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The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
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The story of these two ill-fated cities of the plain is the single most influential vehicle for the transmission of anti-gay prejudice. The sad irony is that the story originally had nothing whatsoever to do with homosexuality. Essays by Rictor Norton on the Historical Roots of Homophobia.
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History Gay Male Actors
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An Article on the history of gay male actors. From the silent era forward, gay film actors have made significant contributions to cinematic art and Western culture. While very few gay and lesbian actors have been permitted the luxury of openness, many of them have nevertheless challenged and helped reconfigure notions of masculinity and femininity and, to a lesser extent, of homosexuality.
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Gay Stage Actors And Actresses
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Gay and lesbian actors are among the elite of the contemporary theater, but the number of them who are openly gay remains small. Some have delayed coming out publicly, others have been outed posthumously, and rumors swirl about still others who consistently decline comment as to their private lives.
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Gay and Lesbian Identity Contemporary Art
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From one perspective, contemporary art is the art of the immediate present. However, in the institutional settings of the museum, the art market, and academia, contemporary art designates new currents in art since 1970. Its history is identified with postmodernism, a later phase of modern art. During this period, an art addressing gay and lesbian identity emerged.
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Art Censorship Relating to Homosexuality
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Since recorded history, governments, religious authorities, and self-appointed arbiters of morality have attempted to regulate what individuals think and believe, read and write, see and depict. Sexuality of all kinds has been a prime subject of regulation and censorship, and homosexuality, the "crime not to be named among Christians" and "the Love that dare not speak its name," has been particularly so.
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Catharina alias Anastasius
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Catharina alias Anastasius On 13 October 1721 Catharina Margaretha Linck and Catharina Margaretha Mühlhahn were prosecuted for lesbian relations. Essays by Rictor Norton
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