Olivia Rowlatt

Sex and Relationship Therapist (COSRT Accredited)

Shades of gay, iO Tillett Wright

Fifty shades of gay

What does it mean to be:

gender neutral
female
trans
male
bisexual
gay
straight?
Can people be defined by their gender or sexuality?
iO Tillett Wright explores these questions.

Self Evident Truths by iO Tillett Wright

Photographer iO Tillett Wright explores the Lesbian Bisexual Gay Transgender Queer [LBGTQ] spectrum. iO photograghed 10,000 people on the LBGTQ spectrum. She asked each to assign a percentage to how gay they are? Many had never been asked this question: An exploration of shades of gay.

The majority identified as either 5-20% or 80-95% gay.

What does being gay [or straight] mean? Where do you draw the line?

How helpful is it to define people by their sexuality?

Each individual is unique. Every human shares features common to all humanity. Each persons sexuality is different.

Lesbian Bisexual Gay Transgender Queer [LBGTQ] spectrum

What is the definition of spectrum? The Oxford Dictionary says the following. Used to classify something in terms of its position on a scale between two extreme points.

Many aspects of sexual responce and behaviour vary depending on an infinite number of variables. See my blogs on Sex and Sexuality and Gender spectrum.

Contact me for couple counselling and sex therapy. Email or phone on 07927 026 299.

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