Joe Ippolito

Joe’s art for social change practice combines his love for media with his passion for transgender and gender variant (TG/GV) people, experiences and causes.  His practice includes videos, audio podcasts, websites and blogs. He uses these mediums to tell many of the stories about TG/GV communities that are often unheard. Joe provides the vehicle for folks who are most impacted by TG/GV misconceptions to document their own experiences. He focuses on capturing in their own words peoples’ personal stories. While the experiences of TG/GV people are a bit more mainstream today, the lack of knowledge and understanding regarding the TG/GV community still exists; the goal of his work is to explore ways to help foster understanding, eradicate barriers and connect diverse communities.  Joe believes that community members like him have a responsibility not only to challenge misconceptions about TG/GV people, but also to and change them.