A new exhibn at London’s Queercircle shows rare documentary photography celebratg the radil drag queens of the UK Gay Liberatn Front (GLF)
Contents:
- GAY INS AT THE NATNAL PORTRA GALLERY
- JOHN GAY RETROSPECTIVE
- IN PICTUR: THE RADIL ACTIVISM OF THE UK GAY LIBERATN FRONT
GAY INS AT THE NATNAL PORTRA GALLERY
Ten high-profile gay people were asked to select their hero, straight or gay for a new exhibn * gay photography exhibition london *
We llated an excg and eclectic display of new photos on the theme of ‘Money and Power‘ by the London Gay Photographers Network, 23 imag om 16 photographers. Gayzed – GPN Annual Exhibn 2013.
Gayzed at The Strand Gallery London om the 15th to 20th of October 2013. Judged by David Owen om Foyl, Stt Nunn, edor of Gay Star News and Michael Langan om Polari Magaze. Sger, wrer and photographer David McAlmont opened the exhibn at the Strand Gallery to great applse om the chari, reprentativ of the London gay muny the photographers participatg the show.
The Gay Photographers Network gural exhibn, entled Guys Hangg took place at the Congsby Gallery central London’s Fzrovia durg the week leadg up to the London Pri celebratns on July 3rd.
JOHN GAY RETROSPECTIVE
An exhibn London looks back over photographer John Gay's 60-year reer * gay photography exhibition london *
Performance, Prott & Polics: the Art of Gilbert BakerOne of the origal eight-lor rabow flags flyg at Uned Natns Plaza durg San Francis Gay Freedom Day 1978. This onle exhibn is part of the GLBT Historil Society Mm’s exhibn San Francis, -curated by Joanna Black and Jeremy Prce, and featur a short film by Vcent Guzzone lled Love Gilbert, which documents Baker’s efforts for gay rights activism. Photograph: Lenore ChnLast year was the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprisg and this year, the GLBT Historil Society San Francis has a 50 Years of Pri exhibn, featurg roughly 50 photos om the cy’s pri paras om the 1970s onward, as well as highlights om the legalizatn of gay marriage.
The artist pats young gay men hangg out nightclubs, downtown apartments and bars, often tged wh a green-hued palette (which lls to md the works of French artist Henri Touloe-Ltrec). Queer men, who have wanted to donate blood durg the panmic, were banned om dog so until April, when the US Food and Dg Admistratn updated their policy to allow gay and bisexual men to donate blood – if they are celibate for three months.
IN PICTUR: THE RADIL ACTIVISM OF THE UK GAY LIBERATN FRONT
Queer Bra mm and Queercircle art space, both openg as the UK marks 50 years of Gay Pri march, will offer ee-entry exhibns and public workshops" name="scriptn * gay photography exhibition london *
”Illegal to Be You: Gay History Beyond StonewallA ‘Gay is Good’ button om 1968 om the llectn of Frank Kameny.
Photograph: Courty of the Smhsonian’s Natnal Mm of Amerin HistoryAn ongog onle exhibn wh the Natnal Mm of Amerin History Washgton trac the history of gay rights and activism.
Though the exhibn opened last summer to memorate the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, the digal ponent clus artefacts om the 19th century onward, cludg prott signs, the first trans pri flag, Aids-related lab equipment, oral histori, Billie Jean Kg’s tennis drs and ephemera om the llectn of Frank Kameny, who staged the first gay rights prott outsi the Whe Hoe. “There is no one, unified gay history; what all gay people have shared across time is the stggle for the right to be themselv and the mm has been documentg the stori for s, ” said the mm’s curator, Kathere Ott.