DYKE POWER is a multi-year photography project centered on different Dyke Marches across the U.S. Through this work, I explore ‘dyke’ as an identity and how that expression is deployed in civil protest movements. I've worked to gain the trust of this community often ignored by wider society, and by documenting these marches consistently year after year, my work captures a range of dyke expressions, from emotionally raw protestors to unfiltered moments of intimacy.

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These annual protests have brought together dykes in unity against political oppression for more than thirty years. At the first march organized by the Lesbian Avengers in 1993, an estimated 20 thousand self-identifying dykes and their allies gathered in Washington, DC, demanding public recognition for lesbians. The protest ended in an iconic fire-eating ceremony outside the White House, in commemoration of two queer people who had been fatally firebombed by white supremacists the year before. In each year since, these protests have grown throughout the country, each representing different goals, such as fighting fascism, celebrating trans rights, and standing against genocides.