Winston Churchill: "History will be kind to me for I intend to write it." Before you start in on the outrage, I fully acknowledge the serious modern age problems with Churchill. His strongly held and outspoken views on race deserve our scorn. However, Churchill was not … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Writer, Lord Alfred Douglas
October 22, 1870- Lord Alfred Douglas: ''I am the love that dare not speak its name.'' There have been plays, films, reenactments, and books about the trial of Oscar Wilde, or rather the three trials of Oscar Wilde, and his destruction, but I had been considering what happened to … [Read more...]
#ArtDept: The Men of Glyn Warren Philpot
Self Portrait, 1908 Glyn Warren Philpot (1884–1937) was a queer artist who mostly did society portraits. He studied at what is now the City and Guilds of London Art School in 1900, and at the Académie Julian in Paris. After spending some time in Spain, he painted Manuelito, … [Read more...]
#OnThisGayDay: Obergefell v Hodges is Decided by SCOTUS
June 26, 2015– Marriage Equality Comes to the USA More than two million LGBTQ American citizens have exchanged vows since SCOTUS ruled on Obergefell v. Hodges deciding that Marriage Equality is a Constitutional Right in a decision that opened the doors at courthouses across the … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Ultimate Hustler, Denham Fouts
Photo via Wikimedia Commons May 9, 1914 - Denham Fouts "Denny was about the most beautiful boy anybody had ever seen. His skin always looked as if it had just been scrubbed; it seemed to have no pores at all, it was so smooth."Cabaret singer Jimmie Daniles (1908 – … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Early LGBTQ Activist & Sexologist, Magnus Hirschfeld
May 9, 1868 - Magnus Hirschfeld Hirschfeld was born into a Jewish family in a town in the Prussian Empire that is now part of Poland. He studied to become a physician and … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Gay Artist, George Quaintance
1947, via Wikimedia Commons January 30, 1902 - George Quaintance Before there was Tom of Finland, James Bidgood, or Pierre et Gilles, there was George Quaintance, a master painter and photographer of the male physique who was openly gay during an era where being out of the … [Read more...]
#PridePioneer: Henry Gruber & The Society for Human Rights
Via YouTube The Society for Human Rights was founded in 1924 by German-born Henry Gerber (1892-1972). His given name was Josef Henry Dittmar. While living in Chicago, he founded the first American LGBTQ Rights organization. Inspired by the work of Germany's pioneering Gay … [Read more...]
#PridePioneer: Singer, Hugues-Adhémar Cuénod
public domain Hugues-Adhémar Cuénod (1902-2010) was an openly gay Swiss classical tenor and music professor noted for his performances in international opera, operetta, musical theatre, and on the concert stage, where he was particularly known for his clear, light, romantic … [Read more...]
#ArtDept: “Macaroni” Pictures from the Late 18th Century
A Macaroni Dressing Room (1772), artist unknown The Library at Yale University has a collection of the furniture, books, and prints once owned by the prominent connoisseur, writer, and politician Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717 – 1797), an English writer, art … [Read more...]
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