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Homenaje a Salvador Allende, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (CAyC), Buenos Aires, 1973 [The CAyC Files, International Center for the Arts of the Americas (ICAA) at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX + Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA), New York, NY]

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THIS DAY IN GAY HISTO

based on: The White Crane Institute's 'Gay Wisdom', Gay Birthdays, Gay For Today, Famous GLBT, glbt-Gay Encylopedia, Today in Gay History, Wikipedia, and more … March 25

1252 – Conrad, Bavarian royalty, born (d.1268); called the Younger or the Boy, but usually known by the diminutive Conradin, was the Duke of Swabia (1254-1268, as Conrad IV), King of Jerusalem (1254-1268, as Conrad III), and King of Sicily (1254-1258 as Conrad II). He was born in Wolfstein, Bavaria, son of Conrand IV of Germany. He is sometimes known as Conrad V, though he never succeeded his father in Germany.

Conradin was the last legitimate Hohenstaufen, tafter the assassination of Conrad IV. We know little of his appearance and character except that he was "as beautiful as Absalom and spoke good Latin".

While he was still a child in Germany, his uncle Manfred made himself king of Sicily (1258), but when Manfred died eight years later, the kingdom was seized by Charles of Anjou. Conradin was persuaded to come to Italy to recover his kingdom, and, accompanied by his lover, Frederick of Baden, titular Duke of Austria, he gained the support of several Italian cities.

In the end, however, Conradin was captured by Charles, tried as a traitor and beheaded. His lover, Frederick, at his own request, was executed with him. Conradin was just 16; Frederick was 21. To this day Gay lovers make pilgrimages to the church of the monastery of Santa Maria del Carmine at Naples, where the two young men were laid to rest, together.

1479 – Grand Prince Vasily III of Moscow, (d.1533), Prince and military general. Vasily was homosexual throughout his life. He went to the extent of announcing this fact to other gay men of his time by shaving off his beard when his twenty-year marriage to his first wife was terminated - being beardless was a sort of gay password at the time.

During Vasily's second marriage, he was able to perform his conjugal duties only when an officer of his guard joined him and his wife in bed in the nude.

1922 – Tobias Schneebaum (d.2005) was an American artist, anthropologist, and AIDS activist. He is best known for his experiences living, and traveling among the Harakmbut people of Peru, and the Asmat people of Papua, Western New Guinea, Indonesia then known as Irian Jaya.

He was born on Manhattan's Lower East Side and grew up in Brooklyn. In 1939 he graduated from the Stuyvesant High School, moving on to the City College of New York, graduating in 1943 after having majored in mathematics and art. During World War II he served as a radar repairman in the U.S. Army.

In 1947, after briefly studying painting with Rufino Tamayo at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Schneebaum went to live and paint in Mexico for three years, living among the Lacandon tribe. In 1955 he won a Fulbright fellowship to travel and paint in Peru. After hitch-hiking from New York to Peru, he lived with the Harakmbut people for seven months, where he slept with his male subjects and claimed to have joined the tribe in cannibalism on one occasion.

The Harakmbut treated him well. They taught him words from their language and otherwise communicated through gesture. They shared their food with him and decorated his body in red pigments. At night in their communal hut, the Arakmbut men welcomed him into a warm body pile. These entanglements often turned sexual, to Schneebaum's delight. As he would later write, he had at last found a place where people "would accept me, teach me how to live without a feeling of aloneness, teach me love and allow for my sexuality."

Until 1970 he was the designer at Tiber Press, then in 1973 he embarked on his third overseas trip, to Irian Jaya in South East Asia, living with the Asmat people on the south-western coast. He helped establish the Asmat Museum of Culture and Progress. Schneebaum would return there in 1995 to revisit a former lover, named Aipit. He recounted his journey into the jungles of Peru in the 1961 memoir Keep the River on Your Right. In 1999, he revisited both Irian Jaya and Peru for a documentary film, also titled Keep the River on Your Right.

Schneebaum spent the final years of his life in Westbeth Artists Community, an artists' commune in Greenwich Village, and died in 2005 in Great Neck, New York. He bequeathed his renowned Asmat shield collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and his personal papers are preserved within the Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.

1942 – Richard O'Brien (born Richard Timothy Smith in Cheltenham, England) is a writer, actor, television presenter and theatre performer. He is perhaps best know known for writing the cult musical The Rocky Horror Show and for his role in presenting the popular TV show The Crystal Maze.

In addition to writing The Rocky Horror Show O'Brien also starred in its 1975 film adaptation The Rocky Horror Picture Show as the character Riff Raff. The stage show has been in almost continuous production since, and the cinematic version is one of the best known and most ardently followed cult films of all time.

In 1952, he emigrated with his family to Tauranga, New Zealand where his father had purchased a sheep farm. After learning how to ride horses, a skill which provided him with his break into the film industry as a stuntman in Carry On Cowboy, and developing a keen interest in comic books and horror films, he returned to England in 1964. Upon launching his acting career he changed his name to O'Brien — his mother's maiden name — as there was already an actor named Richard Smith.

He joined several stage productions as an actor without ever excelling or receiving critical acclaim, but that was not his primary objective. In 1972, he met director Jim Sharman who would help make his draft of a gothic-themed, schlock-horror comic-book fantasy romp into a reality. The script took O'Brien 6 months to write, Sharman suggested changing the working title They Came from Denton High to The Rocky Horror Show and the show opened in June 1973.

He became a serial bit-part actor in cult films and has appeared in notable movies such as Flash Gordon (1980), Dark City (1998) and Dungeons & Dragons (2000).

O'Brien has married twice and fathered three children. In a 2009 interview he spoke about an ongoing struggle to reconcile cultural gender roles and described himself as being transgender or possible third sex. O'Brien stated, 'There is a continuum between male and female. Some are hard-wired one way or another, I'm in between.' He expounded on this in a 2013 interview where he talked about using oestrogen for the previous decade, and that he views himself as 70% male and 30% female.

Elton John and David Furnish.

1947 – Elton John, English singer and songwriter, born; (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight) is an English pop/rock singer, composer, and pianist.

In his four decade career, John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music, especially during the 1970s. He has sold more than 250 million albums, and over one hundred million singles, making him one of the most successful artists of all time. He has more than 50 Top 40 hits including seven consecutive #1 U.S. albums, 59 Top 40 singles, 16 Top 10, 4 #2 hits, and nine #1 hits. He has won five Grammy awards and one Academy Award. His success has had a profound impact on popular music and has contributed to the continued popularity of the piano in rock and roll. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him #49 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time.

In the late 1960s, John was engaged to be married to his first lover, secretary Linda Woodrow, who is mentioned in the song "Someone Saved My Life Tonight". He married German recording engineer Renate Blauel in 1984, in Darling Point, Sydney, with speculation that the marriage was a cover for his homosexuality. John had come out as bisexual in a 1976 interview with Rolling Stone, but after his divorce from Blauel in 1988 he told the magazine that he was "comfortable" being gay. Elton has a new look, and a sharp wit. "Ever since I had that interview in which I said I was bisexual," he grins, "it seems twice as many people wave at me on the streets."

In 1993, John began a relationship with Canadian David Furnish, a former advertising executive and now filmmaker. John and Furnish entered a civil partnership in 2005. They held a low-key ceremony at the Windsor Guildhall, followed by a lavish party at their Berkshire mansion, thought to have cost £1 million. Their son, Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, was born to a surrogate mother in December 2010 in California. John and Furnish chose Lady Gaga, magazine editor Ingrid Sischy, and Sichy's partner Sandy Brant as Zachary's godmothers

John was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. He has been heavily involved in the fight against HIV-AIDS since the late 1980s and was knighted in 1998. He continues to be a champion for the LGBT social movements.

