A woman photographer captured a ‘series of photos of little boys dressed as their favorite princesses — together with their favorite princesses’ in an attempt to normalize cross-dressing and eradicate gender differences from children’s life.
Kitty Wolf wanted to promote the idea of letting children dress up like whoever they want, regardless of whether they are a girl or boy.
Wolf who previously was an owner of Princesscapades Princess Parties has now started a photo project called ‘The Boys Can Be Princesses Too.’
“If you’re wondering about the Boys Can Be Princesses Too Project, it is continuing on without Princesscapades!” the website of Princesscapades Princess Parties stated.
The website also refers to a link to Facebook page The Boys Can Be Princess Too Project where people can find a huge description of it.
The description said: “The Boys Can Be Princesses Too Project is an ongoing photo project started by Kitty Wolf Photography designed to show support for kids and parents of kids that choose to play as princesses, no matter their gender.
“By putting more pictures of boys as princesses out into the world, we show everyone that it’s ok to play as whoever you want, even if it’s a boy in a ballgown.”
To fully express her opinion, Wolf added that children must not be defined by values or customs to choose for who they should be.
According to her, not all boys like princess’ characters but those who do must have a freedom to express their fondness and to dress and perform like them.
Wolf said: “When I say ‘can be a princess,’ I mean they can be a princess when they play the same way they can be a superhero when they play, even though neither is literally possible by definition.
“I simply feel that a child’s imagination should not be limited by their gender.
“That’s why I have decided to produce a series of photos showing little boys dressed as their favorite princess, together WITH their favorite princess!
“I know there are little boys out there that love these fairy tale characters just as much as the little girls we meet doing princess parties.”
She added: “Our interactions with them have been, for whatever reasons, few and far between, but we see these boys, we know them, and we love them!
“Therefore, our goal here is to show these boys and world that it is perfectly acceptable for boys to admire and even dress like princesses.
“I want to show them it’s ok for boys to dress up as their heroes, even if that means they’re twirling around in a ball gown.
“Overall, I want everyone to see it’s ok to be who you are and like what you like! No child should feel ashamed of the things that bring them joy.”
The major working principle behind the project is also specified in the ‘Collaborate’ section.
Youngsters can take part in the campaign as explained: “Being an Official Boys Can Be Princesses Too Project Collaborator means that you can host your own photo shoots in your own city to help spread our message all over the world!
“Official Collaborator’s (sic) will get to use the official Boys Can Be Princesses Too logo on their photos AND have their photos displayed on the official Boys Can Be Princesses Too website and Facebook page!”
The statement implied that cross-dressing can only become normal when more and more boys start expressing their feelings freely and dare to do the things they like without thinking that it is unconventional.
“The more photos of boys playing princess we put out there, the more people will see them and the more normal it will become!” the description concluded.
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