• Image: Angelo Madsen Minax, Live Nude Genitals, 2012, Neon, Plexiglas, 36 x 36 in. Courtesy of the artist

    Image: Angelo Madsen Minax, Live Nude Genitals, 2012, Neon, Plexiglas, 36 x 36 in. Courtesy of the artist

Exhibition

ON OUR BACKS: The Revolutionary Art of Queer Sex Work

28 Sep 2019 – 19 Jan 2020

Regular hours

Saturday
12:00 – 18:00
Sunday
12:00 – 18:00
Wednesday
12:00 – 18:00
Thursday
12:00 – 20:00
Friday
12:00 – 18:00

Cost of entry

Suggested Admission $10

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Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art

New York
New York, United States

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This exhibition explores the history of queer sex work culture, and its intimate ties to art and activism.

About

Coined by bisexual activist, Carol Leigh, aka. The Scarlot Harlot in 1978, ‘sex work’ is broadly defined as exchanging sex or erotic services for gain and connotes personal agency and politicized action. More than a portrait of life at the margins, what emerges in this exhibit is a demonstration of queer and transgender sex workers’ deep community building, creative organizing, self-empowerment, identity/desire affirmation and healing and the use of pornography as a deft tool for queer and trans liberation.

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