1958 – Today's the birthday of the award-winning British film and music-video director and screenwriter John Maybury. He directed the groundbreaking music video that made Sinead O'Connor a star: Nothing Compares 2U. In 2005 he was listed as one of the 100 most influential Gay and Lesbian people in Britain.

He studied at North East London Polytechnic and St Martins and designed sets for Derek Jarman's 'Jubilee', and worked with him on 'The Last of England', 'War Requiem' and 'The Tempest'.

In 1998 he produced his first full length feature Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon, a biopic starring Derek Jacobi and Daniel Craig (showing all in a lingering full-frontal). The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. In 2005 he directed The Jacket with Adrien Brody and Keira Knightley. In 2008 his film The Edge of Love, a biopic on the life of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas starring Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy, Matthew Rhys and Keira Knightley premiered. He also directed the final episode of the critically acclaimed HBO/BBC Rome series.

1962 – Thom Bierdz, openly gay American soap opera star and painter, born; Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, this American actor is best known for his role as Phillip Chancellor III on The Young and The Restless, appearing from 1986 to 1989 and returning for one "dream sequence" in 2004.

Shortly after Thom left Y&R to pursue movie roles, his youngest brother Troy, a paranoid schizophrenic, beat their mother to death with a baseball bat. He is currently serving a life sentence in a Wisconsin prison. In May 2002, his other brother Craig committed suicide. Bierdz had devoted most of his time to painting in recent years, although he has also written a memoir entitled "Forgiving Troy."

On May 15, 2009, Bierdz re-appeared in The Young and The Restless as the mysterious character "Langley," who is eventually revealed to be Philip III, the heir to the Chancellor fortune. Phillip has been alive for the past 20 years and had faked his death after the drunk driving accident in 1989. In another revealing twist, Phillip returns to Genoa City and explains to Nina that the reason he left all those years ago is because he was gay and felt back then he would not have been accepted.

Thom has also written a memoir entitled "Forgiving Troy". In September 2009, The Human Rights Campaign at a Black Tie Gala themed "Speak Your Truth" presented Thom with their Visibility Award for his continued contributions to charity work for human rights, through his art, his acting, his writing, and his painting in the nude.

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1979 – Lee Pace is an American actor. He is known for starring as Thranduil the Elvenking in The Hobbit trilogy and as Joe MacMillan in the AMC period drama television series Halt and Catch Fire. He has also appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Ronan the Accuser, a role he first played in Guardians of the Galaxy and reprised in Captain Marvel. He received an Emmy Award nomination for his portrayal of Ned in the ABC comedy-drama Pushing Daisies. From 2021, he stars as the galactic emperor Brother Day in the TV series adaptation of Isaac Asimov's science fiction stories Foundation.

Pace was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma. As a child, Pace spent several years in Saudi Arabia, where his father worked in the oil business; the family later moved to Houston, Texas. Pace attended Klein High School in Spring, Texas, a suburb of Houston, with actor Matt Bomer.

Pace briefly stopped attending high school to act at Houston's Alley Theatre before returning to graduate. At the Alley, he appeared in productions of The Spider's Web and The Greeks.

In 1997, he was accepted by the Juilliard School's Drama Division. While there, he was in several plays, including Romeo and Juliet as Romeo, Richard II in the title role, and Julius Caesar as Cassius. He graduated from Juilliard with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.

Pace first gained recognition for his role in the 2003 film Soldier’s Girl, based on real events, in which he played the central role of Calpernia Addams.

Of the role, Pace has said:

Not even my excellent training at Juilliard prepared me for my first movie role, where I played a transsexual who falls in love with a military guy in Soldier’s Girl. Here I was, this 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m), 190 pounds (86 kg), lanky kid from Chickasha, Oklahoma, not knowing how to begin being a woman. So I saw documentaries about transsexuals, I lost twenty-five pounds, and I put on prosthetic boobs and hips to become that character. There were times I’d look in the mirror and wonder, ‘What am I doing to my life here? My dad is going to kill me!’ But the reason I went into acting was to be able to play parts as complicated and important as this one. In playing a transsexual, I got the chance to help change people’s perspective about other people, and that is a powerful thing. I’m playing a swashbuckling bandit in my next film, but I’ll always be proud of Soldier’s Girl ”.Pace's sexual orientation became a topic of public discussion after he was accidentally outed as gay by Ian McKellen, who worked with him in The Hobbit films, in 2012. McKellen's "outing" was described in the press as a blunder and an accident on his part, as Pace had never addressed the subject. In June 2018, he spoke about being a queer actor in an interview with The New York Times

1983 – Andrew Goldstein (born in Milton, Massachusetts) is the first American male team-sport professional athlete to be openly gay during his playing career. He had been a professional lacrosse goaltender for the Long Island Lizards of Major League Lacrosse. He was originally drafted by his hometown team, the Boston Cannons.

The two-time All-American at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, Goldstein made headlines off the field in 2005 when he was dubbed by ESPN to be "the most accomplished male, team-sport athlete in North America to be openly gay during his playing career."

Yet as Goldstein points out, "gay All-American" is a phrase that is still contradictory for some:

"'All-American' is what you think of, you know, the three kids, the white picket fence, 'All-American'. And gay does not fit into that. So it's nice for me to hear 'gay All-American,' and to think it's just the same as 'All-American.' "

He revealed his sexuality to his team after the 2003 season, and an online essay that appeared on Outsport.com elevated his story to national prominence.

It was the first session of weight lifting during the summer term of Goldstein's sophomore year when he officially came out to his team. He pulled aside senior defender Matt Nicholson and told him he had a boyfriend, Ethan.

Nicholson, who had known Ethan previously, admittedly was surprised by the revelation, but he still managed a pretty decent comeback.

"Wow, man," he said, "he's hot."

Later, in an emotional e-mail, Nicholson told Goldstein it didn't change anything.

"I'm here for you," he wrote. "I'm your teammate. I'm your defenseman, and you're my goalie."

Goldstein was touched.

Goldstein asked Nicholson to pass the word to the rest of the team. If anybody had any questions or concerns, Goldstein said, have the player come talk to him. During the first few weeks, there were some uncomfortable moments.

When the news had settled on the team, a number of Goldstein's teammates apologized. It occurred to them that, in the macho, testosterone-charged atmosphere of the lacrosse locker room, they had probably offended their teammate countless times over the seasons.

SportsCenter: "Andrew Goldstein" (8 minutes)

In 2006, Goldstein was honored by being named to the OUT 100. He also received a prestigious 2006 GLAAD Media Award for the feature entitled "Andrew Goldstein" which aired on ESPN's Sportscenter.

A biochemistry and molecular biology major at Dartmouth, Goldstein has earned his Ph.D. in biology at UCLA with a specific focus on cancer. He is now a post-doctoral researcher at UCLA. On August 2, 2013, Goldstein was inducted into the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame.

1993 – Idaho enacts a sex offender registration law that includes consensual sodomy.

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Ancient rock art in Argentinian cave may have transmitted information across 100 generations | Live Science

A cave in Patagonia houses the oldest known pigment-based rock art in South America

A gallery's worth of rock art decorating the inside of a cave in Argentina is several millennia older than once thought and contains hundreds of drawings that span 100 generations.

At one time, archaeologists dated the art — located in Patagonia, a region in South America's southern tip — as being only several thousand years old. But a new analysis has revealed that some of the works actually date to as early as 8,200 years ago and were created during the late Holocene epoch (11,700 years ago to present), according to a study published Wednesday (Feb. 14) in the journal Science Advances.

"It turned out to be several millennia older than we expected," study lead author Guadalupe Romero Villanueva, an archaeologist with the Argentine National Research Council (CONICET) and the National Institute of Anthropology and Latin American Thought (INAPL), told Live Science. "We got surprised."

