Johnny Depp's daughter Lily-Rose Depp comes out via LGBTQ photography campaign
Hollywood actor Johnny Depp's teenage daughter has come out by appearing in the photographic documentation of people who fall somewhere on the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) spectrum.
Lily-Rose Depp posed with photographer iO Tillett Wright for her photo taken for the Self Evident Project. And Depp's 16-year-old daughter is at number 9,958 in the list of 10,000 Americans who are not "100 percent straight."
In the photo, Wright is seen holding Lily-Rose on her back as the two smile for the camera. “I'm so proud of my baby girl @lilyrose_depp. She decided she wanted to be in @selfevidentproject because she falls somewhere on the vast spectrum, and I couldn't be happier to welcome her to the family. She's a tiny gem of a good human,” Wright captions the Instagram picture.
However, the photographer has kept quiet about Lily-Rose's sexual preference. In an interview with Refinery 29, Wright declined to comment on “where Lily-Rose falls,” saying it is her personal matter. “I'm sure she will make her own commentary on sexuality and acceptance when she's ready to," the photographer added.
The photographer plans to display the 10,000 portraits front of The Washington Monument in 2016, before the next presidential election. After this, Wright plans to make the website open to everyone, providing them the option to self-upload.
“This project exists to spread awareness and understanding about a broader spectrum of human sexuality,” according to the project. “We want to bring human stories from within the LGBTQ community to the world, so that we can begin to erase the boundaries between ‘Gay’, ‘Trans’, ‘Straight’ and ‘Other’.”
Meanwhile, Wright has also come out with a short film, “Fifty Shades of Gay,” where she addresses gender fluidity in detail. Check out the video here.