Decriminalizing History

In the back room

There is a queer spirituality that deserves to come out of the back room, where it has been flowing, liquefying, sweating: Judas and Christ as lovers, a sick Christ on the cross and a leather man with AIDS, the Dolorosa clad in the litany of our struggles.

Text collage over a person dressed as a saint — Symbolism
Letanía

Symbolism
The Bible

Man in leather outfit crucified on a cross — Symbolism
[For you that is turned on by SM/fetish]. The Norwegian archive for queer history.

Flyer for a talk given by Lisbeth Holand about the the norwegian Domestic partnership law, the 7th of February 1991 — Homoversitas
Poster from 1991 by Dag Øistein Endsjø, of Homoversitas.
Homoversitas. The Norwegian archive for queer history.
From the archive of Dag Øistein Endsjø, Skeivt arkiv, the University of Bergen Library.

Fresco depicting Judas kissing Jesus in a crowd — Kiss of Judas
Kiss of Judas by Giotto, ca 1305. Cappella degli Scrovegni, Musei Civici di Padova. Public domain.
Kiss of Judas