As objects reprentg Lbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgenr, Queer/Qutng history enter the mm's llectn today, Curator Kathere Ott reflects on llectg and terpretg LBGTQ material an object be gay? A queer qutn and one that is endlsly tertg for mms.Objects are not gay any more than they n be Klgon, a Free-Soil Party member,
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It's easy to suppose this homoerotic terpretatn of such a sensuo object appealed to gay 18th-century llectors.
In 2008 the Mm's 9 Bob Note was issued by Duckie for e durg their club event Gay Shame go Macho. The East End gang lear was acknowledged by many, cludg himself, to be gay. Allow me to reveal to you s LGBTQ nnectn, highlighted by former Brish Mm curator Profsor Richard B Parkson his book A Ltle Gay History.
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