The Human Sexuality Collection @Cornell_Library. Since 1988, protecting and providing a better historical record of sexuality. Brenda Marston, Curator.
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This candid photo was taken around 1905 and captures a casual embrace between two unidentified black women in what seems to be a forest or orchard. It is archived in the Loewentheil Collection of African-American Photographs. Handwriting on the back indicates their names as "Sammie Pratt" and "Miss Annie Bell." The image captures a moment of intimacy, evident through their comfort and relaxed postures. I cannot help but wonder about the lives of these intriguing women, and the possible depth of their bond. Whether they were lifelong friends, sisters, or perhaps even more, the enigmatic allure of the photograph leaves us with endless possibilities to explore. digital.library.cornell.edu/…
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The older I get, the more I appreciate photographers.
I feel honored to have known Rex Cameron and to have given a home at @HumSexCollects for his archives.
He was bold and courageous in his life and art. Thank you, Rex, for creating space for trans people. #LorenRexCameron – at Ithaca, NY
“He wasn’t invested in hiding that he had been a woman. He put his whole body and soul out there," said Brenda Marston, curator of Cornell’s Human Sexuality Collection (@HumSexCollects) in the New York Times obituary for photographer Loren Cameron.
nytimes.com/2023/04/20/arts/…
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“He wasn’t invested in hiding that he had been a woman. He put his whole body and soul out there," said Brenda Marston, curator of Cornell’s Human Sexuality Collection (@HumSexCollects) in the New York Times obituary for photographer Loren Cameron.
nytimes.com/2023/04/20/arts/…
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#savethedate for a chance to talk with @sjvider about his creative research into the queerness of home.
Feb. 8, 4:30 EST
#lgbtqhist #histsex
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Here's to another year of continuing this fight, day by day! This poster is by Bernard Seaman, who was an art editor and mural painter for various unions, such as the ILGWU during his lifetime. Found in our poster collection, #6227G. #CornellRAD #KheelCenter
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Join us Thursday, Dec. 1 at 5 pm on the Arts Quad for a candlelight vigil to honor and remember the victims of the Colorado Springs nightclub tragedy and to call for an end to violence against the LGBTQ+ community. @fgss_cornell
@CornellWRC
@cornell_lgbtrc
events.cornell.edu/event/clu…
ALT Event poster: Club Q Candlelight Vigil
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Call for Papers! I'm more than a little excited about "Queering the Domestic," a special issue of GLQ, co-edited by @LaurenGutterman, Martin Manalansan, and me, exploring how LGBTQ+ people reinvent home spaces and practices. Abstracts due November 15. t.e2ma.net/message/dp6ouj/th…
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Cornell University Library celebrates the #freedom to #read during #BannedBooksWeek and every week🎉 Are you with us?🌈
@BannedBooksWeek @ARLnews @ALALibrary @Cornell #BannedBooksWeek2022 #FreedomOfSpeech #readingcommunity #Read #readers #librarytwitter
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Our librarians are gearing up for "songs of social significance" this Friday, 5:15 p.m. at our music library to celebrate the opening of “Songs to Leave You in Stitches"--an exhibit about a 1930s musical by garment workers.
If you're on campus, join us!
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In 1993, Sylvia Goldstaub came to give me an addition to their family papers. In 2022, Prof. Denise Green co-curated an exhibit about this family’s relationship with their gay son with AIDS. Up this fall in Human Ecology, Threads of Life, Love & Loss. #AIDS #CornellRAD – at Ithaca, NY
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Congratulations to Tamika Nunley. Her book, At the Threshold of Liberty, won the Mary Kelley Book Prize of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic. The prize honors the best book published on the history of women, gender, or sexuality in the early republic.
ALT cover of At the Threshold of Liberty. Decorative art cover.
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The contents of one box in the Cornell Human Sexuality Collection shook a visiting scholar to his core. Read more from this Cornell Chronicle story about the new exhibit "Threads of Life, Love, and Loss: An HIV/AIDS Story."
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On exhibit this fall semester in CHE's Commons/Level T, "Threads of Life, Loss, and Love: An HIV/AIDS Story" features garments, accessories and ephemera from the collection of Sylvia Goldstaub, curated in part by @CornellHCD's Denise Green and @BJMarston. bit.ly/3QsOw6d
ALT Ribbons from the exhibit “Threads of Life, Loss, and Love: An HIV/AIDS Story” in the Human Ecology Commons.
ALT Archived pieces on display from the life of Mark Goldstaub.
ALT More pieces of the exhibit on display, including the 2018 outfit created and worn by Sylvia Goldstaub to raise awareness about AIDS/HIV.
ALT Pieces of the exhibit featured in display cases on CHE's Level T.
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A new CFP; “Lesbian Aesthetics: Living Queer Lives With Ali Smith” invites authors to examine Ali Smith from lesbian and queer perspectives full CFP here tinyurl.com/QueeringAliSmith @HumSexCollects @BWWA_BWWC @fmnstbookclub @jaimeharker @LGBTQIAOTUK
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The Museum will welcome @susiebright April 26 at 4PM for a free gallery talk on "Berenice Abbott: Portraits of Women, 1925-1930," connecting the earlier work to "Radical Desire: Making ON OUR BACKS Magazine," on view at Kroch Library from @HumSexCollects #Cornell #twithaca
ALT From left to right, a black and white photo of a woman smoking a cigarette and wearing dark clothes and a scarf, a color photo of a woman speaking and wearing glasses, a teal scarf, and a long sleeved magenta top, and a black and white photo of a woman leaning against a chair and wearing a long sleeved light color top.
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Launched in 1984, On Our Backs was a new kind of #feminist publication, shaping political discourse on #sexuality & sex‼️
Discover “Radical Desire: Making On Our Backs Magazine” and enjoy a recap of its first decade💚⤵️
bit.ly/34HtD4s
#CornellRAD #RADdesire #Feminism
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In the Hirschland Gallery we are creating “Radical Desire: Making ON OUR BACKS Magazine.” Opening Feb 14.
This photo by Morgan Gwenwald. #onourbacksmagazine #radicaldesire
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Installing two companion exhibitions this week. Both officially open on Valentine’s Day. A peek at “Jessica Tanzer’s San Francisco, 1987-1996.” @HumSexCollects @Cornell_Library
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Learn how five iconic Black women led the way in reclaiming Black female identity. Riché Richardson's #booktalk on Emancipation's Daughters, today at 4pm. Join via Zoom bit.ly/richerichar #chatsinthestacks
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"#Queer #archivists also confront the problem of erasure—materials being discarded out of bias, or because the current custodians simply don’t recognize the objects’ value."
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