To determine the date of the massive artwork, which depicts humans, animals and other designs, archaeologists chipped away several small pieces of black pigment from the drawings. Since the pigment was made from plant material, researchers used radiocarbon dating to determine the age of the cave art.  ...

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The rotund, colourful men and women painted and sculpted by Fernando Botero, who has died aged 91, made him perhaps the most popular Latin American artist of his generation and also one of the most commercially successful.

For years, art critics looked down on what the Colombian himself called his “fat people”, dismissing them as a trademark gimmick. But museums and collectors (including Hollywood celebrities such as Jack Nicholson and Sylvester Stallone) snapped them up. His paintings and sculptures were so immediately identifiable for their bloated proportions that his work even gave rise to the term “Boterismo” to describe his aesthetic.

Botero argued that every true artist has to “deform reality” according to their way of seeing the world. He stressed that, despite the apparent ease with which he produced his prolific output, each work was the result of intense artistic imagination and effort.

Born in Colombia’s second city, Medellín, Fernando was the son of David Botero, a travelling salesman, who died when he was four, and Flora Angulo, who provided for her three children by working as a seamstress. Botero often said that the dedication she put into fabricating her creations was his earliest inspiration, and one of his later works was an affectionate portrait of her at her sewing machine.

An uncle helped pay for his education at a Jesuit school, but from an early age Botero took to drawing and painting to supplement his mother’s earnings. In his teens he drew illustrations for the cultural supplement of a Medellín newspaper, and soon afterwards he left for the capital, Bogotá, where one of his first oil paintings won him a large sum in prize money, allowing him to pursue his artistic education in Europe.

At first his work was greatly influenced by the school of Mexican muralists that included Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco. As well as giving him an appetite for large public works and teaching him how to deal with volume in two dimensions, what he took from the artists was the fact that they considered depicting the life of Mexican peasants and the history of Latin America as being equally important as anything being produced in Europe or the US. In this, Botero’s confidence and self-awareness mirrored that of writers such as Gabriel García Márquez, whose novel One Hundred Years of Solitude also gave themes of Colombia’s history a universal appeal.

In Europe in the early 1950s, Botero lived first in Madrid, then Paris, but perhaps the most formative period of his early career came in Florence, where he spent two years studying the Italian masters, especially those of the quattrocento such as Masaccio, Paolo Uccello and Piero della Francesca. He never tired of repeating that the most enduring lesson he learned from them was that, although their works appear realistic, they were imagined and processed by an individual sensibility.

By the early 60s Botero was living in New York, and already acquiring a considerable reputation. In 1961 his reworking of the Mona Lisa, entitled Mona Lisa, Age Twelve, in his typically rotund style, was purchased by the Museum of Modern Art – the first of many acquisitions of his work by that institution.

In the 70s his preoccupation with capturing volume led him to start producing huge bronze sculptures of voluptuous women and sadly comical men, as well as giant cats and massive hands. These were often displayed in the city centres of Madrid or Paris. In the latter, a 1993 exhibition on the Champs-Ēlysées drew such large crowds that traffic ground to a halt. Botero’s reclining Broadgate Venus (1989) is on permanent display near Liverpool Street station in London.

Although internationally renowned, Botero never forgot his roots in Colombia. In 2000 he donated more than 100 of his works to a specially created Botero Museum in Bogotá, adding paintings from his personal collection by Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso and the impressionists. He gave another 100 of his works to the Museum of Antioquia in Medellín, as well as 23 of his monumental bronze sculptures.

It was what happened to one of these sculptures – his Dove of Peace in the Plaza de San Antonio, Medellín – that brought into sharp relief the contrast between his generally exuberant, cheerful view of life and the often harsher reality of Colombia. During an open air concert in the square in 1995, a bomb hidden beneath the sculpture by Farc guerrillas killed 30 people and injured more than 200. One of the artist’s sons, Fernando Botero Zea, was defence minister at the time, and the bomb was apparently intended as a protest by Farc against his refusal to enter peace talks with them. Botero’s response was to cast another, identical bird, and have it placed alongside the mutilated original with the names of the victims inscribed on its base.

He was, however, capable of addressing the crueller aspects of life, and did so in several paintings. In the 60s and 70s he produced a series of portraits of Latin American dictators in which the puffed-up size of the figures was a satirical reflection on their self-importance. Nor could he remain indifferent to the drug violence that made his home city at one time named the most dangerous in the world, especially when the drug kingpin Pablo Escobar dominated the trade. In 2004 Botero produced a series of paintings of him being hunted down and killed in 1993, as well as other scenes from the violence that gripped Colombia in the 90s.

The most controversial of his more political works was the series he produced in 2004-05 of around 80 paintings and 100 drawings depicting the torture by US forces of prisoners in the Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq. Botero donated the series to the library at the University of California, Berkeley, arguing that the subject matter was too serious for them to be sold to collectors.

Sales of his other work allowed him to enjoy a luxurious lifestyle, with houses in Europe and the US, a yacht and what he called his “favourite toy”, a Rolls-Royce Phantom V. Across the years his work was shown in around 200 individual exhibitions, more than 100 of them in well-known museums and public art galleries. He continued to work 10 hours a day throughout his 80s, and declared to friends that he wanted to die painting, as Picasso did.

Botero’s first marriage, to Gloria Zea, ended in divorce in 1960, and his second wife, the Greek sculptor Sophia Vari, whom he married in the mid-70s, died in May. He is survived by three children, Fernando, Lina and Juan Carlos, from his first marriage. Another child, Pedro, from a relationship in the early 70s with Cecilia Zambrano, was killed in 1979 in a car accident in which Botero was also injured.

🔔 Fernando Botero Angulo, painter and sculptor, born 19 April 1932; died 15 September 2023

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Sam Majors Poll Part 2-Wildcard edition

This is a follow-up poll to one I'm running about what you think Sam majored in at Stanford. The first part featured the most popular majors for pre-law students. This part features miscellaneous other majors. I only included majors offered at Stanford when Sam attended (so no business). Also for the sake of polls having limited options, I grouped certain majors in similar disciplines together marked with *. If you choose one of these options, please share if you have any more specific thoughts. Don't forget to reblog and lmk if you have any other headcanons for Sam majors! I've also put an explanation and further info for some of these majors under the cut in case anyone is unfamiliar with them.

Thank you @orphicnatural @castielsupernatural @wooobejeweled and @flyingfish1 for your suggestions!

More information about majors under the cut:

Definitions are taken from the current version of Stanford's website. Other info is from the 2002 Stanford website (when Sam would have started college.

Classics-Classics focuses on the literature and material culture of ancient Greece and Rome, including Greek and Latin language, literature, philosophy, history, art, and archaeology.

Linguistics-The mission of the undergraduate program in Linguistics is to provide students with basic knowledge in the principal areas of linguistics (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, historical linguistics, and sociolinguistics) and the skills to do more advanced work in these subfields.

Archaelogy-Archaeology is the study of the past through its material remains that survive into the present. Archaeology is a discipline that offers direct access to the experiences of a wide range of people in numerous cultures across the globe. Increasingly, archaeology bridges past and present societies through the study of the human heritage and its role in contemporary societies.

Anthropology-Anthropology is devoted to the study of human beings and human societies as they exist across time and space.

International Relations-The undergraduate program in International Relations is an interdisciplinary undergraduate major allowing students to explore how global, regional and domestic factors influence relations between actors on the world stage.

Urban Studies-Combines academic approaches with real-world experience to understand cities, the influence of physical environment and how to address seemingly intractable social problems.

