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A gay in is a public figure who is highly regard and beloved by the LGBT muny. A gay in n eher be a part of the LGBT muny or heterosexual, but heterosexual gay ins are often highly supportive of their fans wh the muny and the rights of LGBT people. Organizatns...

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HOW DID A THIRD-CENTURY CATHOLIC SAT BEE A GAY IN? HERE’S THE HOMOEROTIC HISTORY OF SAT SEBASTIAN

How did inography of Sat Sebastian bee popular the gay muny? Osr Wil was taken wh Guido Reni's patg the figure. * saint gay icon *

Ined, the Renaissance and Baroque pictns are rooted the Catholic teachgs about the permeabily of sats’ bodi and the ecstasy experienced their munn wh the dive—the pictns were the on to be later embraced by the gay muny who saw their own experienc mirrored Sat Sebastian’s betiful sufferg. Reni’s patg was siarly fluential to the famed 20th-century Japane thor Y Mishima; Mishima’s 1949 novel Confsns of a Mask, the book’s adolcent protagonist experienc a homosexual awakeng while gazg at the very same patg.

The referenc to the sat didn’t end there—Mishima, who was himself gay, went so far as to pose as Sat Sebastian a now-famo photographic portra, taken not long before the wrer’s ath by suici 1970.

Perhaps most ncretely, the story of Sat Sebastian paralleled the experienc and fears of the closeted gay muny—when Sebastian’s ncealed te (Christian) inty was revealed, he was shunned, tormented, and killed by those power, a harrowg tale that mirrored the gay experienc of beg “outed” throughout morn history.

SAT SEBASTIAN AS A GAY IN

Sat Sebastian: History’s first gay in? by Ktredge Cherry | Jan 20, 2019 Sat Sebastian has been lled history’s first gay in and the patron * saint gay icon *

Who would both die om the disease, found solace not the sat’s ecstasy but his earlier medieval associatns wh healg and wardg off the plague, both rporatg referenc to this patron sat of the gay muny to their late artworks.

/AIDS crisis, when the diagnosis many s reprented a ath sentence, and gay men were margalized and treated wh hostily by secular and relig thori, the sufferg queer Sat Sebastian beme an inic figure.

