Leslie Lohman Museum

Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art The Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art is the only art museum of its kind in the world. It includes art pieces of both gay and lesbian erotica, along with other pieces relating to social movements regarding sexual orientation and gender identification. As discussed in class, social justice movements all revolve around the idea of making minority groups feel like the majority. It is crucial to give them a platform to express themselves and express the reforms they want to see happen. Power dynamics is also an important element in social justice, because it is the one with the power who can make the most effective changes needed. While at the museum, we discussed that it is impossible for any single given individual with power to delegate rules and reforms as a way of representing the majority. There cannot simply be one man or woman who holds the power to speak for any number of individuals because each have needs that must be catered towards them. Additionally, power dynamics is evident in the history of the museum itself. As the curator …show more content…
I found this interesting being that since the museum is called the Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, there would be an equal representation of both the gay and the lesbian perspective. Additionally, I learned that there truly is a divide in the different groups of sexualities. When the curator read the letter that one of the donors sent expressing his disappointment in the expansion of lesbian art, I was both confused and irritated at his reasoning. It is mind boggling to think that individuals believe that gay representation is any more important than lesbian representation. One would think that the gay community should help empower the lesbian movement, considering both groups are fighting for same sex