Feminist studies-Feminist Studies is an interdisciplinary undergraduate program investigating the significance of gender in all areas of human life. Feminist analysis is based on the assumption that gender is a crucial factor in the organization of our personal lives and our social institutions. It focuses on how gender differences and gender inequality are created and perpetuated. The courses offered by the program use feminist perspectives to expand and reevaluate the assumptions at work in traditional disciplines in the study of individuals, cultures, social institutions, policy, and other areas of scholarly inquiry. (taken from the 2002 website since the name has changed)

Arts majors available at Stanford when Sam attended:

Art (covers art history and studio art)

Drama (requires specialization in acting, directing, playwriting/dramaturgy, design, technical production/stage management, dance, or performance theory and cultural studies)

Music (covers theory, history, and instrumental or vocal performance)

Foreign languages available at Stanford when Sam attended:

Asian languages (requires both Chinese and Japanese)

French

Italian

German studies

Slavic Languages and Literatures (Russian language and literature or Russian language, culture, and history)

Spanish and Portuguese (covers both languages)

Other society and culture humanities majors available at Stanford when Sam attended:

African and Afro-American studies

American studies

Comparative studies in race and ethnicity (Asian American and Chicano/a studies both offered)

Latin American studies

East Asian studies

Native American Studies

Jewish studies

STEM Majors available at Stanford when Sam attended:

Geological and Environmental Sciences

Geophysics

Petroleum Engineering

Earth Systems

Chemical Engineering

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Computer Science

Electrical Engineering

Management Science and Engineering

Materials Science and Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Product Design

Aeronautics and Astronautics

Computer Systems Engineering

Biological Sciences

Chemistry

Mathematics

Physics

Human biology

Science, technology, and society

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What is community? What does it mean to co-create with communities?

(Pictured above: 1898 U.S. Imperial Visions and Revisions at the Smithsonian American Art Museum)

I remember my first month in D.C. I felt disoriented, confused and lonely a majority of the time. This was mostly due to the fact that, here, I was no longer surrounded by people that shared something intrinsic about my identity; I felt like I had gone adrift from my community. Community itself is a difficult term to define, according to Crooke it can be “...constructed in a multitude of ways and take a variety of forms” (p. 177). However, I believe a community is a group of people, large or small, that share certain characteristics, interests, geographical location, life experiences, etc. This can include race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, age and/or socioeconomic background. People that share the same enthusiasm for a book series can consider themselves to be part of a community. My classmates and I are now a part of the community of students of the Museum Education Program. Forming part of a community should also make individuals feel empowered, a community should lift each other up in times of need, as well as provide a safe space. These are all ideals to strive towards, but the word community can also become a double edged sword. If a community is based on similarities within a group, it is inevitable that a certain antagonism would begin to form towards the outsiders that are different from said group: “Worldwide, there are many examples of the use of the preservation of community identity, heritage, and culture to justify racism and genocide, perhaps the most tragic being the consequence of the use of “community” as justification for fascism in Nazi Germany” (p. 174). 

This being said, what I consider to be my community has shifted, or rather expanded with this new change in environment. There are friends who studied with me back in Puerto Rico who are now also studying and living in D.C. which I consider to be my small community of Puerto Ricans. We get together and cook what we loved to eat back home, listen to the music at full blast and talk about our island as if we aren’t over a thousand miles away. But now, because I’m surrounded by so many people that are unlike me, there is also a secret sense of community that I foster towards anyone that comes from Latin America, who gives me even the slightest resemblance of home. The family behind me at the park whose Colombian accents I relish, the server at the restaurant whose parents immigrated from Costa Rica, the Guatemalan woman shopping at the same Goodwill as me, my classmate who was born in Ecuador and who introduced me to Salvadoran pupusas. People that, if I was living in Puerto Rico, would feel wildly different from me, but are my lifeline from feeling incredibly alienated here. In many ways, my experience living in D.C. so far has reaffirmed my identity as not only a Puerto Rican woman, but a Latin American one as well.

Museums being involved within their respective communities is nothing particularly new, as Crooke explains: “The history of European museum development in the nineteenth century links directly to the rise of the nations and the need for those places to claim and present a national past” (p. 174). The difference is that now, museums as an institution are attempting to shift their attention from the predominant white and heteronormative narrative to a more inclusive and diverse one, which directly involves the community in its program and exhibition development. The most effective way to do this is by inviting outsiders in, as Bergeron and Tuttle phrase it. Welcoming cultural or civic leaders, or even the audience itself to “...freely share their resources, expertise and talent…at the early stages of idea development” (p.60).

 An example of this could be the District Six Museum in Cape Town, South Africa. District Six was a neighborhood that was declared all white under Apartheid, forcibly removing the people that already lived there from their homes, churches and schools, resulting in a traumatic event for those involved. The idea for the District Six Museum was conceived during the 1980’s with the community led program “Hands off District Six” which sought to protect the neighborhood from redevelopment, and in 1994 the museum was established. The museum is unlike the more European institutions found in South Africa: “...the building and space is modest; there are no glass cases; the curator has not taken authority; and the exhibition text is not fixed: former residents may add to the panels while they visit the exhibition” (Crooke, p. 175). Through this museum, the community is finally offered a space in which they can tell their own story in their own terms, to feel like their history is finally being acknowledged, to feel pride at an event that was supposed to make them feel shame; and as a result, the community has become stronger.  

Here in D.C. I have yet to find my community represented within museums. There is the National Museum of the American Latino that is starting to take shape, but as of today, it doesn’t occupy a building and it will be many years before the initiative can actually provide a space for Latin Americans. I had an impactful experience at the Smithsonian’s Museum of American Art exhibition: 1898: US Imperial Visions and Revisions. In said exhibit, the Smithsonian attempts to grapple with the United States’ imperialistic past (and present), but in my opinion, fails to fully grasp the negative aftermath that America inflicted on its colonies. In the section dedicated to Puerto Rico it says: “In general, Puerto Ricans welcomed the change of sovereignty from Spain to the United States in 1898. They hoped for more civil liberties, economic prosperity, and modernization. Later, against the backdrop of the First World War (1914–18), the United States granted citizenship to Puerto Ricans and established a popularly elected senate”. This does not include the fact that Puerto Ricans have fought for our independence for over a hundred years since the United States marched into our shores, and that this fight was met with violent massacres, attempts to suppress our language in schools and the Ley Mordaza (Gag Law) in 1948, which outlawed the display or ownership of the Puerto Rican flag. It also conveniently does not mention that after gaining control of the island, the United States used the Puerto Rican population as guinea pigs for experiments involving birth control, Agent Orange, as well as bombs on the coast of Vieques. Lastly, it mentions the fact that we were granted citizenship during WWI, but omits that the reason why was to send our men on the front lines of the war. 

When reading the panel I wondered who wrote it, and for whom. It seemed to me that this was created to provide comfort for Americans who might feel uneasy about their colonial heritage, a way to say: “What we did was bad, but you can feel better now! Pat yourself on the back for recognizing your problematic past in the first place, but don’t take any steps towards actually fixing the problem”. As a museum educator, I want to make sure I’m involving as many voices as I can, so that people from my community don’t feel as angry, and as small, as I felt that day inside of the Smithsonian.

Connect Through Art | District Six Museum

(source: Investec Cape Town Art Fair YouTube)

References: 

Bergeron, Anne, and Beth Tuttle. Magnetic : The Art and Science of Engagement. The Aam Press, 2013.

Crooke, Elizabeth, “Museums and Community” A Companion to Museum Studies. Edited by Macdonald, Sharon. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, p. 170-185.

“Gallery Page | 1898: U.S. Imperial Visions and Revisions.” 1898exhibition.si.edu, 2023, 1898exhibition.si.edu/gallery.

