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Portrait of Marie Corelli, 1908

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Lesbians Beth McDonald
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1. Aché: A Journal for Black Lesbians, Vol. 1, no. 1, February 1989
2. Portrait of Marie Corelli, 1908
3. The Children's Hour, 1961 Photograph of Shirley MacLaine, left, and Audrey Hepburn in a scene from The Children's Hour, and a letter from Arthur B. Krim to Eric Johnston regarding three films with homosexuality as a subject, including The Children's Hour, and requesting that the Code be amended. Photograph: Core Collection. Production files. Letter: Motion Picture Association of America Production Code Administration records.
4. Sheila Kuehl (L) and Judy Abdo (R), December 14, 1997
5. The Killing of Sister George
6. A celebration of adult Bar and Bat Mitvahs at Congregation Kol Ami, 2000
7. Lesbian Visibility Week poster, 1990
8. Lesbian Wedding, 1987
9. Lesbian parents and their children at the March on Washington, 1993
10. 3a Marcha Lésbica, 2006
11. Sheila Kuehl for Supervisor, circa 2014
12. Gold record for "Melissa Etheridge" album by Melissa Etheridge, 1988
13. Gwenn Craig Outwords profile
14. Poster for Carolyn Weathers : shitkickers & other Texas stories
15. Marie Corelli and Bertha Vyer, 1921
16. Marie Cartier graduation celebration, 2010 Women applauding Marie Cartier at a party celebrating her graduating from Claremont College with a PhD in theology. Hot Java coffeehouse was transformed into a gay women's bar from the 1950s. The Front row: Marie Cartier in cap and gown and Carolyn Weathers in rhinestone glasses. Middle row: unknown, Jayne Doolittle-Swanson in striped shirt and Jeanne Cordova in hat. Back row, mostly obscured, Pat Lamis in hat, unknown woman with hands in air. May 22, 2010.
17. Aché: A Journal for Lesbians of African Descent, Vol. 3, no. 1, February/March 1991
18. Robert Arthur, Ivy Bottini, Quentin Crisp, Morris Kight, and Patricia Nell Warren, 1994
19. Gay & Lesbian L.A. history map, 2000
20. Tribal Connexions: A Celebration of 2 Years of Aché, 1991
21. Laura Aguilar, #19, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
22. Unattributed photograph of Zoe Akins, circa 1930s
23. Lesbian Libertys, 2009
24. Gay Sunshine, undated
25. Laura Aguilar, #20, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
26. Willa Cather, letter to Zoë Akins, May 4, 1918
27. The Word is Out, 1977
28. Two women embracing and kissing, 1923
29. Laura Aguilar, #6, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
30. Judy Abdo Outwords profile
31. Dracula's Daughter, circa 1936
32. Lesbian Dyke March poster, 1996
33. First Ladies Memorial Dance Marathon button, 1978
34. Photograph of Florence Yoch and her partner Lucile Council, circa 1940
35. Cover of manual for "Civil Rights for Lesbians and Gay Men: A Reference Manual for City and County Officials", 1990
36. Thirteen Women, 1932
37. Aché: A Journal for Black Lesbians, Vol. 2, no. 6, November/December 1990
38. Gerrie Schipske for State Assembly button, 1996
39. Florence Yoch, landscape design, “A Hillside Garden for Mr. George Cukor, West Hollywood,” 1936
40. Hey Young Lesbians, undated
41. Eloise Klein Healy, typescript draft of poem, “There Are No Words for the Sexual Acts of Lesbians,” circa 1984
42. Black Lesbian Newsletter, December 1982
43. Aché: A Journal for Black Lesbians, Vol. 1, no. 2, March 1989
44. Profile of Ellen Ward, 2023
45. Connie Samaras, #11 from the series Edge of Twilight, 2013
46. Pandora's Box, 1929
47. Home, circa 1982
48. Profile of Vanessa Romain, 2023
49. Connie Samaras, #16 from the series Edge of Twilight, 2013
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
Contents of this tag:
1. Portrait of Marie Corelli, 1908
2. Cover and Dedication from The Treasure of Heaven, 1906
3. The Soul of Lilith, 1892
4. A celebration of adult Bar and Bat Mitvahs at Congregation Kol Ami, 2000
5. Beth Chayim Chadashim at the Los Angeles Christopher Street West pride parade, 1979
6. 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.
7. Church leaders at the March on Washinton, 1987
8. Kenneth Anger, undated
9. Letter from Marie Corelli to unknown recipient, undated
10. Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, circa 1954
11. Concern magazine, Vol. 1, Nr. 1, 1966
12. The Prodigal, Vol. II, No. 20, May 21, 1971
13. Every 10th Jesus is a Queer, circa 1990
14. Holy Homophobia!, 1990
15. Sister Karen Boccalero, circa 1990