SoHo, Manhattan: Charl Llie, Founr of the Llie-Lohman Mm of Gay and Lbian Art, at the Mm — AIA New York

Contents:

• LLIE-LOHMAN MM OF GAY AND LBIAN ART
• GAY BARS AND CLUBS SOHO
• LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
• THE BT GAY BARS IN SOHO
• THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
• MOSW GAY MAP
• MOSW GAY BARS
• LLIE-LOHMAN MM OF GAY AND LBIAN ART
• SOHO, MANHATTAN: CHARL LLIE, FOUNR OF THE LLIE-LOHMAN MM OF GAY AND LBIAN ART, AT THE MM
• GAY GALLERY SEEKS MM STAT, FUNDG

LLIE-LOHMAN MM OF GAY AND LBIAN ART

So, om Stonewall archiv to morn gay art exhibns, we’ve put together a list of the top 10 LGBTQ mms the world offerg up gay culture and sight to all thgs queer, wherever you are the world. Llie+Lohman Mm of Gay and Lbian Art, New York, USANamed after their New Yorker founrs Frz Lohman and Charl Llie, the Llie+Lohman Mm of Gay and Lbian Art is the rult of s of stggl and opposn, startg wh a small 1969 exhibn that took place their Soho loft. Schwul Mm, Berl, GermanyWily regard as the first ‘gay mm’ is the Schwul Mm Berl which trac s origs back to 1984 wh a sgle exhib si the Berl Mm.

GAY BARS AND CLUBS SOHO

ONE Natnal Gay & Lbian Archiv, Los Angel, USAAimed at promotg public awarens of LGBTQ issu through prervatn is the ONE Natnal Gay & Lbian Archiv Los Angel.

LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE

Owg much to the Universy of Southern California Librari terms of space and rourc, ONE has been enshred on Wt Adams Boulevard sce 2010, providg visors and amics accs to perdils, books, films, photography, d rerdgs and personal papers, all relatg to the history of gay and lbian issu the Uned Stat.

GLBT Historil Society & Mm, San Francis, USAPlayfully referred to as the ‘gay Smhsonian’ is the GLBT Historil Society & Mm San Francis, which holds an extensive llectn of historic artefacts, all relatg to the history of LGBT people the US, wh a eper foc on San Francis and Northern California.

Loted on 18th street the Castro neighbourhood – San Francis’s gay mec – GLBT is the first LGBT mm of s kd dited solely to the e, allowg visors to ga sights to lol legend and polil figure Harvey Milk as well as to explore var temporary and permanent exhibs spanng everythg om archival materials to graphic arts. Stonewall Natnal Mm & Archiv, Fort Lrdale, USAWhile Fort Lrdale might not be the first cy that sprgs to md when lookg to memorate the Stonewall uprisg, the Stonewall Natnal Mm & Archiv Fort Lrdale, fact, serv a very strong lol LGBTQ muny, alongsi other municipal offergs like the Internatnal Gay & Lbian Travel Associatn and the Pri Center of Florida.

GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

Now loted Wilton Manors, Florida’s top gay mm hosts revolvg exhibs, film screengs, readgs and fundraisers throughout the year. Natnal Gay & Lbian Sports Hall of Fame, Chigo, USAThis next LGBTQ mm is one for the queer sports fanatics among you.

THE BT GAY BARS IN SOHO

The Natnal Gay & Lbian Sports Hall of Fame loted Chigo is the only mm of s type the US. The ArQuiv, Toronto, CanadaNatnally supported sce 1973 as part of Canada’s progrsive polics and gay-iendly approach, the untry’s natnal LGBTQ archiv are well-n and important cultural stutns. In Toronto, disver The ArQuiv (Canadian Lbian & Gay Archiv), which hosts one of the largt queer historil llectns the world.

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Atralia Lbian & Gay Archiv, Melbourne, AtraliaRun by a volunteer-based muny for over 40 years is the Atralia Lbian & Gay Archiv Melbourne.

As well as hostg exhibs at the ma se of the archive and library, the muny also puts on var exhibs operatn wh partner galleri across Atralia, naturally jog on big lendar events such as Sydney Gay & Lbian Mardi Gras and Midsumma Ftival.

MOSW GAY MAP

Officially named the Internatnal Homo/Lbian Informatn Archive, but gog by IHLIA LGBT Herage for short, this llectn has been growg rapidly the cy’s Public Library sce 1999. The enigmatic actor, art llector, gay activist, globetrotter, and doyenne of the SoHo scene has, along wh his late partner J. Together, the pair found the Llie-Lohman Mm of Gay and Lbian Art—the first stutn of s kd—which is down the block, on Wooster, unassumg Llie happened to poke his head out to the hallway to terme the e of the ck; before he uld shut the door, a group om the art magaze I worked for had charged their way through.

This somewhat jad crew of crics was ankly awed to fd every available surface the dky, crimson Prce Street loft absolutely vered—let me repeat: vered—wh explicly homoerotic art all styl and media, cludg var se-specific murals. At the start of his and Lohman’s llectg days, more than 60 years ago, “gay imagery was unfortunately the hands of pornographers exclively, ” Llie lamented.

MOSW GAY BARS

Photo by Max Burkhalter for wi-rangg llectn gently illtrat the changg landspe of public gay life and the civil rights advanc crementally gaed sce he began discreetly buyg homoerotic art the 1950s.

It is only the last three s that homosexualy has gaed legal protectns the Uned Stat. When the llectn began to take shape, sodomy was outlawed ( still is several stat), and gays uld be refed service at bars and other there were numerable challeng to gog about buildg such a libido, Uranian llectn. Much like homosexualy self, gay art was hidn away—tucked the back rooms of galleri, wh entry granted by s and vert nods passed between figur who had to read the other as part of their circle.

LLIE-LOHMAN MM OF GAY AND LBIAN ART

Generally, homoerotic works “were ma for iends, ” Llie said, and they’ve only more recently been g to the market. He ced the Amerin artist Pl Cadm, “a very charmg man” he knew through gay circl Cann.

Born the remote town of Deadwood, South Dakota, 1933, Llie had saved enough money by the time he was 17 to take a b to Los Angel, where he enuntered his first gay muny. After his two-year stt was up, Llie enrolled the Sorbonne Paris before travelg throughout Europe, livg Venice and Amsterdam, known as the gay pal of post-war Europe. Tipped off by a iend, Llie “found a ltle old ticky-tacky shop, ” as he relled, that trafficked the sale of homoerotic art.

SOHO, MANHATTAN: CHARL LLIE, FOUNR OF THE LLIE-LOHMAN MM OF GAY AND LBIAN ART, AT THE MM

An elrly gentleman, whom Llie perceived to be gay, sat behd the unter.

Ccially, however, this perd allowed him to experience the nuanc of gay culture around the world, which drastilly changed his worldview. He relled gog to a ernment-sponsored gay bar Amsterdam: “The first thg you saw when you walked was this huge, long bar wh a gigantic picture of Queen Juliana sg out at her gay subjects.

GAY GALLERY SEEKS MM STAT, FUNDG

1960, “I plunged to the gay rights movement stantaneoly bee so much bullsh was gog on this untry, ” he said. “Frz and I both had always been volved gay rights issu, ” Llie said. They were pecially active wh the Gay Activists Alliance.

It’s a misnceptn that their llectn only featur work by gay artists.

“You don’t have to be gay, ” he clarified.