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April 26, 2006
We Are Here!
Posted at April 26, 2006 07:25 PM in Art .
African American Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Images -- Art Exhibit
The exhibit was conceptualized by photographer Richard Lee Gray after viewing “Just Married,” an exhibit of images taken by photojournalists during the 29 days San Francisco offered same-sex marriages. The exhibit was sponsored by the Commission on Human Relations Advisory Council on Gay & Lesbian Issues and displayed at the Jane Addams Hull House Center for Art & Culture this past March. One of the concerns that Gray heard from a number of the Black gays in attendance was that they saw few images of themselves in the exhibit and those that they saw were only with white partners.
Gray was compelled to respond as a Same-Gender-Loving ( SGL ) man of African decent and as a photographer. He recently stated “We Are Here! for me, is an exhibit that is a result of my commitment to highlight images of African American SGL [ same-gender-loving ] people. It is a naming project created and designed to put a face on, and bring witness to, the diversity of the larger Black community. It is a presentation that is to be seen and lived. It is a movable feast meant to expand and will include a compendium a larger collection of art, images, videos, and oral histories of SGL, transgender people, and their families. Its main purpose is visibility. It is to be a collection that says that we were always here!”
The next exhibition of these photographs will be at the Gay Games in Chicago, July 15-22, 2006 at the Stephen Kelly Gallery, 750 N Franklin, Suite 101, Chicago, IL 60610. Phone: (312) 867-1921
For More information and to view some of the photographs visit the official website here.
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We Are Here! Richard Gray
by Sanford Gaylord - Identity
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