"It goes without saying that there are going to be many people [reading] this who have been subjected to an unbelievable amount of abuse and dehumanisation. So much so we’ve come to accept it as an everyday reality.

Now with the constant attacks against the fight for trans liberation, now more than ever we need to break that cycle. We need to challenge everyday transphobia. And we need to challenge the appalling misinformation and fearmongering campaigns which analogously posit the same rhetoric the homophobes and racists of yesteryear used to attack gay people and people of colour respectively."

Siân (she/her) | Bristol
Taken/written in 2020 (and yet the words feel more relevant than ever, don't they?)
📸 @nickyebbage

#transportraitsuk #transpride #transvisibility #transrightsarehumanrights #transgender

“I love joy as resistance, a lot. We create communities, we fight for our rights and each other's lives, and we continue to create our own futures and happiness. It is action, it is hope, and it is what has kept me going for these past 3 years."

Kai (he/they) | Cardiff, Wales

#transpride #transportraitsuk #transjoy #transgenderuk #transgender

"Nonbinary for me runs to the core. I naturally produce more T than E and so I feel transness has always been my destiny, after being AFAB. Clothes have always fit more comfy from the men's section and makeup was never my thing so I knew I was a bit different than some of my peers. Most of my school pals are lgbtq+ though so it's quite interesting how we flock together even before we were 'out'."

Liv (they/them)
Taken/written in 2022
📸 @nickyebbage

I was looking through the project insta feed earlier and was pretty stunned to realise that I'd never posted either of these photos - they were some of my favourites from the whole shoot I did with Liv! I hope you can all enjoy them now, three years later!

#transpride #transportraitsuk #transphotographer #transgender #nonbinary

“I think I started to understand the concept of trans joy a day or two after starting hormones. I'd been depressed and confused for so long about so many things. The stresses and life trials I've been through in the past handful of years have been immense. I truly felt dead inside and my mind had decided the best way to protect me was to feel nothing.

Within a day or two of starting HRT I started feeling again. And the feelings were positive ones. I distinctly remember the twinkly lights bouncing off of the water at Avonmouth on a sunny day when driving down the M5…and thinking it looked beautiful. I hadn't had a thought like that for years.”

Wil (they/them)

#celebratetransjoy #transpride #transportraitsuk #transjoy #transgender #transgenderuk

"Unfortunately, when trans people are invisible, it means that the only representation that we have comes in the form of crude and ugly stereotypes. These stereotypes only serve to stigmatise trans identities. At least personally I can attest that the repeated exposure to these stereotypes and ugly depictions is quite frankly trauma inducing especially to young, closeted trans people.



Visibility is the first part in the process of undoing transphobia, be that internalised or otherwise. Positive visibility means that we are not seen as scary trans people, or ‘TRA’s’ but actual people.

I remember many years ago seeing Paris Lees on Question Time. It was the first time I’d ever seen a trans person on TV who was not the butt of a transphobic ‘joke’ and who was not ashamed, but proud to be trans. For me, that was the first part in undoing the many years of internalised transphobia that I had long since harboured. That’s what visibility means to me."

Siân (she/her)
Taken/written in 2020
📸 @nickyebbage

#transportraitsuk #transgender #transpride #transgenderphotographer #portrait #portraitphotography #bristol

“I've had so many moments of trans joy, small things and huge things. Before I medically transitioned and dysphoria was high, little things like not shaving my legs and under arms anymore, experimenting with haircuts, changing my pronouns, were awesome. Each little thing made my body feel more like home.”

Cameron (he/they)

#transpride #transportraitsuk #transjoy #transgender