Collected Item: “Out Loud, On Stage”
Your Name
Erin Detherage
Your Pronouns
She/Her
Instagram handle, if any
@drshred1.0
Work Title
Out Loud, On Stage
Work Year (We are not accepting images older than 5 years)
2025
[Image Rights] Do you confirm that you hold the rights to this image?
Yes
[Eligibility] The Curve Photo Contest proudly centers and uplifts people who identify as lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer women and nonbinary people. Please share how you self-identify, using language that feels most accurate to you. Feel free to include all intersections of your identity. (Examples: lesbian, trans person of color, Latinx queer woman, radical faery, butch, etc.)
Lesbian guitarist and queer woman using live music and performance as visibility, resistance, and joy
[Artist Statement] Tell us more about your photo by sharing a brief artist statement OR answering this prompt: "This is what being ______ means to me..." (Max. 100 words)
This photo captures a moment of release-where identity, sound, and belonging come together. Playing guitar on a Pride stage feels like both celebration and resistance at the same time, especially in these times. As a lesbian performer, showing up loud and visible is intentional, but it’s also to create a positive, joyful experience. Music has always been how I communicate, and on this stage it becomes a way to be visible, connect with our community, and reflect ourselves back to each other without shrinking.
[Visual Description] Describe your photo so we can provide alt-text. Example: "Two women holding hands and smiling as they walk in a pride parade, surrounded by rainbow flags."
Lesbian Guitarist plays an electric guitar on stage at a Pride celebration, captured in a moment of movement and intensity.
[Agreement] In the event that you win the 2026 Curve Photo Contest, do you consent to having your photograph printed for the sole purpose of displaying at The Curve Foundation's one-day event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco, CA) during Lesbian Visibility Week? The Curve Foundation will cover printing costs, but will not cover costs for mailing the print after the event ends.
Yes
[Agreement] Do you consent to The Curve Foundation storing, sharing, and using this image and its description as we deem appropriate, including disseminating on our social media, website, and Curve Archive and Curve Quarterly?
Yes
[Agreement] By checking 'I understand' below, I acknowledge that this contest upholds values of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and I confirm that my submission does not contain anti-LGBTQ+ or other discriminatory, hateful, or exclusionary content.
I understand