My name is Aimee Sims, I currently work for the Associated Press and have gotten interest from editors here for a photo essay on transgender marriage. ---
With the belief that visibility increases understanding, I would like to shoot profiles of transgender couples who are married legally in an effort to show the public what alternative marriages can look like. I'm appealing to you for help with finding potentially interested couples. I am based in New York, so couples near to the tri-state area would be preferred. However I would like to get a sampling of couples from across the U.S. - in order to include the various state laws that enabled these marriages to exist. Perhaps you know of an event where couples from across the country may be gathering? I'm willing to travel.
Please feel free to contact me via phone 718.314.1541 or e-mail:
asims@ap.org. Approval for this assignment hinges on how many willing participants I'm able to find. It would run on the asap news wire (
http://asap.ap.org/fronts/home.s) - a news wire for younger readers, and potentially appear on news media web sites around the world, as well as some print outlets. Please feel free to forward this e-mail to any potential participants.
