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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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08/01/2003 

Architecture and Architects
 
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender architects have made substantial and diverse contributions to architecture, though the impact of sexual orientation on building design is unclear.
 
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07/15/2003 

European Art: Nineteenth Century
 
Several nineteenth century European artists and art critics achieved a self-aware homosexual identity that is expressed in both their lives and their works, but lesbianism is only rarely depicted in terms of identity during this period.
 
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07/01/2003 

American Literature: Gay Male, 1900-1969
 
There was frank and affirmative gay male American writing from the century's start, but it was usually published abroad or by marginal presses or remained private and unpublished. As the century advanced, there were marked increases in both the amount of frank gay male American writing and the amount of it issued by mainstream publishers.
 
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06/15/2003 

Dance
 
In the twentieth century, artistic dance has proven to be a haven for glbtq people, who have made significant contributions in almost every area, including as choreographers, performers, and teachers. A number of gay choreographers have also included, with varying degrees of explicitness, homoerotic content in their dances.
 
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