“I dislike the word visibility, maybe because for me it evokes the rhetoric of assimilation — as IF the goal of trans/LGBT/whatever movements were about being seen and gaining acceptance from society — I don’t subscribe to that. I never placate myself by thinking that exhibition or press opportunities are about doing good by “my people,” or being a representative or something weird like that. Success to me is more about privilege and motivation and power, and it can be used to create change, but it can also be a slippery slope. I’m interested in looking at all those factors and trying to make decisions that keep me accountable to the people I’m in dialog with and the ideas that I hope to share in order to impact consciousness.”
— Wu Tsang
