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FIVE PIEC OF GAY ART AT THE BRISH MM
Homosexualy was illegal England and Wal until July 1967. In recent tim Sat Sebastian has bee a gay in spirg filmmakers, wrers and artists.
Jo our volunteer-led tour and disver a fascatg selectn of objects wh LGBTQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer) nnectns. This year the Mm will take this ia one step further and start to share some of those stori as lnch volunteer-led LGBTQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer) tours which will unver non-heteronormative and non-bary stori wh the Mm’s rich llectn. In a way, the spiratn for the LGBTQ tours me om the Brish Mm, via the publitn of A Ltle Gay History by Richard B Parkson.
It clus the ancient Roman sculpture of the Disbol, an almost 4, 000-year-old Babylonian pictn of the Queen of the Night, a stele erected for Hor and Suty – two high ernment officials ancient Egypt, as well the glor 'holy grail of homosexualy', the Warren Cup – a Roman drkg cup, rated wh explic imag of male lovers. I took special note of Lord Wolfenn who, addn to beg Director of the Mm, was chairman of the Commtee on Homosexual Offenc and Prostutn.