To celebrate LGBTQ+ contributions to contemporary art for Pride Month, Torrance Art Museum presents a selection of artwork that examines the nuanced and varied queer experience.

Stephen Tayo, Chale Wote Festival, 2018

David Wojnarowicz, “Untitled (One day this kid . . .)”, 1990

Mickalene Thomas, Le Dejeuner sur l’Herbe: Les Trois Femmes Noir, 2010

Gabriel Garcia Roman, Emanuel Xavier, 2015

Peter Hujar, Candy Darling on Her Deathbed, 1973

Andy Warhol, Ladies and Gentlemen (Marsha P. Johnson), 1975

Wu Tsang, Wildness 2012

T.M. Davy, This Marram, 2019

Diana Davies, Gay Rights Demonstration, Albany, NY, 1971

Marco DaSilva, Of Water, 2019

Mark Beard, [Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Seven Gymnasts on the Ropes, n.d.

Max Colby, Untitled (Tom), 2017

Kendrick Daye, nothing can compare , 2020

Salman Toor, The Beating, 2019

Catherine Opie, Flipper, Tanya, Chloe, & Harriet, San Francisco, California, 1995

Read:

Queer Quarterly: Celebrating Queer Art, Thought, & Voices

https://queerquarterly.com/

“Five stories of Queer Artists”
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/list/five-stories-queer-artists 

“Something I Saw” a daily art newsletter from a queer perspective

https://somethingisaw.substack.com/

“How the Rainbow Flag Became a Universal Symbol of Gay Rights”

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-rainbow-flag-universal-symbol-gay-rights 

Watch:

“Chicano artist, Ruben Esparza, reproduces historic LGBTQ protest signs”

https://abc7.com/ruben-esparza-chicano-latino-queer/5368627/ 

“Keith Haring:Street Art Boy”

https://www.thirteen.org/programs/american-masters/keith-haring-street-art-boy-x9skqg/ 

View:

“Angela Davis: OUTspoken” rare posters and ephemera from the Lisbet Tellefsen Collection are brought together to showcase the life of queer Black freedom fighter Angela Davis (online)

https://www.glbthistory.org/angela-davis 

“Reigning Queens: The Lost Photos of Roz Joseph” photographs by Roz Joseph are assembled to document San Francisco’s drag culture in the mid-1970s (online)
https://www.glbthistory.org/reigning-queens

Additional Resources:

LGBTQ+ Online Safety Guide from VPN Mentor

https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/lgbtq-guide-online-safety/

QUEER|ART: non-profit arts organization 

https://www.queer-art.org/

GLAAD Resource List 

https://www.glaad.org/resourcelist 

One City One Pride LGBTQ Arts Fesitival in West Hollywood

https://pride.weho.org/

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