'Passag' director nounc 'dangero' NC-17 ratg on a film pictg a gay love story

Contents:

• GAY MEN POSTERS AND ART PRTS
• HIDN PLA SIGHT: HOW GAY ARTISTS EXPRSED FORBIDN SIRE
• "GAY"/ FE ART PRTS ▼
• GAY HSAR ART: GRAN WHO STCK A POSE FOR A EE LUNCH
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

GAY MEN POSTERS AND ART PRTS

It’s jarrg to thk that was only 50 years ago that male homosexualy was crimalized the UK. Prr to 1967, hidg one’s sexualy was not jt a choice for gay men, but a necsy.

Known gay men like Osr Wil (who was later imprisoned bee of his sexualy) married women for social pretense, and psychiatrists offered dangero nversn therapi to those sperate to alter their orientatn. Polari, a secret Brish slang ed by gay men, for stance, allowed them to speak eely whout the fear of arrt.

HIDN PLA SIGHT: HOW GAY ARTISTS EXPRSED FORBIDN SIRE

Gay artists (as well as artists believed to be gay) often explored homosexualy amic guis, such as through Greek mythology. 1869) for example, hted at the sexual relatns between olr mentors and young men Ancient Greece, wh the sexual subtext of an terracial gay uple. Gay rights: Greatly expand, 'impossibly agile'.

"GAY"/ FE ART PRTS ▼

Props like peack feathers and dyed green rnatns were worn on jacket lapels, athetic signifiers that allowed gay men to intify themselv – and each other – whout beg ught.

As a gay man himself, Warhol was offerg a space for queer dienc wh the homophobic language of mastream Ameri.

GAY HSAR ART: GRAN WHO STCK A POSE FOR A EE LUNCH

His work manipulat spac tradnally associated wh heterosexualy, like locker rooms, wh a queer athetic, ntug Warhol’s tradn of transformg the everyday to artistic s of gay male sire.

From gay paters like Leonardo da Vci and Andy Warhol to bisexuals like Frida Kahlo and trans artists like Lili Elbe and Jefey Cathere Jon, the rabow of great LGBTQ+ paters stretch around the world.

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

The first terpretatn of the Ganyme tale is born om the homosexual relatns that were acknowledged some ancient Greek stat. The relatnships were not what we would today ll homosexual.

Even as they emphasised the Christian msage of this scene, homosexual artists of the Renaissance were not bld to the more obv meang of the Ganyme myth. Some patrons may have requted a versn of the Ganyme myth as an exprsn of their homosexual sir. In poetry, plays, and even mon parlance, Ganyme me to stand for both paedophilic and homosexual tast.

Homosexualy the morn sense was only named and acknowledged the late neteenth century. While many homosexual men had to rema gey about their love, there were some outspoken artists who were relatively open about their sir. Today his works, cludg a patg of Ganyme before he is rried off, are some of the few ma by a homosexual artist that explore the psychology of gay men.