One of Ameri’s most beloved artists kept a secret. Andy Warhol — pop artist and gay in — was also a lifelong Catholic who went to mass regularly at a church New York Cy’s Upper East Si.
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WAS J GAY? PROBABLY
<p><strong>Pl Otreicher:</strong> I preached on Good Friday that J's timacy wh John suggted he was gay as I felt eply had to be addrsed</p> * last supper gay *
I felt I uld not pe the sufferg of gay and lbian people at the hands of the church, over many that divisive issue a subject for Good Friday?
The evince, on the other hand, that he may have been what we today ll gay is very strong.
But even gay rights mpaigners the church have been reluctant to suggt . He dared to suggt that possibily and was met wh disda, as though he were simply out to much reflectn and wh certaly no wish to shock, I felt I was left wh no optn but to suggt, for the first time half a century of my Anglin prithood, that J may well have been homosexual.
A VERY GAY ‘LAST SUPPER’ SAN FRANCIS
Tomorrow is Mndy Thursday, memoratg the Last Supper (of J and his apostl) Christian tradn, most famoly reprented a late 15th century mural patg by Leonardo da Vci -- a patg often parodied, playful, poted, and liberately sacrileg ways. Includg many turng on genr and sexualy. For stance, this 2017 Italian gay… * last supper gay *
Heterosexual, bisexual, homosexual: J uld have been any of the. The homosexual optn simply seems the most likely.
GAY ‘LAST SUPPER’ SPARKS OUTRAGE
Say you are a God-fearg Christian, not puranil but also not one to take blasphemy lightly. How would you feel about a gay ftival promotn that * last supper gay *
Although there is no rabbic tradn of celibacy, J uld well have chosen to rea om sexual activy, whether he was gay or not. I saw as an act of penence for the sufferg and persecutn of homosexual people that still persists many parts of the church. Whether J was gay or straight no way affects who he was and what he means for the world today.
What matters this ntext is that there are many gay and lbian followers of J – ordaed and lay – who, spe the church, remarkably and humbly rema s fahful members. As the art cric Kenh Clark not, the pater “gladly allowed his homosexualy to perate to the pth of his beg. Gayety: This project is sure to ffle some feathers, pecially given the timg of the release.
Gay Hbner shar memori of fay breakfast, cheap we, good girliends, bad dat, and how a good meal bds together. * last supper gay *
Gayety: Tell a ltle b about your background or experience wh Christiany, posive or negative.
Gayety: So many queer folks of all ag are jt now begng to unpack the relig trma they faced growg up. Gayety: How do you thk this project, or projects like , might help queer folks rencile their fah and their sexualy? Gayety: The project is tly a feast of the ey.
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Gayety: So much harm is beg done right now to queer people the Uned Stat the name of Christiany.