Other significant Latina/Latino American artists include Nuyoricans (Puerto Ricans living in New York City) José Luis Cortés (b. 1962), Abnel Rodríguez (b. 1964), Alberto Valderrama (1957-1995), and Reyes Meléndez (b. 1962).

Painters such as Tony de Carlo (b. 1956) and Gil de Montes (b. 1966) also make use of gay imagery, while Miguel Angel Reyes (b. 1964) depicts men with a rough, sexually appealing, macho appearance. Jerome Caja (1958-1995) performed a post-apocalyptic drag act, and also exhibited mixed-media works.

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Finally, Latino photographers such as Axel Damian Reyes, Gerardo Suter (b. 1957), Franc Franca (b. 1961), and Roberto Rincón have made a name for themselves by utilizing strong imagery celebrating gay male sexuality.

Conclusion

Perhaps the only generalization that can be made about the diverse artists who contribute to the tradition of Latina/Latino glbtq art is that they often confront, with a peculiarly personal urgency, the crucial issues of gender, sexuality, and acceptance that have obsessed American culture generally in the past several decades.

After Stonewall, American gay male art underwent a radical transformation as artists came out and began to treat gay themes openly and directly.

Since Stonewall, lesbian artists in America, from installation artists to filmmakers and photographers to performance artists and painters, have become increasingly diverse and visible.

Contemporary Art, which designates new currents in art since 1970, is identified with postmodernism; during this period an art addressing gay and lesbian identity emerged.

Gay and lesbian Latin American artists frequently use their art to portray their desire for sexual and political liberation, often combining traditional subject matter with personal symbols and insights to stress their longing for acceptance.

Latina/o glbtq communities in the U.S. pursue multiple visions, diverse politics, and a variety of struggles for identity and liberation; their efforts have helped shape the meaning of what it means to be queer and Latina and Latino in the U.S. and transnationally.

An early 1960s school of painting and sculpture that utilized the subjects, techniques, or stylistic conventions of popular culture, Pop Art expressed a camp sensibility.

Cuban-born American artist Félix González-Torres shaped an art that was at once personal and political, reflecting his AIDS and gay rights activism.