Decriminalizing History

Fuck the polite

Queer people don’t fight the authorities; queer people fuck the authorities. Many sexual stereotypes in porn, erotic literature and art represent this idea. Queerness is about change, and everlasting change only comes from bonding, which embraces both its affective and BDSM meanings.

Drawing of two scantily clad persons looking at each other over a large coat of arms — New Prussian Coat of Arms
Illustration for the publication Jugend by Albert Weisberg, 1907. Ink on paper.
Jugend: Münchner illustrierte Wochenschrift für Kunst und Leben / Band 12. Heidelberg University Library.

Charter with three sigils — Charter
Charter dated 28th of May 1524. Bergen, Norway

Black and blue tinted image of a person in leather gear — 10 blue men
Photo: Fin Serck-Hanssen / BONO 2022. From the archive of Helseutvalget, Skeivt arkiv, University of Bergen Library.

Advertisement for gay event in Oslo between 1st and 4th of May 1997 — The heros hall of feasts
Valhall, SLM-Oslo 1.-4. mai 1997.
Poster: Loke / SLM-Oslo. From the archive of Helseutvalget, Skeivt arkiv, the University of Bergen Library.

German soldies in a barrack

French civilians in the Montelimar area, shave a girl's hair as punishment for personal relations with the Germans

German soldiers with bicycles in Vågsbunnen, Bergen, Norway

German nazi propaganda at the Ole Bull Plass, after the 22th of June 1941

Cover for Homoh! 16 — Homoh! 16
Homoh! 16. From the archive of Enebom, Skeivt arkiv, the University of Bergen Library.

Cover for Outside the Badge — Outside the badge
Outside the badge by Mitchell Grobeson, 1999. From the library of Skeivt arkiv, the University of Bergen Library.

Cover for Honcho Overload — Honcho Overload
Honcho Overload, May 1991. From the archive of Enebom, Skeivt arkiv, the University of Bergen Library.

Cover for Revolt — Revolt
Revolt NR 12, Desember 1982. From the archive of Enebom, Skeivt arkiv, the University of Bergen Library.

Cover for The Buccaneer — The Buccaneer
The Buccaneer by M. S. Hunter, 1989. From the library of Skeivt arkiv, the University of Bergen Library.

Group portrait of leather clad men with two naked ladies, one pinching a nipple of the other — Queer films
Skeive filmer, Oslo Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 1993, arranged by Homo Film Klubben.
Photo: Lill-Ann Chepstow-Lusty / BONO 2022. From the archive of Helseutvalget, Skeivt arkiv, The University of Bergen.

Drawing of naked women — Love has a thousand expressions
Illustration: Ane Reppe. From the archive of Siri Kvalheim, Skeivt arkiv, the University of Bergen Library.

Cover for "Lesbisk internavis" — Lesbian fanzine
Programme for butch/femme-seminar and party, 1992.
From the archive of Bjørg Vikås, Skeivt arkiv, the University of Bergen Library.

Page in "Lesbisk internavis" — Lesbian fanzine
Programme for butch/femme-seminar and party, 1992.
From the archive of Bjørg Vikås, Skeivt arkiv, the University of Bergen Library.

Three transvestites in rockabilly outfits — Queer nightlife
Photographs from the exhibition «Skeivt uteliv», 2017–2018.
Photo: Holthe Berg/Blikk. From the archive of Blikk, Skeivt arkiv, the University of Bergen Library.

Two persons at a party — Queer nightlife
Photographs from the exhibition «Skeivt uteliv», 2017–2018.
Photo: Holthe Berg/Blikk. From the archive of Blikk, Skeivt arkiv, the University of Bergen Library.

Painting of a poppy field with a setting sun in the form of a swastika with to men saluting and giving the finger — Love in union
Love in Union: Amorous Meeting by Attila Richard Lukacs, 1992. Oil on canvas, 299 x 200,6 cm.
Love in Union: Amorous Meeting. Morris and Helen Belkin Art gallery, University of British Columbia.