Collection: Megan Munro

Megan Munro is a queer, disabled artist. After approximately 10 years of one health issue after another, she was diagnosed at the beginning of 2017 as having ME/CFS. Since then she has been learning to live with her chronic illness and has come to ‘claim’ disability as part of her identity. Most people need a community to feel part of something ‘bigger,' to connect with like-minded people, have friends and be sociable.

Megan sits in the intersection of being queer and disabled. Her disability/illness makes it particularly hard to get out and connect with her queer communities. She finds it difficult to express her gender and to participate in queer events, where she can soak up her culture. She made these earrings as ‘signals’ of pride. Queer people will know the colours straight away. They are something to make the wearer feel proud and visible. They are also soft and comforting. Welcoming. Returning home.