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10/01/2007 |
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Robert Sherer: Recent Work
Robert Sherer's recent work uses unusual media to address two sharply distinct aspects of gay male experience. His American Pyrographs series explores male adolescence and sexuality while Blood Works comments on--and raises questions about--romance and sex in the HIV era.
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Illustration: Detail from Fountain of Youth, a pyrograph by Robert Sherer. |
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09/01/2007 |
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Public Scandals Part 3
The third installment in a three-part series on public scandals affecting glbtq people.
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Illustration: Detail from a portrait of Oscar Wilde by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. |
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08/01/2007 |
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Public Scandals Part 2
The second installment in a three-part series on public scandals affecting glbtq people.
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Illustration: Pope Julius III. |
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spotlight |
07/01/2007 |
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Public Scandals Part 1
The first installment in a three-part series on public scandals affecting glbtq people.
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Illustration: Whittaker Chambers, a significant figure in the American anti-communist hysteria of the 1950s. |
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05/01/2007 |
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Lesbian Paris (ca 1900-1940) Part 2
From the late nineteenth century until World War II, Paris was a center of sexual freedom and same-sex sexual cultures. Lesbian American and European expatriates and France's own lesbian writers and artists created a Bohemian social, sexual, and creative milieu that makes this time and place unique in the history of lesbian culture. Part 2 of 2.
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Illustration: Detail from a portrait of Marie Laurençin by Carl Van Vechten, courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. |
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04/01/2007 |
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Lesbian Paris (ca 1900-1940) Part 1
From the late nineteenth century until World War II, Paris was a center of sexual freedom and same-sex sexual cultures. Lesbian American and European expatriates and France's own lesbian writers and artists created a Bohemian social, sexual, and creative milieu that makes this time and place unique in the history of lesbian culture. Part 1 of 2.
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Illustration: Detail from a portrait of Natalie Clifford Barney. |
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03/01/2007 |
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Canadian Literature
Canadian gay and lesbian writers have produced a vibrant body of fiction, non-fiction, drama, and poetry since the 1960s.
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Illustration: Detail from a photograph of Canadian-born writer Katherine V. Forrest by Angela Brinskele. |
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01/01/2007 |
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Transsexuals of Brazil
Transgender people--more specifically, people who were born male but present themselves as female--are Brazil's single most marginalized group. Though activists and government agencies are beginning to address the problems they face, most Brazilian transsexuals suffer from violence, unique health risks, social isolation, and enormous emotional stresses.
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Illustration: Detail from a photograph by Barry Michael Wolfe © Barry Michael Wolfe. |
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12/01/2006 |
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The Photography of Laurie Toby Edison
Artist Laurie Toby Edison is chiefly known for three series of photographic work: Women En Large: Images of Fat Nudes, Familiar Men, and Women of Japan. Edison's work reflects her engagement in the Fat Acceptance/Size movement, the feminist movement, and queer activist organizations.
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Illustration: A photograph of Laurie Toby Edison by Carol Squires. |
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11/01/2006 |
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Scars, Stoma, Ostomy Bag, Portacath
Tee Corinne (1943-2006), the shy superstar of lesbian erotic art, died of liver cancer on August 27, 2006. The loss of her lover to colon cancer less than a year before inspired Corinne's final series of photographs entitled Scars, Stoma, Ostomy Bag, Portacath.
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Illustration: A self-portrait from Tee Corinne's Scars, Stoma, Ostomy Bag, Portacath. |
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