WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE CALLING FOR RACIAL JUSTICE AND AN END TO ALL FORMS OF OPPRESSION. READ OUR STATEMENT
JUN 10 - DEC 1, 2020
LIVE EVENT JUNE 28, 4-6 PM (OPEN JUNE 26- AUG, 2020)
JAN 22 - SEP 27, 2020
JAN 22 - APR 19, 2020
FEB 27 - MAY 17, 2020
JUNE 2019 - MAY, 2020
![Ken Gonzales-Day’s (@kengonzalesday) “The Wonder Gaze (St. James Park)” was installed at Leslie-Lohman Museum back in 2017 as part of the exhibition “Found”, curated by Avram Finkelstein (@avramf). The work is part of Gonzales-Day’s “Erased Lynchings” series, which he created to raise awareness about the history of lynchings across the state of California. His research for the project revealed previously unknown lynchings of Black, Latinx, Asian, Indigenous, and Jewish people in the American West and throughout the nation.
Gonzales-Day begins with historical images of lynchings—photographs, postcards, etchings—and digitally edits out the rope and lynched body. The resulting works confront the spectacle of White supremacy. Instead of re-victimizing the dead, Gonzales-Day’s edit asks us to confront the violence of the White audience, who perpetrated and witnessed this crime in California in 1935. This particular image was installed as a large vinyl print so that the figures located in the image became near life size, as though we were present for this racist, murderous act. The work begs us to more critically examine American histories and the legacies of racialized violence.
Gonzales-Day’s research manifested in his 2006 monograph “Lynchings in the West: 1850-1935”, which further examines 350 lynchings found in the state of California between 1850-1935. In addition to Gonzales-Day’s research, Equal Justice Initiative’s (@eji_org) “Lynchings in America” project documents racial terror lynchings between 1877 and 1950 and their ongoing impacts. As EJI states, “this project tells the story of racial terror in America and explores how its legacy continues to shape our nation today.” Visit the link in our profile to access EJI’s interactive project, and to read the introduction to Gonzales-Day’s book, “Lynchings in the West, 1850-1935”.
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[Image: Ken Gonzales-Day, “The Wonder Gaze (St. James Park)”, 2006. (c) the artist.]](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/116096462_277976673500062_5188683851877982634_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=zngN2FmJa4QAX_Cabi1&_nc_oc=AQmox2peaGWPcnQQlrL3VoeupBdnprf_NdlWb1YklLH0BDplT-tYxptNpKxu5Leu2Lo&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=e72f64ebdcc1b3b33a5620f383d3ed92&oe=5F50A78A)
![Artist and health educator, Joey Terrill (@homeboybeautiful), creates works that directly speak to his identity as a #Chicano HIV-positive gay man. In his still life series, Terrill uses pop-art imagery, placing Zerit, a medication for HIV treatment, next to everyday consumer objects to critique the marketing and commercialization of pharmaceuticals.
Think about how you can use objects in your home to tell your story. What are some of the items that you have relied on in this moment? Using photography, collage, or drawing we encourage you to create your own still life that explores your relationship with the objects you choose. Tag the Museum (@leslielohmanmuseum) in your post and include the hashtag, #LLMatHome. While we still can't see art at the Museum in person there are multiple ways we can engage with and meditate on art form home.
[Image: Joey Terrill, "Life With Zerit", 2000, mixed media on canvas. #LLMCollection]](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/109227233_287037002564623_4779107752259736267_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=RCrOeULkUSoAX_8WRKM&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=85957d38e45bd9f6911b8dbc1896c341&oe=5F50950B)
![Today we’re thinking about the artwork “long distance” by Quay Quinn Wolf (@quayquinnwolf), which was included in our 2018 exhibition, “Haptic Tactics”. Wolf (b. 1989) is a sculptor living and working in New York City whose practice considers objects and their meaning and recontextualizes them. Viewing the work, memory collapses as ephemerality dictates experience.
