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slideshow |
06/01/2006 |
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Angela Brinskele: Preserving Pride
Photographer Angela Brinskele began capturing images of California pride celebrations and protests in 1984, and has not missed a single pride season since. This series of fifteen photographs taken at glbtq parades and marches focuses on images that document celebration, protest, policing, and romance and marriage.
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Illustration: Detail from a photograph of Angela Brinskele by Rita Belter. |
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interview |
06/01/2006 |
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Interview: Angela Brinskele
Angela Brinskele has been photographings LGBT pride events in California since 1984. In this interview with glbtq's Wik Wikholm, Brinskele discusses her work, the obstacles she has faced, the "post-gay" phenomenon, and her plans for the future.
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Illustration: Detail from a photograph of Angela Brinskele by Rita Belter. |
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spotlight |
05/01/2006 |
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Autobiography: Transgender and Transsexual
For the last 75 years, transgender and transsexual autobiographies have told the stories of their authors' lives and appealed for greater acceptance of transgender people.
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Illustration: A photograph of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf from the Cleis Press edition of her autobiography, I Am My Own Wife. |
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slideshow |
04/01/2006 |
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Lesbian Comedians
The enormous popularity of stand-up comedy since the 1980s has encouraged lesbian comics to perform on stages around the United States. Several have been spectacularly successful in entertaining and educating both mainstream and queer audiences, and a select few are among the most prominent lesbians in American popular culture.
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Illustration: Detail of from a photograph of Lili Tomlin by Angela Brinskele. |
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spotlight |
03/01/2006 |
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New Orleans
New Orleans is one of America's most colorful cities and boasts a rich tradition for glbtq people. The city is both a popular travel destination for gay men and lesbians and the home of a diverse glbtq community.
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Illustration: Detail from a photograph by Ted-Larry Pebworth, courtesy Ted-Larry Pebworth. |
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spotlight |
02/01/2006 |
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African-American Literature: Gay Male
The African-American gay male tradition in literature consists of a substantial body of texts, spans a period of nearly seven decades, and includes some of the most gifted writers of the twentieth century such as James Baldwin, Countee Cullen, and Langston Hughes. It challenges black and white homophobia as well as straight and queer racism.
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Illustration: The image of James Baldwin is a detail from a portrait by Carl Van Vechten courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. |
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spotlight |
01/01/2006 |
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Mystery Fiction Part 2
Lesbian and gay mystery fiction is an important part of the glbtq literary heritage that has burgeoned since the early 1970s.
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Illustration: Cover art from a reprint edition of Steven Saylor's Roman Blood courtesy Steven Saylor. |
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spotlight |
12/01/2005 |
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Mystery Fiction Part 1
Lesbian and Gay Mystery Fiction is an important part of the glbtq literary heritage that has burgeoned since the early 1970s.
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Illustration: Cover art from Ellen Hart's Iron Girl courtesy Ellen Hart. |
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slideshow |
11/01/2005 |
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The Art of Mady
Mady is a Montreal-based artist whose expressionist-inspired work often dwells on life, death, female sexuality, spirituality, and memory.
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exhibition features images from nine distinct series she has created since 1990.
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Illustration: Detail from a photographic portrait of Mady. |
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spotlight |
10/01/2005 |
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Anthropology
Anthropology was the first of the social science disciplines to take sexuality--and particularly homosexuality--seriously as a field of intellectual inquiry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The field has achieved a new impetus in the post-Stonewall era.
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Illustration: Margaret Mead. Photograph courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. |
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