My film ‘Eyes’ explores the experience of moving through the world as a gender non-conforming person: particularly the tension between our fierce desire to be seen for who we really are, and an equally strong need for safety. Both are crucial to our survival as trans people, and yet they are often at odds: forcing us to choose. I wanted ‘Eyes’ to show how trans people are looked at but not seen, simultaneously hyper-visible and invisible; and to reflect the viewers’ gaze back on themselves and the violence of the rigidly gendered world they inhabit.