“long distance” was accompanied by a second sculpture, “honeymoon phase n. 1” (2017), in which Wolf combines milk, honey, citrus, satin, and PVC. Together, the two sculptures explore the sweetness of a budding romantic friendship, and the ways it can turn sour. In “long distance”, two latex tubes are delicately arranged and attached by a central steel rod. At the other end of each tube lies a flower—a tulip on one end, a rose on the other—freshly installed by Wolf at the beginning of the exhibition. Over the three months on view, the flowers in the sculpture slowly decompose, offering a variety of perspectives on attachment, connection, and decay from one day to the next. #LeslieLohamnMuseum #HapticTactics
Interested in learning more about Wolf’s continuing practice? Check out this @artsy feature via the 🔗in our profile!
[Images: (1) Quay Quinn Wolf, “honeymoon phase n.1”, 2017; (2) Quay Quinn Wolf, “long distance”, 2017. Both works courtesy of the artist.]](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/109084205_280126229721083_9026680004428078934_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=LJT62JaQE4QAX-rOnlU&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=49dc95dd810c3e68a2c4f39aaa7661b2&oe=5F51215C)
![Photography of protest has long provided essential documentation of social movements, helping to shape the narrative and record moments in history that can far too easily be erased or forgotten. Over the course of the past two months, protesters have filled the streets across the country in demonstrations against systemic racism and police brutality. Photographers, many of them Black, have captured these moments, not only chronicling the historic moments but also protecting the narratives and experiences of Black protesters. Historically narratives of Black people have been controlled by predominantly white photographers, further contributing to their oppression. “My primary focus is humanity. The raw and compelling photographs I create during the protest unveil the souls of my people,” says Black photographer Dee Dwyer (@deedwyerjonts) of Washington D.C. in an interview with @npr.
In 1971, Intro 475, a bill that intended to outlaw discrimination against LGBTQ+ people in employment, housing, and public services in New York City, was introduced. The above shot, captured by Diana Davies, features #SilviaRivera and #MarshaPJohnson accompanied by fellow activists and friends attending a demonstration in support of the bill at City Hall. Davies photographed protest movements of the ’60s and ’70s, displaying the energy and the dynamic nature of the activists and the events that she witnessed.
[Image: Diana Davies, "Demonstration at City Hall, New York City, in support of gay rights bill "Intro 475", 1973 (Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson, Jane Vercaine, Barbara Deming, Kady Vandeurs, Carol Grosberg) #LeslieLohmanCollection] #LeslieLohmanMuseum](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/109562958_1343000026091020_8285799127014470101_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=8THZJ8kx2D0AX_W78y8&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=838434a6cbff30e3c2883c9adaa2ee3e&oe=5F509846)
![The Leslie-Lohman Museum Queer Theatre & Performance Residency for Emerging Artists aims to support artists interested in advancing the nature and discourse of queer theory through experimental work. The residency brings artists whose work demonstrates a commitment to expanding the concept of queerness past its current norms. We are thrilled to announce this year’s recipients, SHAWNÉ MICHAELAIN HOLLOWAY(@cleogirl2525), and Anh Vo (@anhqvo) who both push the boundaries of performance and challenge institutional hierarchies. HOLLOWAY and Vo will each receive rehearsal space for one month alongside access to the Museum's archives, guidance from staff, and an artist honorarium.
Anh Vo (@anhqvo) is a Vietnamese choreographer, dancer, theorist, and activist. They create dances and produce texts about pornography and queer relations, about being and form, about identity and abstraction, about history and its colonial reality. Currently based in Brooklyn, they earned their degrees in Performance Studies from Brown University (BA) and New York University (MA).
