At a time of heightened rhetoric against healthcare access for trans youth, Levin Ifko’s installation Tender To The Flame, highlights expanded notions of what queer and trans healthcare can be, and how our connections with one another can pose a radical shift in how we choose to care for ourselves and those around us.

Contrasting the clinical with the sensual, Ifko utilises personal photography, translucent tapestry, and visible mending. Drawing on their lived experiences accessing healthcare as a trans youth into adulthood, as well as shared knowledge from trans writers, artists, and friends that have guided them along the way, Ifko’s work aims to honour trans livelihood, companionship, and pleasure by addressing community networks of trans protection and care.