A museum dedicated to a Victorian-era photographer who challenged gender roles is expanding its mission by championing tolerance and sending a contingent to New York’s gay pride parade.
The Alice Austen House on Staten Island has celebrated Austen’s work as a pioneering female photographer since the site opened to the public in 1985.
Austen, born in 1866, took photos that included women cross-dressing and embracing, and she lived for decades with another woman, Gertrude Tate.