A photo of a black woman wearing pink eyeshadow, pink blush, orangey-red lipstick, a white flower crown, and a silver and pink bead necklace. She smiles widely and rests a hand on her cheek.
A black and white photo of Amrita Sher-Gil looking directly at the camera.
Carlos Jáuregui, a man wearing thick rimmed glasses in front of a wall covered in newspapers
A black and white photograph of Claude Cahun, a white person with dark hair slick back except for two curls slicked to curl over their forehead. They have dark eye shadow, very thin eyebrows, long, dr
A black and white full body photo of Bajazid Doda wearing a suit, looking at the camera.
Two women, Chavela Vargas and Frida Kahlo, lay together on the ground and laugh.
I was talking with a friend recently about our favourite images from queer history, and while I adore the compilations of photos of people being explicitly and obviously queer, I wanted to share some of the images that have touched my heart. All of these are of queer subjects and I have linked some articles about the people in question below, in case anyone is interested! I have a lot more so tell me if y’all are interested.