Queer Design Club

I'm a queer designer and storyteller interested in telling the kinds of stories that make people feel less alone.

How does being queer inform your work?

I tie a lot of things back to my queer identity! I've always felt Other, even in traditionally queer spaces. My path into design was unconventional, my design schooling was unconventional, and my design aesthetic has always been as varied as my gender identity. My work is something I'm still discovering, to be honest, but the work I am interested involves telling the kinds of stories that I craved when I was young: the kinds of stories that feature people like me, to let them know that they are not the only one. My work has always lived at intersections, much like me.

What are your favorite pieces of queer visual culture?

It has to be the queer animation on TV these days. Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, Steven Universe, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power—they're all these lush worlds where queer people are either centered or a huge and accepted part of the narrative, and most are created by queer people trying to do the exact same thing I want to do: finally, finally, telling our stories.

Which other queer people inspire you?

Noelle Stevenson has been an inspiration to me from the beginning. Not only are they an incredible artist, they also have this amazing power of telling stories in relatable ways that I think can open people's eyes to a whole new set of experiences that they never would have considered, before. Noelle Stevenson is the reason I'm working slowly toward becoming a comic creator.