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Hundred Heroines + Photo Oxford 2021

For Photo Oxford 2021, Hundred Heroines presents Women on Women: Relationships, Identity and Power, featuring work by Anna Fox, Hannah Reyes Morales, Lola Flash, Margaret Courtney-Clarke, María Magdalena Campos-Pons and Zanele Muholi

Gabby Kynoch12th October 2021

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Yan Wang Preston’s She and He as part of FotoFest

Yan Wang Preston's She and He featured in an outdoor photography exhibition this Summer, as part of FotoFest Houston, on view until August 29.

Gabby Kynoch23rd June 2021

Qiniso The Sails Durban 2019 © Zanele Muholi. Courtesy of the Artist and Stevenson, Cape Town/ Johannesburg and Yancey Richardson, New York

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Tate Modern presents Zanele Muholi’s exhibition

Award winning photographer and Contemporary Heroine Zanele Muholi’s first major UK survey is being held at the Tate Modern until 31st May 2021.

Gabby Kynoch24th May 2021

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5 Artists who Celebrate the LGBTQIA+ Community

On 17th May, we celebrate International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, drawing attention to the prejudice and discrimination people within the LGBTQIA+ community face

Gabby Kynoch17th May 2021

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Marie Høeg

A prominent member of the Norwegian feminist movement in Horton, Marie Høeg along with partner Bolette Berg, experimented with gender identity and performance.

PlanetHeroines10th May 2021

Laxmi with her chelas, Mumbai © Anita Khemka

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An Inexplicable Cord

Heroine Anita Khemka discusses her work with the hijra community in India, her 17 year relationship with muse Laxmi, and her artistic process

Gabby Kynoch31st March 2021

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Surmise & Surpass

Lola Flash, who uses photography to challenge stereotypical representations of gender, sexuality, and race within her series Surmise and passing

Gabby Kynoch31st March 2021

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5 Photographers Who Make Trans and Non-Binary Visible

For Transgender Day of Visibility, Becky Handley has featured five visual artists who are bringing trans and non-binary representation to the forefront

Gabby Kynoch31st March 2021

Featured Heroinic Stories IWD2024 Pride 2024

Until You Change

In Ecuador approximately 200 facilities exist to ‘cure’ homosexual men, women and transsexuals. Unfortunately, the majority of these centers remain open because they are disguised as Treatment facilities for alcoholics and drug addicts.

PlanetHeroines20th December 2020