SOURCE: BBC News
6-21-13
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6-21-13
British Museum launches gay history guide
tags: museums, gay history, BBC News, LGBT, British Museum, Simon Russell BealeThe British Museum has launched a guide focusing on elements of homosexuality to be found in its collection.
A Little Gay History draws on objects ranging from ancient Egyptian papyri and the erotic scenes on the Roman Warren Cup to images by David Hockney.
Written by curator Richard Parkinson, it explores artistic portrayals of what it means to be gay and the difficulties in finding records of same-sex desire.
The guide is accompanied by an audio trail featuring Simon Russell Beale....
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