SAT SEBASTIAN, IN ASCENDG ORR OF {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CULTUREBY ADAM SALANDRAJULY 19, 2015/12:59 PMBY ADAM SALANDRAJULY 19, 2015 / 12:59 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"SAT SEBASTIAN, IN ASCENDG ORR OF SEXS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-07-19T16:59:51.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-07-19T16:59:51.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ADAM SALANDRA","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN TO NAMG GAY INS, I BET SAT SEBASTIAN ISN'T AT THE TOP OF YOUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LUCKILY FOR , MALLORY ORTBERG, EDOR OF THE TOAST, IS PROVG TO WHY THE CHRISTIAN MARTYR BELONGS ON YOUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHE QUOTED WIKIPEDIA ON THE MATTER, WHICH SCRIB SAT SEBASTIAN LIKE THIS:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE EARLIT GAY IN MAY HAVE BEEN SAT SEBASTIAN, A CHRISTIAN SAT AND MARTYR, WHOSE BATN OF STRONG AND SHIRTLS PHYSIQUE, SYMBOLIC ARROW-PIERCED FLH AND RAPTURO LOOK OF PA HAVE TRIGUED ARTISTS, BOTH GAY AND STRAIGHT, FOR CENTURI AND BEGAN THE FIRST EXPLICLY GAY CULT THE NETEENTH CENTURY. JOURNALIST RICHARD A. KAYE WROTE, “CONTEMPORARY GAY MEN HAVE SEEN SEBASTIAN AT ONCE A STUNNG ADVERTISEMENT FOR HOMOSEXUAL SIRE (ED, A HOMOEROTIC IAL), AND A PROTOTYPIL PORTRA OF TORTURED CLOSET SE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ORTBERG NOTIC THAT MOST PATGS OF THE MARTYR PICT HIM AS "A TERMAL BABE, OFTEN AT THE EXPENSE OF LOOKG LIKE HE IS ACTUALLY DYG." SHE GO ON TO HILARLY PROVE HER POT BY LISTG SOME PATGS OF THE SAT ASCENDG ORR OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"LEAVG ASI THE FACT THAT THIS SAT SEBASTIAN HAS EXACTLY ONE ARROW HIM, AND IS HIS LEG, ’S NOT BAD. MOST OF HIS PELVIS IS VERED, HE HAS A GENERALLY 'AD' QUALY TO HIM THAT I FOUND PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE, AND HIS FACE ISN’T SHG LIKE HE JT FELLATED A TUBE OF RAL LIPSTICK."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"'THEY ULDN’T POSSIBLY GET MORE OUTLANDISH, HE’S A BULGG DIAPER –' WAIT FOR IT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HERE IS WHERE WE GET TO ONE OF MY FAVORE POS, THE 'DANCG SEBASTIAN.' HE’S BEEN ROUGHED UP A B, BUT HE IS ALSO CLEARLY ABOUT TO LNCH TO A TIDY LTLE TWO-STEP."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THIS SAT SEBASTIAN DO NOT BLEED, BUT HE DO HAVE CREDIBLE LF FN, AND IS NVENIENTLY BOUND TO THE TREE EXACTLY THE SPOT MEN WHO ARE PROUD OF THEIR BICEPS GET BARBED-WIRE TATTOOS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HE IS SUCKING IN HIS STOMACH AND JUTTING OUT HIS HIPS, I ADORE HOW MUCH HE IS NOT BLEEDG OM HIS TWO SHALLOW FLH WOUNDS AND HOW REFULLY HE HAS BEEN TRIMMG HIS BIKI ZONE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR EVEN MORE "SEXY" PICS OF SAT SEBASTIAN, CHECK OUT ORTBERG'S FULL ARTICLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: THE TOAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Luckily for , Mallory Ortberg, edor of The Toast, is provg to why the Christian martyr belongs on your quoted Wikipedia on the matter, which scrib Sat Sebastian like this:"The earlit gay in may have been Sat Sebastian, a Christian sat and martyr, whose batn of strong and shirtls physique, symbolic arrow-pierced flh and rapturo look of pa have trigued artists, both gay and straight, for centuri and began the first explicly gay cult the neteenth century. Several relig anizatn, s cludg the Natnal Anglin Catholic Church and Integry the Epispal Church the Uned Stat have regnized Aelred as the patron sat of such gay-iendly groups as the Orr of St. While no tal actually exist providg rmatn about Sebastian's love life or sexual orientatn, the fact so much Renaissance art picts him homoerotic pos monstrat a strong nnectn to LGBT people.

Far om beg homoerotic, Reni's Sebastians are anti-erotic – a ncellg out of sexualy by a man who seems to have liked neher men, women nor good red of this, though, explas the sat's transformatn patg om a Byzante daddy to a Baroque twk.

It is thought that the abundance of such eroticised portrayals of the martyr’s naked, mcular, arrow-pierced flh, spired the cult followg Sat Sebastian attracted wh late neteenth century gay muni. Of urse, the two men uld be gay and have had a strong affectnate and timate relatnship whout beg sexually active, jt as many gay men the prithood and relig life today mata their promis and vows of celibacy. While some people thk that homophobia agast gay men om a revulsn about male sex acts, I thk that for many people the more horrifyg and sndalo phenomenon is men beg emotnally sensive, tenr, and affectnate wh one another.

SAT SEBASTIAN: HISTORY'S FIRST GAY IN? [PDF]

Of urse, such gentle and timate rpons by men is only a problem if one suffers om tense homophobia or believ the enforcement of strict genr expectatns that men should not be emotnal and rg toward one another.

ST. JOHN HENRY NEWMAN: THE FIRST OPENLY GAY CATHOLIC SAT?

Yet, I thk a good se n be ma for Newman beg the “first openly gay” Catholic sat for the simple reason that we know so much more about him and his relatnship than we do about the other exampl. It was precisely this batn that impelled a small group of artists, most of based Columbia, South Carola, to stage a llaborative art show centered on the image of Sat Sebastian, patron sat of soldiers and athlet, plague sat, gay in. Although there were mpy elements to the show, we were eply vted what Richard Kaye (2004) has characterized as the sat’s “endurg and unly power, ” a favore martyr of gay artists but easily adopted by any “who require a potent symbol of sexual disorr, polil or personal rebelln or beatific self-surrenr.

