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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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Illustration: The image of Greta Garbo is a detail from a portrait by Arnold Genthe courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. |
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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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Illustration: Frontispiece from Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market.
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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.
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Illustration: The image of Frida Kahlo is a detail from a portrait of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera by Carl Van Vechten courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division |
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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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Illustration: Photograph of Leonard Bernstein by Fred Palumbo courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. |
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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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Illustration: Cover of Ann Bannon's Women in the Shadows courtesy Cleis Press. |
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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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Illustration: Clifton Webb. |
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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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Illustration: Image of Percier and Fontaine's Empress' Chamber at Malmaison courtesy Northwestern University Library Special Collections. |
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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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Illustration: Detail from Gustav Moreau's Hercules and the Hydra courtesy Northwestern University Library Special Collections. |
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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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Illustration: Portrait of Truman Capote by Roger Higgins courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. |
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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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Illustration: The image of Alvin Ailey is a detail from a portrait by Carl Van Vechten. Courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. |
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