Collected Item: “Lesbians In Black for Carnival”
Your Name
Laíza Dantas
Your Pronouns
she/her
Instagram handle, if any
@laizadantasss
Work Title
Lesbians In Black for Carnival
Work Year (We are not accepting images older than 5 years)
2026
[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.)
We call ourselves a lesbian couple, but one of us is actually bissexual, and the other is definitely a Latin lesbian.
[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 is what being Lesbians in Black at Brazilian carnival means
[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."
Two queer women pose indoors by a window in a campy, Carnival-ready “Women in Black” look. They wear black sunglasses, bow ties with white collars, and high-waisted black shorts, their semi-nude chests playfully covered with black tape X’s and dusted in glitter. With exaggeratedly serious expressions, they each hold up a foil-wrapped prop toward the camera like it’s the iconic memory-erasing device from the Men in Black movies, as if they’re about to zap the room and make everyone forget how hot and gay this moment is. Behind them, the colorful Galo da Madrugada rooster—Brazil’s legendary Carnival symbol—can be seen through the window screen, while bright carnival umbrellas hang overhead, amplifying the bold, cheeky, sapphic energy of the scene.
[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