Collected Item: “Submissive”
Your Name
Olivia LIT LIV Morgan
Your Pronouns
she/they
Instagram handle, if any
LIT_LIV_1
Work Title
Submissive
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.)
queer person of color
[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)
For trans identities, gyms and locker rooms can be complex spaces to navigate, from childhood memories of athletics to the gendered restrictions of athletic spaces. As a transmasc, you can feel like an afterthought sometimes, and then you enter those spaces, and suddenly there’s a huge lens on you
With the continuous attacks on the trans community and trans people in sports, a photoshoot for a trans brand celebrating trans people of color in a queer-owned gym setting felt empowering to the models. This is not your fathers masculinity this is bolder, stronger, and better!
With the continuous attacks on the trans community and trans people in sports, a photoshoot for a trans brand celebrating trans people of color in a queer-owned gym setting felt empowering to the models. This is not your fathers masculinity this is bolder, stronger, and better!
[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."
[ Six trans masc in a locker room close together celebrating kissing living life in a free and comfortable space
[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