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Understanding the Deaf Community

What is deaf culture? Because deaf and hard of hearing people, as a minority, share similar life experiences directly related to their deafness, a culture has developed within the deaf community, in much the same way Black culture and Queer culture have. It encompasses the history of deafness in society, as well as norms and social standards among the deaf. It includes art unique to deafness, as well as common attitudes and beliefs shared among deaf people. For example, due to the nature of various sign languages, which use key words and facial expressions to create simplified versions of sentences compared to how a hearing person would speak them. Because of this, deaf people are often very direct with what they say, as there isn't much place for subtlety in signing. In the same way a hearing person might ask "I don't understand, can you repeat that slower, please?" the same question would be signed by a deaf person: "don't-UNDERSTAND YOU PLEASE AGAIN SLOW?" The concept of "don't" is conveyed through facial expression, while the rest of the words are direct sign translations. As well as directness, deaf people are more expressive in their communication--Sign Language is in the eyes, after all.

Deaf, blind, deafblind?

You may have heard the word deafblind used before, and honestly, the definition is pretty straightforward: someone who is deafblind is simultaneously deaf and blind. You probably think of the famous Helen Keller when you hear or see the word. Deafblindness, just like deafness and blindness, exists on a spectrum. In these cases, sign languages are of little to no use, and the more common form of communication from this point is Braille, a language of patterns of raised bumps that allow someone who is blind to feel the letters and words. You can find Braille on just about any important wall sign in institutional buildings. But those who were deaf for an extended period of time before losing their vision often use sign language themselves and may feel another person's signing to understand what is being said, or use tactile signing, a type of signing specifically developed to be understood through touch. Hearing aids may also be used by deafblind individuals who retain enough of their residual hearing, or who have the specific type of hearing loss that is aided by cochlear implants.

The Importance of ASL

While there is no universal sign language, due to the large population of the United States, and the large number of people who speak American English, ASL is one of the most common sign languages. Keep in mind that each sign language is not a dialect of sign language, nor is it a dialect of the language it is based off of. Each and every sign language is its own separate language, just as any spoken language is. You wouldn't consider French a dialect of Latin. American Sign Language is not a dialect of American English.

While it is a common trope or stereotype in media for a deaf character to read lips, very few deaf people can read lips at all, and lip reading is in no way accurate for anyone. Thus, signing is the most effective method of communication for the deaf and hard of hearing.

The use of ASL can also contribute to spreading awareness of deaf culture and the struggles faced by the hearing impaired every day. When more people learn to sign in the sign language most appropriate for their location or who they are signing to/for, it greatly broadens communication between people, something we should all strive to do in our everyday lives.

Ableism and the Attitude Towards, Discrimination of, and Challenges Faced by the Deaf and Otherwise Hearing-Impaired

Several studies have shown that hearing impaired people are viewed more negatively than hearing people, and deafness is viewed more negatively than HoH people (those who are Hard of Hearing). There is also a societal lack of empathy for the deaf. Many deaf people also report increased hostility from hearing people towards them because of their deafness. However, it has been shown that increased contact with the deaf creates more positive attitudes towards the hearing impaired and deaf.

Deaf people also face severe challenges in society that are often unfathomable to hearing people. In many cases, employers and institutions do not have a sufficient understanding of the needs/accommodations of deaf people. Employers and institutions are also often uneducated about deafness and hearing impairments. Another major issue is how inaccessible proper healthcare is for deaf people. Deaf people also have to deal with the struggle to communicate with hearing people (most of which cannot sign any sign languages), even with technology aimed towards those with hearing loss. However, this technology is not of much use if an individual does not have enough residual hearing or access to hearing aids. While we hear a lot about cochlear implants, they really only work for a specific type of hearing loss, and an individual with this type of hearing loss must have enough residual hearing for the implants to work. Deaf people also struggle to receive the government benefits owed to them due to a severe lack of ASL interpreters.

The Place of Hearing People in Deaf Culture

With the above information, it can be difficult to discern where hearing people fit into deaf culture, especially when trying to avoid cultural appropriation.

Should hearing people in the US learn ASL?

The short answer: YES!! ABSOLUTELY!!

But...

Some deaf people see hearing people learning and using ASL as cultural appropriation.

HOWEVER!

The general consensus among the deaf and hearing impaired has always been that learning ASL is the least that American hearing people can do to accommodate deafness. Not just that, but it’s been proven that learning ASL as a hearing person improves cultural awareness and appreciation for deaf culture!

Should hearing people in the US teach ASL?

...Now, this one is a bit more difficult. There are many hearing ASL teachers, of course. However, most deaf people feel that hearing ASL teachers don't provide an accurate representation of the language, and especially not of the culture behind it. In fact, there are many discrepancies between ASL taught by a hearing person and ASL taught by a deaf person. So much so that many deaf people who were taught by deaf people say that the language is almost unrecognizable and a lot harder to understand when used by someone who was taught by a hearing person.

See, the problem with hearing ASL teachers (well, the main one) is that the type of ASL taught by hearing people is still tied to the idea of sounds, such as pronunciations of words being translated, or the noises an object being described may make. This actually creates a rift in communication between the deaf and the hearing, and even two deaf people who were taught by either a hearing or deaf teacher, as deaf people cannot make those connections between signs, words and sounds.

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(pt. 3) Notes on US Latinx art Forum

Institutions 

1. Inter-University Program for Latino Research (IUPLR)

Pamela Anne Quiroz, Ph.D.

Executive Director, IUPLR

Director, Center for Mexican American Studies, University of Houston

it was my first time hearing of this IUPLR program. 

2. BAMPFA - UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

“premier visual arts venue at the top U.S. public research university...” 

- Holds more than 28,000 works of art, specifically from 20th - 21st century work. 

- Founded in 1970, relocated in 2016. 

3. The Latinx Project

https://www.latinxproject.nyu.edu/

Notes to Self 

ARCHIVE LATINE ART - M.A

“WHAT IS THE DNA OF MY ARCHIVE” - AMALIA MESA-BAINS

“will Latinx art be taught under American art at universities?” - panelist

AMERICAN ART

LATIN AMERICAN ART

LATINX ART

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New York Medical University Curacao: Your Pathway to MBBS Abroad

Introduction

Studying medicine abroad is a significant decision that requires careful consideration. Among the many options available, New York Medical University (NYMU) in Curacao stands out for its commitment to providing high-quality medical education. This article delves into the various aspects of NYMU Curacao, including its ranking, reviews, and world standing, to help prospective students make an informed choice.

Why Choose Curacao for MBBS?

Curacao, an island in the Caribbean, offers a unique combination of excellent education and a picturesque environment. The country’s English-speaking populace and vibrant culture make it an appealing destination for international students. Medical schools in Curacao, such as NYMU, provide an education that is both affordable and of high quality.

About New York Medical University Curacao

History and Background

Founded with the mission of delivering top-notch medical education, About New York Medical University Curacao has rapidly grown into a reputable institution. The university is dedicated to preparing students for successful careers in medicine through a comprehensive and rigorous curriculum.

Location and Campus Overview

NYMU Curacao is located in a serene area of the island, offering a peaceful environment conducive to study. The campus is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, including modern classrooms, advanced laboratories, and a well-stocked library, all designed to support the educational needs of its students.

Mission and Vision

The mission of NYMU Curacao is to provide high-quality medical education that meets international standards. The university aims to cultivate competent and compassionate medical professionals who can address global health challenges. Its vision is to be a leading institution in medical education, known for its innovative teaching methods and significant contributions to medical research.

New York Medical University Curacao Ranking

Global Ranking

While relatively new on the global stage, New York Medical University Curacao ranking is quickly gaining recognition for its academic rigor and quality training programs. Its emphasis on producing well-rounded medical professionals has helped it establish a respectable global presence.

National and Regional Recognition

Within the Caribbean and Latin American regions, NYMU Curacao has garnered significant respect. The university is known for its well-structured medical programs and the success of its graduates in medical licensing exams and careers.

