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# New book from Sandra Chen Weinstein is an enduring visual testament to the strength, resilience, and joy of the queer community
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/new-book-from-sandra-chen-weinstein-is-an-enduring-visual-testament-to-the-strength-resilience-and-joy-of-the-queer-community/
- Published: 2025-01-14T17:00:26.000Z
- Updated: 2025-01-14T15:44:50.000Z
- Description: Sandra Chen Weinstein, an award-winning Taiwanese American photographer, has unveiled her latest photo book, a powerful and intimate collection of images that challenge assumptions about LGBTQ+ life in Taiwan, Japan, Iceland, Australia and the US. Recent years have seen an unprecedented push by stat
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Books

**Sandra Chen Weinstein**, an award-winning Taiwanese American photographer, has unveiled her latest photo book, a powerful and intimate collection of images that challenge assumptions about LGBTQ+ life in Taiwan, Japan, Iceland, Australia and the US.

Recent years have seen an unprecedented push by state legislatures to pass anti-LGBTQ+ bills across the US. Hundreds of laws, mainly attempting to ban access to gender-affirming healthcare for transgender youth and to ban discussions of gender identity and sexuality from high school curricula, have been introduced this year alone.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2483-jpg-e1736869404452.webp)

In these times visual representation of queer love is as important as it has ever been, and in *Transcend*, Weinstein showcases some of the work from a long career of photographing the LGBTQ+ community, especially the trans community. Weinstein’s own child recently came out as queer, trans, and non-binary at the age of 28, and the core of the book is a series of photographs that focuses on their relationship.

A gorgeously packaged, full-colour book, *Transcend* challenges many assumptions about LGBTQ+ life in the US and is an enduring visual testament to the strength, resilience, and joy of the queer community in the face of discrimination, inequality, and violence.

**Carol McCusker**, curator of photography at the **Harn Museum of Art**, said: “Sandra Chen Weinstein’s images—often artfully framed, with a disarming intimacy—reveal a vibrant, complicated community, one we rarely see in the American press.”

*[Transcend: Freedom to Love is available to purchase via](https://thenewpress.com/books/transcend?ref=scenemag.co.uk)* *[The New Press](https://thenewpress.com/books/transcend?ref=scenemag.co.uk)*