New website of personal photos from the past shows what it may have looked like to be gay a century ago. OurFamilyAlbum.org launches this week as a permanent collection of amateur photo and family portraits from people who may have been LGBT. As the album suggests on its first page, “…you decide.” And that seems to be the crux behind the on line display. Sparking a conversation about what it meant to be gay in the past. The site contains more than a hundred personal photos spanning more than 120 years and its creator plans to add more album pages regularly that include pictures from people who have similar vintage pictures they wish to share. And that seems to be a big part of Our Family Album: asking visitors to share their thoughts about the pictures. The website’s About page reads: “Historians will caution against labeling these people through one’s 21st century ‘gaydar’. Those who consider their gaydar infallible will push ahead anyway. And, those who dislike labels may see their viewpoint validated throughout these pages.”
Posted on: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:54:10 +0000
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