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​While lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) Canadians have always been engaged artistic disurse, was only the 1960s and 1970s that alterna...

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CANADA 150: GAY CANADIAN INS

​While lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) Canadians have always been engaged artistic disurse, was only the 1960s and 1970s that alternative sexuali were openly portrayed ways that directly challenged the mastream tablishment. While lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) Canadians have always been engaged artistic disurse, was only the 1960s and 1970s that queer culture was openly portrayed ways that directly challenged the mastream tablishment.

Ever sce, queer artists have played an tegral role the movement for LGBT rights Canada, and today ntue to challenge not only homophobia but also lonialism, racism and sexism. Jt how did a Greek god bee a bean for gay men the Prairi?

Throughout the early 20th century, homoerotic subject matter was nveyed the works of a handful of paters, sculptors and photographers — some of whom engaged same-sex partnerships, and some of whom did not. Queer art of this perd nnot be seen as a stable tegory of work produced solely by gays and lbians.

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