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06/01/2003 |
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Symbols of Pride
Symbols such as the lambda, the rainbow flag, and the pink triangle bespeak a defiant self-esteem in the face of discrimination and oppression while monuments, marches, and parades serve to render the glbtq community visible.
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Illustration: The rainbow flag. |
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05/15/2003 |
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English Literature: Renaissance
Homosexuality is writ large in the literature of the English Renaissance but, with the exception of a few significant but atypical texts, homoeroticism tends to be expressed implicitly rather than explicitly, seen from the outside rather than from the inside, and is nearly always shadowed by a penumbra of religious and social disapproval.
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Illustration: Detail from a portrait of Sir Francis Bacon. |
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05/01/2003 |
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Photography: Gay Male
Gay male photography has blurred the boundaries between art, erotica, and social history and merits recognition for its contribution to fine art, documentation, photo-journalism, and advertising as well as erotica.
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Illustration: Image of George Platt Lynes' American Landscape Courtesy Northwestern University Library Art Collection. |
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04/20/2003 |
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Poetry: Lesbian, Pre-Stonewall
No canonical list of pre-Stonewall lesbian poetry exists, but few would disagree that each of the six women profiled here contributed significantly to the lesbian literary heritage.
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Illustration: Photograph of Hilda Doolittle courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. |
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04/15/2003 |
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Jewish-American Literature
Jewish-American gay and lesbian literature with its rich heritage, diverse subject matter, and thriving vitality has imbued American Jewish literature with new life. With some notable exceptions, American Jewish gay and lesbian writers have tended to be secularists; for them "Jewish" is not necessarily an indicator of a particular religious position or sensibility but an affirmation of ethnic and cultural identity.
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Illustration: The image of Gertrude Stein is a detail from a portrait by Carl Van Vechten. Courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. |
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03/15/2003 |
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Photography: Lesbian, Pre-Stonewall
Photography has long been an important artistic medium for lesbian women, but the record of lesbian photography before Stonewall has been obscured by time, disinterest, and overt hostility. However, the last thirty years of scholarship have produced enough material to create a dialogue about photographs made by lesbian-identified or lesbian-identifiable women.
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Illustration: Untitled photograph by Alice Austen courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. |
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03/01/2003 |
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Autobiography: Lesbian
In the first century of its existence, lesbian autobiography has moved from being coded to being outspoken, and it is both wide ranging and contradictory in the stories that it tells.
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Illustration: The image of Alice B. Toklas is a detail from a photograph by Carl Van Vechten. Courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. |
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