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“In America, the tattooing industry has often been presented as a blue collar, old boys club. But thankfully, the industry has undergone some pretty serious shifts in recent years. More femmes and queer folk are visibly taking up space.” manrepeller.com/2019/03/women-…
“Most of my clients are actually Black women and every time I tattoo them, they’re like, “Oh I’ve been looking for you for so long.” Not me specifically, but a Black woman that they felt comfortable trusting their body with,” Doreen Garner 
“I actually did this trauma counseling training to be on a crisis hotline, and I was like...this is teaching me so much about how to tattoo” Tamara Santibañez. “I tattoo mostly POC or women, queer people, undocumented people. So dealing w/trauma is a really big part of what I do”
“We only have female, non-binary and one queer male tattooer working in our space. We all share similar views but all come from very different backgrounds, and I think that our dynamic helps ease clients who are coming in,” Kelli Kikcio
From 2014: how tattoos helped me heal: Mona Eltahawy at TEDxAmsterdam
My tattoos were deliberately chosen and are a part of my healing and the way I have taken ownership of my body after sexual assault
