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1906: Martyr
F. Holland Day – Saint Sebastian (1906) Although the traditional iconography shows Saint Sebastian pierced by arrows, this is not actually how he dies and becomes a martyr. The 13th century Legenda aurea, a collection of hagiographies by Jacobus de … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Century, 1900's, 20th Century, Art, Books, Christianity, F. Holland Day, Jacobus de Varagine, LGBTQ, Photography, Religion, Rome, Saints, USA
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1559: Not Man, Not Woman, Not Androgyne
This mysterious Latin inscription appears to be an epitaph composed in the 16th century by someone named or calling himself Lucio Agatho Priscius; the deceased was named Aelia Laelia Crispis. DM Aelia Laelia Crispis Nec vir nec mulier nec androgyna … Continue reading
1807: No Less Sacred to Them than the Tie of Marriage
I passed a few days in the valley of one of those streams of northern Vermont, which find their way into Champlain. If I were permitted to draw aside the veil of private life, I would briefly give you the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1800's, 19th Century, Charity Bryant, LGBTQ, Marriage, Sylvia Drake, USA, William Cullen Bryant, Women
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1947: Iridescence
Andrey Avinoff: Iridescence (1925-1947) The entomologist Andrey Avinoff emigrated from Russia to the USA after the revolution and worked at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History for 20 years, eventually becoming its director. He turned to painting only later in … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920's, 1940's, 20th Century, Andrey Avinoff, Animals, Art, Butterflies, Drawing, Flowers, Insects, LGBTQ, Painting, Russia, Soviet Union, USA
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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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