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2014: Jahmal
Gabriel Garcia Roman: Jahmal (2014); from a series, Queer Icons
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Tagged 2010's, 21st Century, African-Americans, Art, Christianity, Gabriel Garcia Roman, Latino/as/x, LGBTQ, Mexico, Photography, Religion, Saints, USA
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1897: C.3.3.
When Oscar Wilde’s poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol was published in February, 1898, the author’s name appeared only as “C.3.3.,” which had been the number of Wilde’s tiny room in the prison: block C, landing 3, cell 3. It … Continue reading
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Books, Doors, Ireland, LGBTQ, Oscar Wilde, Poetry, Prisons
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2017: Walt Whitman’s House
Marsden Hartley: Walt Whitman’s House, 328 Mickle Street, Camden, New Jersey (c. 1905) From 2017 Google Streetview: Whitman’s house today—now 328 Dr Martin Luther King Blvd—and the view from its windows, Camden County Jail: We two, how long we were … Continue reading
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Tagged 1860's, 18th Century, 1900's, 2010's, 20th Century, 21st Century, LGBTQ, Marsden Hartley, Martin Luther King Jr., Photography, Poetry, Prisons, USA, Walt Whitman
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1994: You Bomb You!
Allen Ginsberg throwing out the first pitch at a San Francisco Giants game on June 1, 1994. The team had invited him to be the first in a “City of Poets” series in which writers read their work before games. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1990's, 20th Century, Allen Ginsberg, LGBTQ, Poetry, Sports, USA, War
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1529: Fortifications
In 1527, a republican government was established in the city-state of Florence after residents ousted the ruling Medici family. The pope at the time, Clement VII, was himself a Medici—and he took affront at the rebellion and resolved to capture … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th Century, Architecture, Art, Drawing, Emperor Charles V, Italy, LGBTQ, Michelangelo, Pope Clement VII, War
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1792: The Chevalier d’Éon
Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée d’Éon de Beaumont—known more simply as the Chevalier d’Éon—was a French soldier, diplomat, and spy who settled in London, living from 1762-1777 as a man and from 1786-1810 as a woman. Born to a poor noble family in Burgundy … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Century, Chevalier d'Éon, Diplomacy, France, Great Britain, LGBTQ, Russia, Seven Years' War, Women
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1989: Drain
Robert Gober: Drain (1989)
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Tagged 1980's, 20th Century, Art, LGBTQ, Painting, Robert Gober, USA
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