Nan Goldin

I enjoyed this passage mostly because it explained her work to me. I enjoy how it is about sexuality and gender but at the same time, not really. By that I mean of course the people in the photos are transexual, drag queens, etc. but it shows them as they are, real people in real life. Not everything is about their sexuality. As it has been noted she was the first photography to really photograph this community. I admire her courage not to photograph them, but the fact that so many of the people she knew died & yet she still managed to go on taking photographs. Although this seems like a natural thing to do , I can't imagine focusing on this community & having the ones I love die around me. A good quote from this introduction is "The pictures in this book are not of people suffering genre dysphoria but rather experiencing gender euphoria." Although they were living a hard life I appreciate her focus on the positive. Although focus on homophobia, the AIDS epidemic,etc.are all extremely important, it's nice to see a positive portrayal of the LGBTQ community.