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Showing posts with label bisexuality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bisexuality. Show all posts
Wednesday, 1 March 2023

Queer Achievement: Arms For A Price

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[Achievement – the name given in heraldry to the full pictorial representation of a coat of arms.] It’s been a while since I did an in-depth...
Friday, 3 July 2020

80 More Gays Around the World: Part 15) A Price For Art

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Last time on “80 More Gays”: Japanese shogun 39) Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646-1709) introduced a festival that originated in an ancient har...
Monday, 26 November 2018

Around the World in Another 80 Gays: Part 33) An Enlightenment Triangle

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Previously on “Another 80 Gays” : 67) Baron Friedrich von Steuben (1730-1794) suggested the throne of the newly independent USA should go...
Sunday, 30 July 2017

Extraordinary Lives : Swashbuckling Across France Part 2

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Two weeks ago I wrote about the extraordinary exploits of Julie d’Aubigny (1673-1707) pictured above. Today we continue her story. Afte...
Monday, 17 July 2017

Extraordinary Lives : Swashbuckling Across France

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A French print from around 1700 by an anonymous artist entitled “Mademoiselle Maupin d’Opera” depicting Julie d’Aubigny as an opera singe...
Sunday, 24 January 2016

A Queer Philosopher's Achievement : Francis Bacon

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[Achievement – the name given in heraldry to the full pictorial representation of a coat of arms.] One of my favourite historical lgbt pe...
Wednesday, 23 September 2015

Lord Montagu - The Modest Pioneer

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When I was young one of the highlights of UK television every autumn was coverage of the annual London to Brighton vintage car rally. Th...
Monday, 16 February 2015

Coded Lives : 2 - The Kahlo Secret

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Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) is Hispanic America’s most famous female artist. Like so many painters she put her own feelings and emotions into ...