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15th C, Aztec Goddess Tlazolteotl as a destructive power, Codex Laud, Oxford
15th C, Aztec Goddess Tlazolteotl dressed as a man, emanating power from her vulva, Codex Laud, Oxford
Northwest Coast, Bear Mother doorway
A. Castaigne, Bull Dance, 19th C engraving
Carved stone pipe, Cherokee First Nation, Georgia
Circe du Soliel, Androgyne Clowns
Thomas Eakins, 1883 photograph of Eakins’ studens at the site of The Swimming Hole
Thomas Eakins, 1889, wrestlers in Eakins’ studio
Frida Kahlo, Two Nudes in the Jungle, 1939, oil on metal.
Herbert List, Ostee, 1933
George Platt Lynes, Nicholas Magallanes and Francisco Moncion in “Orpheus,” 1950
Minor White, Ernest Stone and Robert Bright, 1949
Mochican Vessel , Peru
Mochican Vessel , Peru
Pacific Northwest Coast double phallus, 13”, believed to be used in initiation ceremonies
The Names Project Quilt in Washington , DC , 1987
Pueblo Clowns, Otis Poleloma
Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Rainbow Flag by stretching a gigantic flag from sea to sea, Key West , Florida , 2003
Sechelt First Nation, Salish People, Northwest Coast Indian. The “Sechelt Image,” height 20”. Wilson Duff comments, “His head is powerfully masculine, and he clasps a huge phallus. . . . Below the phallus is a vulva. The phallus has arms, which clasp the man. His ambiguity is absolute: ‘male strength’ is also ‘mother and child’.”
Ananaisie Alikatuktuk, Taleelayu (Sedna) and Family, 1976
Theodore-de-Bry, 1590 Spanish Conquistadors Feeding the Sodomites to the Dogs
Thomas Eakins, The Swimming Hole, 1885, oil painting
Men and boys dancing, Library of Congress photograph collection LO 5423 58P