HOW DID ST SEBASTIAN BEE A GAY MALE IN?

At the same time, bee was schled for gay pri week, I kept thkg about gay shame, and found myself readg everythg om Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick and Michael Warner on gay shame to Gabriele D’Annunz’s 1911 Le Martyre Sat Sebastien. A Colombian artist and profsor of digal and media art at the Universy of Tampa, Echeverry took another poem, “Prick, ” as his text, a poem about anti-gay discrimatn wrten rponse to another image, “Pierced Cock. Gay ins of all orientatns have acknowledged the role that their gay fans have played their succs, cludg Lady Gaga, Bette Midler, Cher, Diana Ross, Madonna, Ja Jackson, Kylie Mogue, Mariah Carey, Spice Girls, Charli XCX, Brney Spears, Cheryl, Mara Diamandis, Christa Aguilera, Lana Del Rey, and Jennifer Lopez.

The earlit gay in may have been Sat Sebastian, [1] a Christian sat and martyr, whose batn of strong and shirtls physique, symbolic arrow-pierced flh and rapturo look of pa have trigued artists, both gay and straight, for centuri and began the first explicly gay cult the neteenth century.

SAT SEBASTIAN, A GAY IN WH ART

Allns to her appearance were ma early 20th century lbian lerature—most notably Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Lonels—where the gay playwright Jonathan Brockett scrib Marie Antoette and Lamballe as "poor souls... Johnson, [11] Sylvia Rivera, [11] Derek Jarman, [11] Amel Robl Ávila, [11] San Sontag, [12] Karl Herich Ulrichs, [13] Barbara Gtgs, [11] Essex Hemphill, [14] Audre Lor, [15] Virgia Woolf, Giao Casanova, Walt Whman, Anaïs N, and Aled Ksey are regard as gay ins.

For example, Greek-Amerin opera sger Maria Callas—who reached her peak the 1950s—beme a gay in bee the uniquely pellg quali of her stage performanc were allied to a temptuo private life, a sequence of unhappy love affairs, and a lonely premature ath Paris after her voice had serted her.

Indian actor Anil Kapoor[27] and actrs Sonam Kapoor, [28] Taiwane sger Jol Tsai, [29] Hong Kong sger Llie Chng, [30] South Korean pop group Girls' Generatn, [31] Che Ren Hang (photographer) and Thai sger Christa Aguilar[32] have been lled gay ins. [33] Spanish actrs Carmen Mra, Spanish polician Pedro Zerolo, [34] Italian sgers Ma and Raffaella Carrà, Sttish pop sger Jimmy Somerville, German actrs and sger Hilgard Knef, and English sgers Dty Sprgfield and Sophie Ellis-Bextor are also nsired gay ins, [35][36][37][38][39][40] as are French entertaers Dalida, Mylène Farmer, Lorie, Jenifer, Alizée, and Ysa Ferrer, Ukraian boy band Kazaky, Turkish sger Ajda Pekkan, and Italian actrs Isabella Rosselli. Sger Gloria Trevi is nsired a gay in, pecially after her release of "Todos me miran" ("Everyone's Lookg at Me") featurg a rejected gay man turned drag queen, but had been popular wh the gay and lbian muny Mexi sce the begng of her reer for beg a ntroversial and powerful sger.

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Other artists who have fought for gay rights the untry are the mol and actrs Patricia Velásquez, the play wrer Isaac Chocrón, the journalist Boris Izaguirre, the actors Édgar Ramírez and Luis Fernánz as for the youtuber Pedro Figueira known as La Divaza.

"[54] Davis' portrayal of the melodramatic Judh Traherne ma her talent for playg someone wh a secret revered and her "mp-worthy" dialog reflexive of the "flamboyant gay queen of the dramatic arts. [63] Though Crawford had been a notable film star durg the 1930s and 1940s, acrdg to David Bret, thor of Joan Crawford: Hollywood Martyr, was not until her 1953 film Torch Song that she was seen as a "plete gay in, primarily bee was shot lor.

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How Did a Third-Century Catholic Sat Bee a Gay In? Here’s the Homoerotic History of Sat Sebastian .

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