With the help of modern technology, it has become easier to express your emotions, thoughts and feelings. The popularity of illustrators and other graphics programs has grown exponentially in recent years.
Here are 10 queer illustrators from around the world who portray LGBTQI+ themes in their work, they are not intimidated by existing systems and try to show us the power of equality, love, protest and being queer.
Ruth Mora
Ruth Mora is an American artist of Mexican descent whose work is inspired by punk, pop culture, comics from the music of the 50s and 80s of the last century, fashion and cinema. Queer culture and feminist messages occupy a large place in her graphic works.
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Wednesday Holmes
Wednesday Holmes is a 25-year-old British queer artist whose illustrations show an abundance of light colors. Their main inspiration is queer people and they create illustrations for them. The artist has collaborated with fashion house Gucci and the BBC at various times.
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Liberty Antonia Sadler
Liberty Antonia Sadler is a British illustrator and filmmaker whose work is based on body politics and seeks to resist objectification, the negative aspects of photo manipulation, and the depressing standards of beauty. They often paint women who live in larger bodies, are proud and do not shy away from demonstrating their own sexuality.
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ASHTON ATTZS
ASHTON ATTZS is another British artist who tries to present the everyday life of queer people with their creativity. In their creations you will meet a lot of colors and cartoon characters with strong messages. In 2018, their work “Don’t Stay in Ya Lane” won the Evening Standard Art Prize.
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David Jester
David Jester is an American artist and illustrator who paints queer men in swimming pools. The artist tries to raise his voice against all forms of oppression, toxic masculinity and discrimination with his works, while the swimming pool, which is found in all his paintings, represents life.
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Jonathan Lyndon Chase
Jonathan Lyndon Chase is a 33-year-old American queer artist whose work is inspired by African American culture. Their works are distinguished by a poetic vision and represent human pain, pleasure, desires and tenderness.
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Homo Riot
The artist, who bears the name of Homo Riot, lives in Los Angeles and in addition to their work on social networks, you will meet their works on the streets of Los Angeles, on the walls of old buildings and various constructions. their goal is to portray stony love as boldly as heterosexual couples do.
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Marcos Chin
Marcos Chin is a New York-based artist who has worked with companies such as The New Yorker, Vogue, Time, Starbucks, HBO, Google and Honda at various times.
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Gabriella Grimes
Gabriella Grimes is a 25-year-old Philadelphia queer artist who tries to portray a world where queer people of different skin tones live happily ever after.
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Bobby Lynn Larson
The work of Colombian artist Bobby Lynn Larson is inspired by the country music of the 1960s country and country women performers. The aim of the artist is to better acquaint novice queers with the queer movements of the twentieth century and the people who contributed to the development of queer politics.
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