Name: Fifty shades of gay
Uploaded: 2013-01-30T16:21:22Z
Duration: 18 min 1 s
Description: iO Tillett Wright has photographed 2,000 people who consider themselves somewhere on the LGBTQ spectrum -- and asked many of them: Can you assign a percentage to how gay or straight you are? Most people, it turns out, consider themselves to exist in the gray areas of sexuality, not 100% gay or straight. Which presents a real problem when it comes to discrimination: Where do you draw the line?

iO Tillett Wright has photographed 2,000 people who consider themselves somewhere on the LGBTQ spectrum -- and asked many of them: Can you assign a percentage to how gay or straight you are? Most people, it turns out, consider themselves to exist in the gray areas of sexuality, not 100% gay or straight. Which presents a real problem when it comes to discrimination: Where do you draw the line?

Fifty shades of gay

Most people do not fit neatly into categories like '100% gay' or '100% straight.' After photographing 2,000 individuals across the LGBTQ spectrum and asking them to assign themselves a percentage, the vast majority placed themselves somewhere in between. This spectrum of identity challenges the logic of discrimination, since drawing lines becomes arbitrary. Human complexity defies simple boxes, and recognizing that diversity makes it harder to deny anyone their humanity.