In the wake of numerous transphobic executive orders since the inauguration, I was drawn to create a nurturing Gender Queer Deity to pray to when feeling overwhelmed, isolated, and scared. The resulting project, You are the Beacon, You are the Storm, combines nine gender queer individuals from my life who have shone the way for what is possible by being their authentic selves. Each collaged limb is made by leaving I leaving the negatives outside for days to be exposed to the elements, collaborating with nature to alter the negatives as they will, and incorporating those changes into my final collage. The tension between holding on and letting go, searching and finding, confusion and knowing, are the guides to this work. The resulting figure serves as a resting place where difference and belonging exist together.   The altar as part of the installation contains a prayer book, written by those photographed, and added to by those who feel called during its installation, creating a polyphonic invocation to this many faced being.