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The 3rd century Christian martyr Saint Sebastian is one of the earliest known gay icons, [3] due to his depiction in artwork as a beautiful, agonised young man. [4] Historian Richard A. Kaye states that "Contemporary gay men have seen in Sebastian at once a stunning advertisement for homosexual desire (indeed, a homoerotic ideal), and a prototypical portrait of a tortured closet case."
Saint Sebastian Interceding for the Plague Stricken (at top), [19] Josse Lieferinxe, 1497–1499, The Walters Art Museum. The belief that Saint Sebastian was a defense against the plague was a medieval addition to his reputation, which largely accounts for the enormous increase in his importance in the Late Middle Ages. [20]
Saint Sebastian is a long-standing gay icon. [118] The combination of his strong, shirtless physique, the symbolism of the arrows penetrating his body, and the look on his face of rapturous pain have intrigued artists (gay or otherwise) for centuries, and began the first explicitly gay cult in the 19th century. [118]
Booth at Los Angeles Pride featuring gay icons. A gay icon is a public figure who is regarded as a cultural icon by members of the LGBT community. [1] Such figures usually have a devoted LGBT fanbase and act as allies to the LGBT community, often through their work, [1] or they have been "openly appreciative of their gay fanbase". [2]
Saint Sebastian has been called the world's first gay icon. [30] The combination of his strong, shirtless physique, the symbolism of the arrows penetrating his body, and the look on his face of rapturous pain have intrigued artists for centuries, and began the first explicitly gay cult in the 19th century. [30]
Gay icons through the ages, clockwise from top left: Madonna, Liza Minnelli, RuPaul, Barbra Streisand, Beyoncé, Judy Garland. (Photos: Getty Images; collage by Nathalie Cruz for Yahoo Life)
It was his first film, in which he portrayed introspectively the Roman soldier Sebastian, martyr of Christianity, later a Middle Age Saint and eventually turned into a homoerotic icon. Saint Sebastian, patron saint of San Sebastián (Donostia), is a root symbol of the city itself, venue of the Festival, but likewise it is too a symbol the ...
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