Category Archives: Art & Film

A celebration of censorship is an exhibit at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art in New York City that runs through Sunday, May 3rd.

Has anyone seen the exhibit which opened last month?  I’m curious because the description sounds interesting.  The Leslie-Lohman Museum describes the exhibit as follows, “For decades, censors—would-be and actual—have attempted to suppress queer creativity… Taking inspiration from the censorship of Robert Mapplethorpe’s art in the 1980s and 1990s, and the more recent withdrawal of David Wojnarowicz’s A Fire in My Belly from the National Portrait Gallery, we explore the innovative responses to watershed moments in the history of censored LGBTQ art… Here we seek to situate the work within its historical context of censorship and to highlight the resilience of the queer artists who audaciously attempt to address diverse social and political issues in their work.”

If you visit the exhibit, I’d love to hear your thoughts and if you think it is worth checking out.

Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art – 26 Wooster Street –  NYC 

There are gay daddies and then there are gay daddies.  While one variety you tend to only meet online or out at a bar or club, the latter is more pervasive but not always visible.  In 2013 The Williams Institute estimated that as many as 6 million children are being raised in same sex households.

A Kickstarter campaign was started to help fund a new movie called The Guys Next Door.  This movie invites you into the home of Erik and Sandro, a married gay couple with two daughters, birthed by their friend Rachel who has a family of her own. Award-winning filmmakers, Allie Humenuk and Amy Geller, follow this extended family for 3+ years capturing life as it unfolds. Told with humor and grace, this feature-length documentary is a poignant and inspiring story of family, friendship and gay rights.

Interested in learning more? Check out their Kickstarter page here.