By Unity Blott For Mailonline. Captured at a time when homosexuality was considered taboo, these remarkable images defiant women who flouted convention in the nineteenth and twentieth century. Kissing, embracing and reclining in intimate positions, the incredible black-and-white photographs provide a rare glimpse into women who dared to display physical love in the s and early s. The images capture Victorian and early-twentieth century females in intimate poses and showing a daring level of openness with one another for the era they were living in.
19th and 20th-century lesbian women captured in images
19th and 20th-century lesbian women captured in images | Daily Mail Online
Lesbian symbol made from two interlocked astronomical symbols for the planet Venus. Here it is represented in symbolic hues of violet. The association of the violet flower with lesbian love originates from a poem by Sappho about a lost love wearing a garland of "violet tiaras, braided rosebuds, dill and crocus". In modern science, use of the circle-upon-cross to represent the female sex is attributed to botanist Carl Linnaeus , who used the symbol as shorthand in his plants derivations charts. In ancient times, the metal copper was associated with the Roman goddess Venus because of its visual appeal. Copper's ancient alchemy symbol — a circle for matter above a cross for spirit — became a sign for both the goddess and the planet. This image or multimedia was created by Holek.
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To enjoy our content, please include The Japan Times on your ad-blocker's list of approved sites. LONDON — A Japanese lesbian couple plan to stage wedding photos in every country around the world where same-sex marriage is legal, in a push to increase understanding of LGBT communities at home, they said on Wednesday. Students Misato Kawasaki, 21, and Mayu Otaki, 22, hope to give other LGBT people confidence in their identity and raise awareness of issues such as the lack of equal marriage rights in Japan.
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