THEYFRIEND: Enby Visible!
Saturday, March 29, 2025
12–3pm
Pacific Felt Factory
2830 20th St, San Francisco, CA 94110
Free with registration!
Limited portrait sessions available!
About the Event
Just because the United States government is now choosing to only recognize binary gender identity doesn’t mean we’re any less nonbinary! In fact, we’re ratcheting up our gender non-conformity and we want to make sure EVERYONE sees!
Join the THEYFRIEND Nonbinary Performance Festival and local queer photographer Marcella Sanchez at Pacific Felt Factory on Saturday, March 29, 12 - 3 PM. We’re offering FREE portraits for nonbinary performers and we’ll be joining together to take a nonbinary community photo that will be shared on Diamond Wave’s social media channels for Trans Day of Visibility (March 31, 2025).
We’ll provide snacks, drinks and great tunes on our private patio throughout the event, so come mix and mingle with nonbinary community, and be visible!
If you would like to sign up for a portrait:
Individual or group portrait participants must reserve their spot by purchasing a $20 deposit. This deposit will be refunded when you arrive at the event.
Each portrait session will be 10 minutes and result in 3 - 5 high-quality headshots.
Although we will provide space for you to change and zhuzh your look, please arrive as ready to go as possible and at least 15 - 20 minutes before your scheduled portrait session.
For those that only want to show up for the community photo opportunity, please arrive by 2:20 PM so we can be sure to include you.
Accessibility Information:
Masking encouraged with KN95 masks available at the door (If you are feeling sick, please stay home)
All gender restroom
Wheelchair accessible, with 6 steps to enter through the non-wheelchair accessible entrance
Access to quiet space
If you have any access needs or requests, please email sarah@diamond-wave.org and we will do our best to accommodate you!
To Attend
About the Artist
Marcella Sanchez is a Black, Queer photographer based in San Francisco whose work explores themes of identity, visibility, and storytelling. Born and raised in Oakland, CA, her love of photography began in childhood and evolved into a lifelong passion for capturing the essence of people, places, and moments.
Her photography spans private sessions, events, studio and lifestyle product photography, and personal blogs. She brings a documentary-style approach to professional events, weddings, portrait sessions, family gatherings, and celebrations, ensuring each event is captured with authenticity and care.
Marcella’s work has been exhibited on both the East and West Coasts and featured in magazines, a national billboard campaign, and online. Her ongoing art project, Be Seen: The Genius and Gaze of Black Creatives, highlights Black artists in outdoor and public spaces across the Bay Area. Marcella’s first solo exhibit, Wonder and Light, debuted at the Minnesota Street Art Foundation Gallery. Be Seen: The Genius and Gaze of Black Creatives will be her second solo exhibit and will open at the African American Art & Culture Complex in San Francisco in May 2025.
Marcella is the recipient of the Dream Keeper Enterprising Creative Cohort Grant, the Enterprising Creatives Cohort Grant, the Entrepreneur Experience Cohort Grant, the Curator-in-Residence at The Black Curator’s Lab through Artist As First Responder at the Minnesota Street Art Foundation, and a San Francisco Arts Commission Artist Grant.
About the Festival
Now in its fifth year, THEYFRIEND is the world’s first performance festival uplifting, centering, and celebrating nonbinary identity! With THEYFRIEND, we’re creating a space of trust and growth for nonbinary artists to connect and present their work. Applications for performers are estimated to open in June!