Comparison with Other Medical Universities

Compared to other medical schools in the Caribbean, NYMU Curacao stands out for its comprehensive curriculum and supportive learning environment. The university's focus on small class sizes and personalized attention distinguishes it from many larger institutions.

Educational Excellence at New York Medical University Curacao

Curriculum and Teaching Methodologies

New York Medical University Curacao reviews offers a curriculum that blends theoretical knowledge with practical skills. The program is divided into pre-clinical and clinical phases, ensuring that students are thoroughly prepared for real-world medical practice. Teaching methods include interactive lectures, problem-based learning, and hands-on clinical training.

Faculty and Research Opportunities

The faculty at NYMU comprises experienced professionals dedicated to student success. The university encourages students to engage in research, providing numerous opportunities to participate in innovative projects and contribute to the medical field.

Admissions Process

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must have completed high school or equivalent with a strong background in science subjects. Proficiency in English is required, as the medium of instruction is English.

Application Process

The application process is straightforward. Prospective students need to submit academic transcripts, proof of English proficiency, letters of recommendation, and a personal statement. Early application is advised to secure a place in the program.

Important Deadlines

NYMU has specific application deadlines, typically a few months before the start of each academic term. It’s crucial to check these dates on the university’s official website to ensure timely submission.

New York Medical University Curacao Fees Structure

Tuition Fees

The tuition fees at NYMU Curacao are competitive, making it an affordable option for many international students. The university provides transparency in its fee structure, allowing students to plan their finances effectively.

Other Associated Costs

In addition to tuition, students should consider costs for textbooks, lab materials, and other educational resources. Living expenses, including accommodation and food, should also be budgeted.

Scholarship Opportunities

NYMU offers scholarships and financial aid to deserving students. These scholarships are based on academic merit and financial need, helping to make education more accessible.

Student Life at New York Medical University Curacao

Campus Life

NYMU Curacao offers a vibrant campus life. The community is diverse, with students from various cultural backgrounds. The university organizes numerous activities and events to foster a sense of community and enhance the student experience.

Extracurricular Activities

Students at NYMU are encouraged to participate in extracurricular activities, including sports, arts, and community service. These activities are essential for personal development and provide a balanced university experience.

Cultural Integration

Curacao’s multicultural environment offers a unique opportunity for students to experience different cultures and traditions. NYMU supports cultural integration through various initiatives and programs.

Accommodation and Hostel Facilities

Overview of Hostel Facilities

NYMU provides comfortable hostel facilities for its students. The hostels are conveniently located near the campus, ensuring easy access to university resources and services.

Living Conditions and Amenities

The hostels are equipped with modern amenities, including internet access, study rooms, and recreational areas. The living conditions are designed to provide a safe and supportive environment for students.

Cost of Accommodation

Accommodation costs at NYMU are reasonable, making it an affordable choice for international students. The university offers various options to suit different budgets.

Life in Curacao

Cost of Living

The cost of living in Curacao is moderate compared to many Western countries. Students can enjoy a comfortable lifestyle without excessive expenses.

Transportation

Curacao has a reliable public transportation system, making it easy for students to travel around the island. Many students also prefer cycling or walking due to the pleasant climate.

Local Attractions

Curacao is known for its stunning beaches, vibrant culture, and historical sites. Students can explore the island's natural beauty and participate in various recreational activities during their free time.

Clinical Training and Internship

Affiliated Hospitals

NYMU is affiliated with several reputable hospitals in Curacao and abroad. These affiliations provide students with diverse clinical training opportunities.

Clinical Exposure

Students gain extensive clinical exposure throughout their studies, working alongside experienced healthcare professionals in various medical settings.

Internship Opportunities

The university offers structured internship programs, allowing students to apply their knowledge and skills in real-world scenarios. These internships are crucial for professional development and career readiness.

Graduation and Post-Graduation Opportunities

Career Prospects

Graduates of NYMU Curacao are well-prepared for careers in medicine. The university’s comprehensive training equips them with the skills needed to succeed in various healthcare environments.

Alumni Network

NYMU has a growing network of alumni who are making significant contributions to the medical field. This network provides valuable connections and support for current students and recent graduates.

Post-Graduation Options

For those looking to further their education, NYMU offers post-graduate programs and specializations. Graduates can also pursue residency programs and advanced medical training.

Advantages of Studying MBBS at New York Medical University Curacao

Quality Education

NYMU Curacao is committed to providing high-quality education through a well-structured curriculum and experienced faculty.

Affordable Fees

The university offers an affordable tuition fee structure, making it accessible to a wide range of students.

International Recognition

Degrees from NYMU are recognized internationally, allowing graduates to practice medicine in various countries.

Challenges and How to Overcome Them

Language Barrier

While the medium of instruction is English, learning the local language can be beneficial. NYMU offers language courses to help students adapt.

Climate Adaptation

The tropical climate in Curacao may require some adjustment. Staying hydrated and dressing appropriately can help students adapt comfortably.

Homesickness

Being away from home can be challenging. Staying connected with family and friends, and participating in campus activities can help mitigate homesickness.

Conclusion

Choosing to study at New York Medical University Curacao is a decision that promises quality education, cultural enrichment, and a pathway to a successful medical career. With its affordable fees, excellent faculty, and comprehensive curriculum, NYMU is an ideal choice for aspiring doctors from around the world.

FAQs

What is the duration of the MBBS program at New York Medical University Curacao? The MBBS program at NYMU typically lasts for five years, including clinical training.

Are the degrees from New York Medical University Curacao recognized worldwide? Yes, degrees from NYMU are recognized by major medical councils and organizations globally.

What is the medium of instruction for the MBBS course? The medium of instruction for the MBBS course at NYMU is English.

How can international students adapt to the local culture? NYMU offers cultural integration programs and language courses to help international students adapt to the local culture.

What support services are available for international students? NYMU provides various support services, including academic advising, counseling, and language support, to assist international students.

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Voces y formas para Chile. Poemas ilustrados para el pueblo chileno, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (CAyC), Buenos Aires, 1973 [The CAyC Files, International Center for the Arts of the Americas (ICAA) at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX + Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA), New York, NY]

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THIS DAY IN GAY HISTORY

based on: The White Crane Institute's 'Gay Wisdom', Gay Birthdays, Gay For Today, Famous GLBT, glbt-Gay Encylopedia, Today in Gay History, Wikipedia, and more … December 28

1888 – On this date the German film director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, better known as F. W. Murnau was born (d.1931), was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era. A figure in the expressionist movement in German cinema during the 1920s, some of Murnau's films from the silent era have been lost, but most still survive. He was one of a number of directors who were part of the expressionist movement in German cinema during the 1920s and directed many movies that were influential. While some of Murnau's films from the silent era have been lost, most still survive. They are widely acknowledged among film scholars as masterpieces.

He's best known for the exquisite silent film Nosferatu, but his film Sunrise, produced in Hollywood, is one of the most beautiful films ever made. The rumors of his death are certainly the most bizarre in a town known for extraordinary ways of dying. In 1931, Murnau and his chauffeur were killed in an automobile accident. From the way the bodies had been found, the director was rumored to have been killed while he was fellating the driver. Its probably a myth. No one knows, but the historian and Murnau biographer Lotte Eisner writes matter-of-factly of Murnau's finding Hollywood a tolerant place for his sexuality and that he was "no longer subject to intolerant German law" concerning homosexuality.

Only 11 people showed up for the funeral. Among them were Greta Garbo and Fritz Lang who delivered the funeral speech. Garbo also commissioned a deathmask of Murnau which she kept on her desk during her years in Hollywood.

1932 – The Argentine writer Manuel Puig was born on this date (d.1990); Gay themes and motifs are suggested in a number of Manuel Puig's eight novels, and in the best known of them, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Gay desire is central to the fiction.

