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Seeking Stories of Queer California: A Hidden Histories Online Exhibit Main Menu Introduction Galleries A guide to each of the online galleries in this digital exhibit, grouped by topic or theme. Arts Asian & AAPI LGBTQ+ people Bisexual People Black LGBTQ+ People Communities Defying Expectations Gay men HIV/AIDS Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people Lesbians LGBTQ+ Activism LGBTQ+ Discrimination LGBTQ+ Life in California Marriage and Families Politics Pride Religion and Spirituality Transgender People

Cover and Dedication from The Treasure of Heaven, 1906

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Writing Beth McDonald "The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe,” said the French novelist Gustave Flaubert. Poets, novelists, playwrights, and creative writers of all kinds have been interpreting the world around them through writing for millennia. LGBTQ+ authors use their writing to ask questions about themselves and their world, to reveal themselves or hide themselves, to connect with other members of the community, and to understand what they believe.
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Religion and Spirituality Beth McDonald
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1. Portrait of Marie Corelli, 1908
2. A celebration of adult Bar and Bat Mitvahs at Congregation Kol Ami, 2000
3. Beth Chayim Chadashim at the Los Angeles Christopher Street West pride parade, 1979
4. I Lied, 2021 Artist: Alex Donis. I Lied is the culmination of an unfinished work that began in the mid-1990s after completing a single lithography poster of the same image. The edition depicts the Virgin Mary in her iconic contemplative stare and delicate hand gestures but with the words, I Lied subtly placed before the sacred heart. Through these simple words, the artist forces the viewer to see Mary beyond her divinity, but her humanness. A human with faults who perhaps may have lied to protect her loved ones, or to hide a secret or a painful truth. However, the criticism here heavily lies on the religious institutions who through the prevalent imagery, authority, and doctrine, have exploited and harmed many with minimal accountability. Part of the exhibit "At the Heart of It: LGBT Representation at Self Help Graphics", curated by Ruben Esparza.
5. Church leaders at the March on Washinton, 1987
6. Kenneth Anger, undated
7. Letter from Marie Corelli to unknown recipient, undated
8. Cover and Dedication from The Treasure of Heaven, 1906
9. The Soul of Lilith, 1892
10. The Prodigal, Vol. II, No. 20, May 21, 1971
11. Every 10th Jesus is a Queer, circa 1990
12. Holy Homophobia!, 1990
13. Sister Karen Boccalero, circa 1990
14. Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, circa 1954
15. Concern magazine, Vol. 1, Nr. 1, 1966