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examines the rise of the early internet and, as part of that, the significance it had to queer culture — a place where a person questioning their sexuality might find answers or be able to present a truer version of themselves. “Members of the trans community speak of the internet more viscerally,” she writes, “because as a user, with options for anonymity and pseudonymity, it is possible to express an identity more ‘real’ and factual than what the physical world can see yet.
“Make Me Feel Mighty Real: Drag/Tech and the Queer Avatar” includes an installation of Andy Warhol’s “Ladies and Gentlemen” series, featuring trans women and drag queens.
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