After unsuccessfully studying architecture in the Universidad de Buenos Aires, he began working as a film archivist and editor in the city of Buenos Aires and later, in Italy after winning a scholarship from the Italian Institute of Buenos Aires. Puig's dream was to become a screenwriter to write TV shows and movies. His career as a screenwriter never took off, however. In the 1960s, he moved back to Buenos Aires, where he penned his first major novel, La traición de Rita Hayworth (The Betrayal of Rita Hayworth). Because he had leftist political tendencies and also foresaw a rightist wave in Argentina, Puig moved to Mexico in 1973, where he wrote his later works including El beso de la mujer araña (Kiss of the Spider Woman ).

Much of Puig's work can be seen as pop art. Perhaps due to his work in film and television, Puig managed to create a writing style that incorporated elements of these mediums, such as montage and the use of multiple points of view. He also made much use of popular culture (for example, soap opera) in his works. In Latin American literary histories, he is presented as a writer who belongs to the Postboom and Post-modernist schools.

Puig lived in exile throughout most of his life. In 1989 Puig moved from Mexico City to Cuernavaca, Mexico, where he died in 1990.

In his quadruple memoir, Eminent Maricones, the Columbian-American author (and close friend of Puig's) Jaime Manrique relates the astounding story of the New York Times obituary writer who completely flubbed up Puig's obituary and made him not only heterosexual, but the father of sons. According to Manrique, the reporter, John T. McQuiston called Puig's Cuernavaca home to confirm the writer's death. The person who answered the call and confirmed the death was one of Puig's proteges — one of the many Gay men that Puig mentored throughout his life. Puig called these men, "his daughters" and he was the mother to these daughters. When the reporter asked what his relation to Puig was, the man answered that he was one of Puig's "hijas" (daughters). McQuiston must have thought the man said "hijo" instead of "hija" and so the obituary read that Puig's "son, Javier Labrada, said his father died of a heart attack after gall bladder surgery" and that Puig was survived by "two sons, Mr. Labrada and Agustin Garcia Gil, all of Cuernavaca." Which came as a complete shock to anyone who remotely knew the very proudly flamboyantly Queer writer. The foul up remained a mystery until Manrique cleared it up in his memoirs.

1936 – On this date, the American scholar and writer Byrne R.S. Fone, was born.

Byrne Fone is a pioneering Gay historian. His career has been dedicated to curating a greater understanding of the lives erased throughout history due to prejudice, ignorance, and self-censorship.

Fone is the editor of the outstanding and voluminous Columbia Anthology of Gay Literature, and the author of A Road to Stonewall: Male Homosexuality and Homophobia in English and American Literature, 1750-1969, Masculine Landscapes: Walt Whitman and the Historical Text and Hidden Heritage: History and the Gay Imagination published way back in 1978.

1942 – Best known by his stage name Peter Berlin, Armin Hagen Freiherr von Hoyningen-Huene (born in 1942) is a photographer, artist, filmmaker, clothing designer/sewer, model and gay sex symbol . In the early to mid-1970s, Berlin created some of the most recognizable gay male erotic imagery of his time. Serving as his own photographer, model, and fashion designer, Berlin redefined self-portraiture and became an international sensation.

His two films, Nights in Black Leather (1973) and That Boy (1974) (credited in the latter as Peter Burian), played to packed houses for years and, along with other pioneering erotic filmmakers such as Wakefield Poole and Jack Deveau, helped bring gay male erotic films artistic legitimacy.

He was the second of the three children (a sister Mirna and a brother Reinhold who died in 1970 in a car crash) of Eduard Baron von Hoyningen-Huene and his wife Marion, 20 years old at the time of his birth. He was born in Łódź, Poland, and grew up in Berlin, Germany. The extended family included the American fashion photographer George Hoyningen-Huene.

He received post-secondary education in Germany as a photo-technician. In his early 20s, he worked as a photographer for an interview program on German television, photographing some of Europe's biggest celebrities and film stars.

Berlin designed and sewed all of his clothing without a pattern. He also was a painter and illustrator. He began photographing himself in erotic poses and making skin-tight clothes to wear as he cruised the parks and train stations of Berlin, the streets of Rome, Paris, New York and San Francisco.

Berlin as seen by Tom of Finland

In the early 1970s, Berlin moved to San Francisco and became a fixture on the streets with his highly suggestive clothing and constant cruising. He collaborated with friend Richard Abel on a 16 mm hard-core porn film entitled Nights in Black Leather (1973) in which he played the lead role. Berlin's poster for the film helped make Nights in Black Leather an underground hit.

1978 – Uriah Bell is a poet, writer, publisher and founder of Rising Voices Press, and most recently, the editor in chief of TRUTH Magazine, a bi-monthly national publication for LGBTQ persons of color.

Bell began formally publishing his writing in 2008 with his freshman collection of poetry Mood Swings - where he decided to expose his personal self in an intimate collection. Although Bell intended Mood Swings to be his only publication, he was encouraged to continue sharing his story, and the stories of others through Mood Swings overwhelming response. In 2009, Bell founded Rising Voices Press, an independent publishing company focused on promoting and publishing the written voices of the Black LGBT community.

An activist in the struggle around HIV/AIDS, Bell is a 2011 fellow in the Black AIDS Institute's AAHU Community Mobilization College, a dedicated group of fellows from across the country working tirelessly to develop mobilization campaigns to rally the Black community around ending and educating themselves on the disparities of HIV/AIDS and working to end the epidemic. Bell has participated on national and international panels and has led discussions on HIV/AIDS in the Black community, living with HIV/AIDS and overcoming new diagnosis, homophobia in the Black community, LGBT youth suicide, the Black church, and segregation in the LGBT community.

2009 – First same-sex couple (Alejandro "Alex" Freyre & Jose Maria Di Bello) to legally marry in Argentina and Latin America.

Today's Gay Wisdom

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Byrne Fone:

"Hordes and hordes of gay people, both younger and older, have been deprived of a chance to have a historic memory because academe, until the past few decades, hasn't recognized that there is a gay history. Nor have most people recognized that the monuments of gay history are to be found in gay literary history. Nations and peoples have their great monuments, but gay people have no space that is specifically ours. Gay books are our monuments — the most inclusive of all monuments." Byrne Fone

"Homophobia is never really very silent ... It's the shadow text for gay literature." Byrne Fone

"An entire culture has been built and rebuilt and rebuilt over the centuries." Fone on the effects of suppression of homosexuality throughout the ages.

The first openly gay book he remembers reading was Gore Vidal's The City and the Pillar, but that was much later. "'The Hardy Boys' - that's your answer," he says, sipping iced tea in a Soho coffee house on a blazing summer afternoon. "That was the first gay book I ever read. I made it a gay book." Byrne Fone

"So long as it is legitimated by society, religion, and politics, homophobia will spawn hatred, contempt, and violence, and it will remain our last acceptable prejudice." - Byrne Fone in his book "Homophobia: A History"

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This month features Janet Hendrickson and her translation of Francisco Pino's Unfaithful Translation of the Raven by Edgar A. Poe, ALTA Travel Fellow (2023) Mayada Ibrahim, who's co-translation of Samahani by Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin with Adil Babikir is forthcoming from Foundry Editions, as well as Korean poet Seo Jung Hak and translator Megan Sungyoon with The Cheapest France in Town (World Poetry), "You, enjoying loose obsession, You, waiting for something mystical. You, lonely. You, bored. Pre, ssitp, ressit, press it."

***  Janet Hendrickson translates from Spanish and Portuguese to English. Her experimental translation of Treasure of the Castilian or Spanish Language (New Directions, 2019), which turns a 1611 dictionary by Sebastián de Covarrubias into a series of prose poems, was longlisted for a PEN Award for Poetry in Translation. She also translated The Future Is Not Ours (ed. Diego Trelles Paz, Open Letter, 2012), a generation-defining anthology of new Latin American fiction. She teaches writing and translation in Liberal Studies at NYU.

