The Tradition of Male Homoerotic Art at Central Connecticut State University

Hartford, Connecticut – A new exhibit at a university gallery in New Britain brings to mind that the subject of male eroticism was once a police-busting taboo in America. On April 7, 1990, uniformed city and county lawmen entered the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati to halt the opening of the touring photography exhibit, ” Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment,” charging the museum and its director with presenting obscene works. Things went more smoothly at the show in Hartford six [...]