For years, the Q Center has been advocating for the queer community at the UW—and it has made all the difference in students’ lives. The Q Center is a home for a student-run effort to cultivate safety and respect for LGBTQ+ people at the UW. Among the Q Center’s many roles: It mentors and supports students, helping them become leaders who can take charge of projects and policies they believe in. These dramatic photographs look to showcase Q Center mentor's personalities by making them both the center of the frame that lights them as individuals, but also allows them to step outside of and beyond the box that society has constrained them in.