SHAWNÉ MICHAELAIN HOLLOWAY (@cleogirl2525) is a Chicago based triple air sign femme top playboi, new media artist, poet, and sex educator. She likes other hot and busy gURLs, chocolate cake with chocolate icing, expensive perfume, her fancy cane, and wearing leather in the summer. Known for using sound, video, and performance, Holloway shapes the rhetorics of technology and sexuality into tools for exposing structures of power. Currently, Holloway teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
[Images: (1) Anh Vo, “BABYLIFT”, New York Live Arts 2019, Performance. Photo: (c) Maria Baranova; (2) SHAWNÉ MICHAELAIN HOLLOWAY, courtesy of the artist, 2019]](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/107525377_717668549053606_5872700367689981487_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=4GJvciSwbj8AX_mSfjr&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=4c0621013e093c16a32c6a87dfbafe27&oe=5F516F62)
![We are excited to share that the Guggenheim (@guggenheim) has invited us to take over their Instagram account for the day. With their generosity and reach we saw this an opportunity to foreground three phenomenal organizations that support the work and well-being of Queer BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color). Please follow along at @guggenheim to learn about the Black AIDS Institute (@blackaids) a Black-led think/do tank that also fights for Black lives, the artwork of the youth artists clients at the Ali Forney Center (@aliforneycenter) and Black Trans Travel Fund (@blacktranstravelfund ) a mutual aid organization that supports Black trans women. We encourage you to learn about and support their work. Visit Aliforneycenter.org, Blackaids.org and Blacktranstravelfund.com for more information. #LeslieLohmanxGuggTakeover #LeslieLohmanMuseum
[pictured: (1) Black AIDS Institute, courtesy Black AIDS Institute; (2) Evan Woodward (@thatsjustevan), "Self Portrait in Harlem", courtesy the artist and Ali Forney Center; (3) Black Trans Travel Fund, courtesy Devin Lowe.]](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/106180591_745750166199633_8417601674279487939_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=rR89o9KYMbIAX_1Mg1I&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=fe815612ffb40b62628e7723d909f0ea&oe=5F532106)
![Performance Alert🚨Tonight at 11pm! As part of an upcoming summer performance series, artist Joseph Liatela (@josephliatela) will be creating a new performance video work contemplating the future of the social and politically meaningful space of the #Queer bar. Tune in at 11PM (EDT) on our IG Live for some behind the scenes live streaming and a sneak peek of the shoot taking place in the the oldest gay bar in NYC-- Julius Bar (@juliusbarnyc)! 🏳️🌈Starring dancer DaJuan (@iam.dajuan) and dancer & visual artist John Macejka (@john.psd).
[Images: (1) Joseph Liatela, “Bound” performance, 2017. Courtesy the artist.; (2) (c) DaJuan, courtesy the artist.; (3) (c) John Macejka, courtesy the artist.; (4) Courtesy Julius Bar.]](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/105975391_598545944129213_1383080246951072016_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=TNwH1SiDq0MAX80pBgU&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=b296b7fe6d671f68b757614944db02bc&oe=5F51BC6E)
![#Juneteenth celebrates African-American freedom from slavery. It commemorates the (intentionally) late reading of federal orders by General Gordon Granger in the city of Galveston, Texas, on 19 June 1865, proclaiming that enslaved people in Texas were free— slavery had ended 2.5 year earlier in the former Confederate states, including Texas. This Juneteenth we are reflecting on William Dorsey Swann, one of the first self-identifying drag queens, as well as many other courageous formerly enslaved people who were also some of the first gay liberation activists.
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. “It was April 12, 1888 when the police burst through the door of the two-story residence in northwest Washington, D.C., just half a mile from the White House, they discovered dozens of black men dancing together there, wearing silk and satin dresses [...]. Most of them were former slaves or the children of slaves”, writes Channing Gerard Joseph. Joseph uncovered Swann’s story when he found an article in “The Washington Post” (April 13, 1888) titled “Negro Dive Raided. Thirteen Black Men Dressed as Women Surprised at Supper and Arrested.” The story details an incident where Swann was arrested during a brawl with police. “The fight was also one of the first known instances of violent resistance in the name of LGBTQ rights,” says Joseph. Swann was born into slavery in 1858 in Maryland. Freed from slavery in 1862, he went on to establish a culture of drag balls Washington, not unlike those still thriving today. .
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Juneteenth celebrates freedom in defiance of systemic racism, police brutality, funding for the prison industrial complex, historic redlining, and numerous other forms of oppression. .
