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#LGBTQ: So, Who Is iO Tillett Wright? (She Was Named In Amber Heard’s Abuse Claim…)

By Trey Speegle on May 31, 2016 8:30 am

iO Tillett Wright & Amber Heard in New York, 2012.

iO Tillett Wright & Amber Heard in New York, 2012.

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Artist and LGBTQ activist iO Tillett Wright was on the phone with Amber Heard on Saturday, May 21, when Heard claims that Johnny Depp hurled a phone at her.

In court documents obtained by People magazine, Heard claims her husband hit her with a cell phone, pulled her hair and screamed at her – and that he was abusive to her throughout their 15-month marriage. Heard was granted a temporary restraining order against Depp last Friday.

Depp reportedly “ripped the cell phone from my hand and began screaming profanities and insults at iO, Heard said,

“I heard iO yell at me to get out of the house. Johnny then grabbed the cellphone, wound up his arm like a baseball pitcher and threw the cellphone at me striking my cheek and eye with great force.“

Police were called to investigate the incident, but the LAPD said they saw no evidence of a crime and Heard refused to file a report. According to TMZ, Heard did not tell cops who responded to her home last week that Johnny Depp smashed her face with an iPhone … she said she had a argument with “my husband”.

Heard submitted photos appearing to show a bruised eye as evidence. Depp has not yet directly responded to the abuse allegations but his lawyer responded claiming Heard is,

“attempting to secure a premature financial resolution by alleging abuse.”

"I'm so proud of my baby girl @lilyrose_depp. She decided she wanted to be in @selfevidentproject because she falls somewhere on the vast spectrum, and I couldn't be happier to welcome her to the family."

“I’m so proud of my baby girl @lilyrose_depp. She decided she wanted to be in @selfevidentproject because she falls somewhere on the vast spectrum, and I couldn’t be happier to welcome her to the family.”

So, who is iO Tillett Wright? She’s a photographer for one. Wright has been documenting thousands of people who fall somewhere on the LGBTQ spectrum in the photography campaign the Self Evident Project. The project aims to amass pictures of 10,000 Americans who don’t define themselves as “100 percent straight.”

Wright plans to present the final collection of photographs in a massive art installation in front of the Washington Monument ahead of the next presidential election in 2016, according to the project’s website. The goal is to help put an end to discrimination against LGBTQ people and “erase the boundaries” within the community.

So far, she has photographed 9,563 faces. Wright included the 17-year-old daughter of Depp and Vanessa Paradis in the project. Lily-Rose Depp was the 9,958th person to be featured.

Wright also costars with Catfish‘s Nev Schulman in the MTV show Suspect which follows people trying to learn the truth about their family members or loved ones.

Screen Shot 2016-05-28 at 11.52.19 AMYou’ll find out Wright’s story in her first book, Darling Days: A Memoir, which comes out in September. In it, Wright tells the story of her rebellion and survival while growing up in New York’s Lower East Side in the ’80s and ’90s while surrounded by “punk, poverty, heroin and art.”

The book already has one fan in author Tom Robbins, who says

“Gender-defying iO Wright mixes such a high-octane cocktail of radiant ink, wild anecdotes, bad behavior, and gritty truths – topped off with an unexpected tonic of transcendence – it could stagger Charles Dickens, electrify Maxim Gorky, and cause Jane Austen to walk around in army boots.”

Wow. That’s a book quote!… and an interesting life, to boot!

When someone worries that her bff is working as a prostitute, me and this dude take the heat to the streets of Flint to find out if we need to help. Tonight, on #MTVSuspect on @mtv at 11 EST. we're getting close to the end of Season 1! 😫

A photo posted by iO Tillett Wright (@iolovesyou) on Apr 6, 2016 at 9:45am PDT

😍😍😍 sexy boys coming home with me courtesy of @theposters.co. They're so rad. Prints are only $50 and they donate 10% of proceeds to inner city art programs. Last year they funded 400 hours of art for kids that need it. Hit up the art fair or their website and get yourself some flyboys for your own walls. 😘😘

A photo posted by iO Tillett Wright (@iolovesyou) on Feb 13, 2016 at 12:38pm PST

Whether ur a Super-Queero or a Super-Hairo, nobody deserves to be bullied. If you're LGBTQ+ and need some support, @trevorproject has your back 24/7, and so do we! #spiritday #weareyou @glaad

A photo posted by iO Tillett Wright (@iolovesyou) on Oct 15, 2015 at 7:44am PDT

WE ARE YOU from Self Evident Truths on Vimeo.

(Top photo, Pacific Coast News; via People)

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