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01/01/2004 

African-American and African Diaspora Art
 
Early gay and lesbian African-American and African Diaspora artists did not openly declare their homosexuality, but in the late twentieth century, many artists began to explore issues of gender and sexuality in their work.
 
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12/15/2003 

American Art: Lesbian, Nineteenth Century
 
The accomplishments of American lesbian artists in the nineteenth century, some of whom are only now receiving recognition, are all the more remarkable for the obstacles they faced as women and as homosexuals.
 
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12/01/2003 

Fashion
 
The association between homosexuality and fashion is multifaceted, ranging from the role of clothes as signifiers of sexual orientation to the immense contributions gay men have made at all levels of the fashion industry.
 
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11/15/2003 

Modern Drama and Dramatists
 
During the modern era, homosexual themes and characters were only rarely depicted in dramatic works. Official censorship of the theater caused most dramatists to encode homosexual content in publicly-presented plays.
 
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11/01/2003 

Lesbians in Hollywood
 
From the days of silent films through the present, lesbians have played significant roles in film and television--but their contributions have rarely been spoken of openly until recently.
 
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10/15/2003 

Monsters, Witches, Ghosts, and Goblins
 
Both male and female homosexuality or homosexual elements appear throughout the broad scope of ghost and horror fiction and in horror films. Particularly since the nineteenth century, ghosts, goblins, witches, vampires, and other demonic creatures symbolize the radically different and are ascribed thoughts and deeds that are marginalized or suppressed in daily life.
 
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10/01/2003 

Latin American Art and Literature
 
Latin American machismo has contributed to the oppression of GLBT people and limited their expression in the arts. As a result, Latin American GLBT artists often portray a desire for both sexual and political liberation.

Latin American literature includes many works that have homoerotic themes or queer characters, though the of same-sex relations they describe differ sharply from those found in European and North American literatures.

09/15/2003 

Music: Classical, Twentieth Century
 
The term classical music is a convenient shorthand that refers to the body of Western art music, as distinguished from popular or folk music. It is an important component of Western culture to which glbtq people have contributed significantly.
 
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09/01/2003 

American Literature: Lesbian, 1900-1969
 
Lesbian literature between 1900 and 1969 exploited the "outlaw" status of the lesbian. This phenomenon is reflected in the stylistically and thematically diverse work of such writers as Sarah Orne Jewett, Djuna Barnes, Gertrude Stein, and Hilda Doolittle, among others.
 
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08/15/2003 

Film Actors: Gay Male
 
Although gay male film actors such as Raymond Burr, Rock Hudson, and Charles Laughton have rarely been permitted the luxury of openness, many have challenged and helped reconfigure notions of masculinity and, to a lesser extent, of homosexuality.
 
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