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[Images: (L) William Dorsey Swann. James Gardiner Collection-creative commons license. (R ) The Washington Post” (April 13, 1888) “Negro Dive Raided. Thirteen Black Men Dressed as Women Surprised at Supper and Arrested.” The National Republican via The Library of Congress]](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/104412396_547907592553095_9199957229934073214_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=E77KNy8AwckAX-uezMM&_nc_oc=AQlRSjs3_29fSy_0gpn6OH2g2xx30pG6qNFV36ZqSTacthkkVe9AOiUQt1qgOe6DdcE&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=db38c93a0187ac533386c5e70087e9cb&oe=5F503FD5)
![Submission announcement! Help DJ Soda Gabor (@sodagabor) and the Museum amplify the work of Black Queer artists 🌈. @sodagabor is looking for Black Queer singer, rappers, and producers to highlight as part of the 30 minutes set she will be spinning for #Pride in our #LockdownLoft on June 28. Please send submissions (and spread the word) by June 21 to Sophia@sodagabor.com (email also available through the Linktree in our profile). #LeslieLohmanMuseum
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[Repost from @sodagabor] It is my goal to amplify black queer artists ✊🏾🌈using my platform @leslielohmanmuseum virtual loft party. Please send me all your music by the 21st. Artists selected will be featured on my set and will live in the loft amongst other great artists. 🤠😘🍭](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/103876003_2563538670628220_5323392426795753881_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=mQm29GREdFgAX8jwISJ&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=20f182f8024ac01cdd7fa14f1063bc4e&oe=5F52BA71)
![Part of Queer life is the the intermittent, hard-won celebration of civil rights that should never have been up for debate in the first place. Today, in a 6-3 vote, #SCOTUS ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects LGBTQ people from discrimination in the workplace. Two court cases concerning gay rights were considered, filed by Gerald Bostock (fired from a government program after joining a gay softball league) and Donald Zarda, a skydiving instructor who was let go after he came out to a female client. The third case concerns Aimee Stephens, a funeral director who asserted her right to determine her own gender presentation at work, writing to her employer, “On August 26, 2013, I will return to work as my true self, Aimee Australia Stephens, in appropriate business attire.” .
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Stephens, who passed one month ago of kidney failure, was moved by the supportive demonstrations on her trip to Washing for the SCOTUS hearing in October. “The more I’ve seen the support, it gives me the strength to get up another day, to go on fighting another day and give that same hope to all the rest.” Her words resonate as we think about the lived struggles of generations of BIPOC LGBTQ+ people, whose intersectional advocacy built the foundation for fairness in the workplace, and how many more civil rights (in housing, education, health care, and other realms of life) remain to be fought and won. .
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[Image: Diana Davies,“Lesbians for equal employment rights!” Gay liberation March on Albany, New York, March 14, 1971. Courtesy of @nypl] (Thank you to @lgbt_history for the initial sourcing.)](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/103700804_259150858479103_8389166404770761276_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=ZWnZnXXGre0AX-LjpcV&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=21dfed8b04f041b4eff962c09a23e3c4&oe=5F50FA42)
![#WorldBloodDonorDay “serves to raise awareness of the need for safe blood donations and blood products, as well as to thank blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood,” states the World Health Organization (@who), but does it address the discrimination that gay and bi-sexual men still face around blood equality? A May article in @them reads “New York Is Running Out of Blood and yet Gay Men Still Can’t Donate.” Recently, the #FDA announced that it would loosened it’s restriction from the 12 months deferral period for men who have sex with men to allow anyone who has refrained from same-sex activities for three months to give blood. While this is a step in the right direction (and a step away from the original one year restriction ammended in 2015), the amendment is still rooted in LGBTQ discrimination instead of science. “Can You Save Superman?” the visually arresting project by @jordaneagles, curated by @ericshiner addresses these discriminations and more. Visit the link in our profile to watch @jordaneagles discuss the project and blood equality with @ny1. And head to leslielohman.org to see the full exhibition. #LeslieLohmanMuseum.
