Pablo Picasso painted this portrait of his friend and patron, Gertrude Stein. Completed during his Rose Period, the strong lines of her face and the mass of her body in the painting reflect the forcefulness of Stein's personality.
This 1919 silent film is thought to be one of the first sympathetic portrayals of homosexuality on screen. Telling the story of a gay musician and his boyfriend who are blackmailed by a acquaintance, it was made to protest German laws that criminalized homosexual relations between men.
This photo-text collage shows the artist as an elementary school child, with the surrounding text describing possible violence and discrimination he may encounter as a gay man.
