taken by photojournalist Diana Davies at 1970 Christopher Street Liberation Day parade in New York (America’s first gay pride parade), she is blonde, short-haired, 20, and carrying …

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  Poignant photographs chronicle the evolution of the American family

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  Nan Goldin - "Jimmy Paulette and Tabboo! in the bathroom, NYC" (1991) — A new exhibition at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts explores the broad concept of family. In this shot, photographer Nan Goldin captures two drag queen friends in New York's East Village, with the goal of representing them as …

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  Photographers capture the rise of South Korea's 'loner' culture

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  CNN — In a striking image by Korean photographer Nina Ahn, a solitary figure stands by a window, street lights glimmering around her. Another shows a woman in her 20s sitting alone on a guardrail beside an empty highway in Seoul. The photographs are intended to capture the loneliness of South Korea’s …

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  How spirit mediums blur gender lines in Southeast Asia

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  CNN — Having documented transgender communities for more than 30 years, photographer Mariette Pathy Allen is accustomed to working with those facing stigma and abuse. But the subjects of her latest book represented an altogether different experience. Combining Buddhist practices with ancient spirit …