Gay graffiti
In recent weeks I&#;ve had cause to tour a bit within the UK, and during this time, I&#;ve come across a couple of (modern) graffiti that I create interesting, for related but somewhat different reasons. The first is really a text that no longer exists. That is, it is clear that an seek was made to remove the sprayed inscription, but it failed in the respect that the original words, though faded, are still visible. On the side of a building at the University of Manchester, one can see this:
ACT UP &#; the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Influence &#; was founded in Novel York City in Growing up in New York at the time, and with gay and lesbian friends as part of my community, church, and extended family network, this slogan, along with the image of the pink triangle and SILENCE = DEATH, were a familiar part of my childhood. I was, up to the moment I stumbled upon this, completely unknowing of the slogan being used in the UK, or in fact, any time in the last twenty years or so. I am not by any means dismissing the continued call for to campaign for gay rights, heal
byDaniela Wise-Rojas, Class of
These photographs and records from the early s document graffiti found on Cornell&#;s campus -created by members of Cornell&#;s Lesbian, Same-sex attracted, and Bisexual Coalition. They also show a growing scholar body that prioritized the well-being of LGBTQ students on campus over keeping Cornell&#;s campus free of controversy. Students made their voices heard with statements like an arrow with footprints alongside words, &#;A Homosexual STOOD HERE,&#; &#;PRIDE = POWER,&#; and &#;BETTER GAY THAN GRUMPY.&#; There is also a consistent use of the pink triangle, referencing the &#;Silence = Death&#; emblem created by HIV/AIDS activists in Avram Finkelstein, one of the creators of the emblem, emphasized that &#;the tagline was crafted to be provocative and alarming,&#; along with organism a &#;trojan horse&#; that &#;stimulate[s] curiosity and questions.&#; Much like pro-gay graffiti was used to take back control, the pink triangle is a flipped version of the patch that Nazis used to recognize gay people in concentration camps.
This graffiti was displayed during &#;G
Obscene graffiti of ancient Romans
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19 August
Phallus on the wall of the Colosseum
In , during conservation operate on the wall of the corridor at the Colosseum, scientists noticed a previously overlooked drawing of a phallus erection &#; dated to the third century CE. It turns out that ancient supporters inscribed such phalluses on the walls to secure the success of their favorites, i.e. gladiators. What else did the Romans place on the walls?
Scientists have found similar soiled drawings and notes on the walls of in Pompeii and Herculaneum. They mention erotic matters as well as everyday experience. Here are some of them:
- Floronius, privileged soldier of the 7th legion, was here. The women did not know of his presence. Only six women came to know, too few for such a stallion.
- Weep, you girls. My penis has given you up. Now it penetrates men’s behinds. Goodbye, wondrous femininity!
- Chie, I hope your hemorrhoids r
The first gay graffiti in history? Researchers reveal big phalluses carved into rocks on Greek island - complete with inscriptions talking about men mounting each other
- Two giant phalluses and a stream of steamy text carved into rocks on the Aegean island of Astypalaia
- One inscription says: 'Nikasitimos was here mounting Timiona'
By MARK PRIGG
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A wild and windy rock on an Aegean island has revealed what experts say is some of the earliest gay erotic art ever found.
Researchers found two gigantic phalluses and a stream of steamy text carved into rocks on the Aegean island of Astypalaia.
The inscriptions talk about two men mounting each other, and the find is is described as 'very, very rare.'
The oldest erotic grafitti in the nature on Astypalaia also highlighted the extent of literacy at a time when the Acropolis in Athens had yet to be built. Credit: Helena Smith for The Guardian
WHERE IT WAS FOUND
Astypalaia is a Greek island with just under residents.
It belongs to the Dodecanese, an island group of twelve major islands in the sout