visible difference Archives - Face Equality International

Blog February 13, 2021

Dating with a difference and the role of dating platforms

Zoe Cross “People with a disability should use a specialist dating site for the disabled. Achieving positive date matching outcomes for people with a visible disability can be challenging.” This essentially was the message a female would-be customer of a dating portal received recently. The woman involved is a BBC journalist and a wheelchair user

Becoming the Woman in the Portrait

Melanie shares with us the impact of having her portrait photograph taken, touching on society’s views of difference, and how it feels to be truly seen. Photographer Martina Holmberg wins Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize 2025 with photograph featuring visible difference, a positive move for inclusion and representation in the arts.

Rainbow

Logan Zelenak is a face equality activist. Logan documents their personal thoughts and experiences around identity with facial difference, illness and plastic surgery, and making choices that feel empowering.

Seeking Trainers

“I feel like this is just the beginning of representation in all of the media, and to showcase how beautiful differences really are.”

Model with Moebius Syndrome opens Fashion Week show

“I feel like this is just the beginning of representation in all of the media, and to showcase how beautiful differences really are.”

Danielle McWilliams and The Photo Voice Project

“I have worked in facial difference research for almost five years now – something I never ever thought I would say.”

“Two Sides of a Face”

“I was reminded that one person can make a difference. I was reminded that I was that person; that I made a difference. That the start of my advocacy work started with a spark of anger”.

Pink Peonies

My name is Logan Zelenak and I was born with a fast flow vascular anomaly in my left mandible. When I was nine I acquired a long scar from surgery ranging from the top of my left ear to the bottom of my neck. I’ve come a long way with accepting my facial difference, but like anyone would, I’ve had my fair share of bumps along the way.

How to get your State to Recognise Facial Difference

Logan Zelenak is a face equality activist based in Michigan. Their recent efforts have seen them connect with their local Senator, resulting in a vote to mark face equality day in the state. Logan documents their journey and shares their personal thoughts and experiences of the process.

Face Equality Reading List

A selection of books and reading material from authors with lived experience, or who have a loved one with a facial or visible difference.

Why I Will Not Hide

I was reminded that one person can make a difference. I was reminded that I was that person; that I made a difference. That the start of my advocacy work started with a spark of anger.

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