It is her intention to use her art to highlight the beauty and individuality of black LGBTQ women: a group that she believes has been terribly underrepresented in all forms of art. Despite her fame as an artist, Muholi identifies herself as an activist first. She works primarily in photography and video. Zanele Muholi is a South African activist and artist. “If I wait for someone else to validate my existence, it will mean that I’m shortchanging myself.” – Zanele Muholi

With this quote, Baldwin assured them that it didn’t matter because love is love. These words resonated with millions of people who felt like their emotions were invalid because of the gender of the object of their love. Nothing should stand in their way if they have love in their hearts. He proclaims that sex and gender don’t matter all that matters is that two people love each other. In his iconic novel Giovanni’s Room, gay author James Baldwin makes a powerful statement about love. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters?” – James Baldwin