Mayada Ibrahim is a translator, editor, and writer based in Queens, New York, with roots in Khartoum and London. She works between Arabic and English, and edits at Tilted Axis Press. 

Megan Sungyoon translates between languages and across genres. Sungyoon’s work has appeared in World Poetry Review, Copper Nickel, Asymptote, Columbia Journal, SAND Journal, and The Margins, among others. Based in Seoul and New York, Sungyoon holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA in Poetry and Literary Translation from Columbia University. The Cheapest France in Town (World Poetry) is her first book of translation.

A native of Seoul, poet Seo Jung Hak made his debut with four poems in the Winter 1995 issue of Literature and Society. His first poetry collection, The King of Adventure and Aristocrats of Coconut was published in 1998 by Moonji Publishing, one of the most important literary publishers in South Korea. The Cheapest France in Town (World Poetry, 2023), originally published by Moonji in 2017, marks his debut in English translation.

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Tania León (born May 14, 1943) is a Cuban-born composer and conductor who is an educator and advisor to arts organizations.

She began studying the piano at the age of four and she attended Carlos Alfredo Peyrellade Conservatory, where she earned a BA, and the Alejandro García Caturla Conservatory, where she studied piano with Zenaida Manfugás. She settled in New York City, continuing her studies at New York University.

She became a founding member and the first musical director of Arthur Mitchell’s Dance Theater of Harlem, establishing its music department, music school, and orchestra. Her ballet compositions for that company include Haiku, Dougla, and Belé.

She instituted the Brooklyn Philharmonic Community Concert Series and co-founded the American Composers Orchestra Sonidos de las Americas Festivals as Latin American Music Advisor. She was the New Music Advisor to Kurt Masur and the New York Philharmonic. She served as Latin American Music Advisor to the American Composers Orchestra. Her orchestral work Desde... was premiered by the American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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But in a paper published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, archaeologists say that one of the cave’s most mysterious motifs, a comblike pattern, first appeared some 8,200 years ago, making it by far the earliest known example of rock art in one of the last places on Earth to be settled by our species. Cave artists continued to draw the same comb design in black pigment for thousands of years, an era when other human activity was virtually absent at the site. The cave art provides a rare glimpse of a culture that may have relied on this design to communicate valuable insights across generations during a period of climactic shifts. “We got the results and we were very surprised,” said Guadalupe Romero Villanueva, an author of the study and an archaeologist at the Argentine government agency CONICET and the National Institute of Anthropology and Latin American Thought in Buenos Aires. “It was a shock, and we had to rethink some things.” Patagonia, which spans the southern tip of South America, was not reached by humans until about 12,000 years ago. These early inhabitants thrived at Cueva Huenul 1 for generations, leaving signs of habitation. Then, around 10,000 years ago, the area became more arid and hostile as a result of climatic shifts. The archaeological record in the cave likewise dried up for the next several thousand years, suggesting that the site was largely abandoned because of environmental pressures.

Mysterious Pattern in a Cave Is Oldest Rock Art Found in Patagonia - The New York Times

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During the NOTAR II residency period, Dagmary and Paola have investigated the diverse ways of naming, understanding it as a linguistic, political and epistemic gesture. The researchers have focused on organizations and cultural practices of migrant and racialized groups in Madrid in dialogue with ancestral legacies, popular and urban cultures or foreign languages that delocalize, resituate and complexify the relations of these groups at different levels. Políticas del nombrar, the name given to the project, asks whether this practice responds to an epistemic dispute or is defined as a mode of agency for inclusion and recognition in the political-cultural structures of the Spanish State. It also explores how these concepts may or may not mediate and crack the links of these groups with cultural institutions.

Paola de la Vega Velastegui. Teacher, cultural manager and researcher. Professor of Visual Arts at the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (PUCE) and co-founder and director of Gescultura (Ecuador), platform where she worked from 2007-17. She created and coordinated the Master in Cultural Management and Cultural Policies of the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar Sede Ecuador (2018-2022) and collaborated as a teacher of several graduate programs of this university between 2018-22, in cultural management and cultural policies, museums and historical heritage, human rights and cultural studies. Her research interests are: genealogies of cultural management, critical cultural management, cultural policies in Ecuador and Latin America, community and collective cultural management, community mediation.

Dagmary Olívar Graterol. Founding partner and director of “YoSoyElOtro” Asociación Cultural. Venezuelan researcher, professor and cultural manager based in Spain since 2002. PhD in Humanities and Master in Cultural Management from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and Bachelor of Arts from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello. She researches the changes in the migrant population, especially those of Caribbean and Latin American origin, and their participation in culture in Spain. Coordinator of the books El Otrx: arte, cultura y migración en la ciudad de Madrid (La Parcería Edita- YoSoyElOtro, 2021), La comunidad dominicana en España: de una aproximación histórica a perspectivas de futuro, (INDEX- Madrid, 2019) and co-editor of El mito de la mujer caribeña (Ediciones de La Discreta, 2011), among other publications. She is a collaborator of the Center for the Study of Migration and Intercultural Relations (CEMyRI) of the University of Almeria since 2020.

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Durante el periodo de residencias de NOTAR II, Dagmary y Paola han investigado en torno a las diversas maneras de nombrar, entendiendo éste como un gesto lingüístico, político y epistémico. Las investigadoras se han centrado en organizaciones y prácticas culturales de colectivos migrantes y racializados de Madrid en diálogo con legados ancestrales, culturas populares, urbanas o lenguas foráneas que deslocalizan, resitúan y complejizan las relaciones de estos colectivos en distintos niveles. Políticas del nombrar, nombre que toma el proyecto, se pregunta si esta práctica responde a una disputa epistémica o se define como un modo de agenciamiento para la inclusión y reconocimiento en las estructuras político-culturales del Estado español. Así también, indaga cómo estos conceptos pueden o no mediar y agrietar los vínculos de estos colectivos con las instituciones culturales.

Paola de la Vega Velastegui. Docente, gestora cultural e investigadora. Profesora de la Carrera de Artes Visuales de la Pontificia Universidad Católica el Ecuador (PUCE) y cofundadora y directora de Gescultura (Ecuador), plataforma donde trabajó entre 2007-17. Creó y coordinó la Maestría en Gestión Cultural y Políticas Culturales de la Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar Sede Ecuador (2018-2022) y colaboró como docente de varios programas de postgrado de esta universidad entre 20218-22, en gestión cultural y políticas culturales, museos y patrimonio histórico, derechos humanos y estudios de la cultura. Sus líneas de investigación son: genealogías de la gestión cultural, gestión cultural crítica, políticas culturales en Ecuador y América Latina, gestión cultural comunitaria y colectiva, mediación comunitaria.

Dagmary Olívar Graterol. Socia fundadora y directora de YoSoyElOtro Asociación Cultural. Investigadora, profesora y gestora cultural venezolana radicada en España desde 2002. Doctora en Humanidades y Máster en Gestión Cultural por la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid y Licenciada en Letras por la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello. Investiga los cambios de la población migrante, especialmente las de origen caribeño y latinoamericano, y su participación en la cultura en el Estado español. Coordinadora de los libros El Otrx: arte, cultura y migración en la ciudad de Madrid (La Parcería Edita- YoSoyElOtro, 2021), La comunidad dominicana en España: de una aproximación histórica a perspectivas de futuro, (INDEX- Madrid, 2019) y co-editora de El mito de la mujer caribeña (Ediciones de La Discreta, 2011), entre otras publicaciones. Es colaboradora del Centro de Estudio de las Migraciones y las Relaciones Interculturales (CEMyRI) de la Universidad de Almería desde el año 2020.