NONBINARY / NONSTANDARD

“The nonbinary experience is unique to each individual. No two people are going to experience gender in the exact same way, much like they won’t experience the world in the same way. That said, in a world literally built against recognizing and accommodating us, a lot of our experiences are going to overlap. Through this project I wanted to explore the (ironically named) duality of being nonbinary: that our struggles are often shared, but our identities and selves are entirely unique. I wanted to tackle themes of intersectionality, the use of labels and symbolism, self discovery, dysphoria and euphoria, education, and more.”

This zine was on exhibition as a senior show in May 2020 on the UCSC Art Department website.

All the pages shown here were illustrated by myself! The full zine including pages illustrated by my collaborators is here on itch.io.