IO TILLETT WRIGHT: Fifty Shades Of Gay

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iO Tillett Wright is an artist, director, photographer, writer, film maker, activist, and actor. Wright grew up in New York, and was a professional film and television actor for 18 years. At 18, Wright founded a street art magazine, Overspray, in which she served as founding Editor in Chief until 2009. As an actor, Wright appeared alongside Steve Buscemi, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman, including a brief appearance on Sex And The City. Wright then became a featured columnist for T Magazine, at The New York Times. In addition, she had two regular blogs called Notes From The Underground—for which she reviewed underground performance—and The Lowdown.

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Herproject Self Evident Truths examines Americans, asking them whether they are “other than straight”, and photographing respondents who self-evaluate themselves to be “Anything other than 100% straight”. To date she has photographed over 4,000 people in over 30 cities across the USA. What if most of us aren’t “gay” or “straight,” but somewhere in between?

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iO Tillett Wright makes a passionate case for accepting the complexity of individuality without making anybody feel like a second-class citizen. If her words don’t persuade you, the images she shares just might.