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Sales From This Queer Illustrator's Print Benefit a Trans Woman's FFS
Emo Twink's art will support Exquisite, one-half of New York's glam pop duo Sateen.
September 07 2017 6:36 PM EST
September 07 2017 2:36 AM EST
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Emo Twink's art will support Exquisite, one-half of New York's glam pop duo Sateen.
Exquisite, one-half of New York's glam pop duo Sateen, has scheduled her Facial Feminization Surgery, or "FFS," for November, 2017--a procedure the 33-year-old transgender woman will undergo to help decrease daily gender dysphoria. With support from her wife and bandmate, Miss Queen Sateen, the musician has launched a GoFundMe to raise $15k, which queer illustrator Emo Twink is benefitting through sales of exclusive prints.
The Canadian artist's work features Exquisite sitting on a purple velvet couch in matching pasties, pumps and feather duster lashes. With a cigarette holder in one hand and a vintage-inspired mirror in the other, Emo Twink has aptly depicted her in luxurious form, available for fans to purchase as 9"x9" signed prints with complimentary stickers.
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"FFS is not about being pretty or appealing to some kind of conventional beauty standard," Exquisite says in her GoFundMe video. "For some trans women, it's a matter of safety. Just as much, it's about feeling comfortable in my own skin and lessening the gender dysphoria I experience every day as a trans woman. It's about looking in the mirror and seeing the woman that I know I am."
This surgery, which is both extensive and expensive, will include work on Exquisite's forehead, nose, lips, cheeks, chin and jawline--secondary sex characteristics that naturally make male and female faces read differently. After her FFS this fall, the Sateen member will have a more feminine bone structure and facial features.
Learn more about Exquisite's FFS, below, and support by purchasing an Emo Twink print or directly donating on GoFundMe.
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