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[Image: Jordan Eagles,”American Carnage 6/14 (detail),” 2018.]](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/81997443_259213042077531_4095079652635468690_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=XbSXBuGWNcgAX_mdmlQ&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=ceb3533b8f338e6fad2651c317fed41e&oe=5F5239B1)
![This #Pride we invite you to celebrate and honor the dynamism of our multi-faceted #Queer communities, by joing our free, inclusive virtual Pride program, Sunday, June 28, from 1-4 PM at #LockdownLoft (lockdownloft.org). In a series of ‘rooms,’ drawings by artist @buzzslutzky evoke the Museum’s #SoHo loft home at 26 Wooster Street as well as the radical energy of #NewYorkCity in the 1970s and 1980s. Lockdown Loft will feature a schedule of live performances, encounters, screenings, and ongoing, continuous content throughout the afternoon. Includeing “Capillary Action,” a reading organized by the Poetry Project (@poetry_project) which celebrates the work of Black and Indigenous poets, featuring Chrystos, Joselia Hughes, Roya Marsh, and Jake Skeets; a playlist made by singer and viola player Mark Golamco (@markgolamco); archival footage of Gay Pride marches from the early 1980s shot by experimental filmmaker #JimHubbard; a performance by sculptor, musician, and filmmaker Rachel Mason (@futureclown), director of the documentary “Circus of Books” (2019)(@circusofbooks), a Pride themed recommended reading list by writer and artist Wayne Koestenbaum (@wayne.koestenbaum); an afternoon of DJ sessions’ featuring DJ Ushka (@ty_ushka), DJ Soda Gábor (@sodagabor), lesbian nightlife icon Wanda Acosta (@wandanyc), and more. We look forward to seeing you in the loft! (Link to join in our profile)
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[Image: Buzz Slutzky, “Drawing of Photographer Leon Mostovoy, from the series Market Street Cinema,1987-88,” 2020.]](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/103879717_561669851054802_3719589488391026070_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=a1bSEd9FOysAX9l1CEi&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=e0b918beab01273113eb016a636d8eb5&oe=5F520897)
![Four years after the tragic shooting at Pulse, we honor the 49 victims - many were young, Queer, people of color - whose vibrant futures were stolen from them in an act of hate similar to violence on display in the murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Aubrey, Tony McDade, Nina Pop and countless other Black trans women. Join the Museum and #HonorThemWithAction, the national campaign to ensure the lasting memorial of the 2016 Pulse massacre is the real change of uprooting hatred, discrimination, and violence of all kinds against the LGBTQ+, Latinx and BIPOC communities, and those who live within the intersections of them all. Join #HonorThemWithAction and vote for the victims of Pulse and to end hate violence across the nation. Learn more at honorthemwithaction.org. (Link in our profile) @equalityfl @humanrightscampaign #AllBlackLivesMatter #HonorThemWithAction.
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[Image: JEB (Joan E. Biren) (@jebmedia), “Being Seen Makes A Movement Possible,” site-specific façade installation. Photo: (c) Kristine Eudey, 2019.]](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/103323649_309034110101078_1518954139300881701_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=hgjDdXUSzu0AX_jSj6o&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=0ecb8bf31c95923d4a2f5929374c604d&oe=5F51636F)
![T-1 day until the launch of our new website featuring “Can You Save Superman?” The online exhibition curated by @ericshiner features the work Jordan Eagles (@jordaneagles) and is centered on gay health and blood equality. Eagles appropriates a vintage #Superman comic book (Action Comics, 1971) in which the superhero needs a blood transfusion from the citizens of Metropolis. The images in the exhibition are marked by the blood of gay man on PrEP and speak to the connection between blood shortages in the U.S. and the FDA’s recent decision to reduce the restrictions on gay and bisexual men’s blood donations. Visit the link in our profile to learn more about the exhibition via @nymag exclusive, “Artist Jordan Eagles Calls for Queer Blood to Help Save the Sick.” .
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[Image: Jordan Eagles, “American Carnage 6/14 (detail),” 2018.]](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/103948974_2694100087531747_2007091538469829568_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=wBXbTzs2rZ8AX-CHc-z&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=947065f62f122733db00cb14a8772320&oe=5F5143D2)
