Simeon Solomon – Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene, 1869
Photo of Simeon Solomon (1840–1905), Jewish painter and member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Solomon’s paintings often explored scenes from the Tanakh or of domestic Jewish life. He was arrested and imprisoned in the 1870s for being gay which destroyed his career, however it also brought him to the attention of famed poet Oscar Wilde who collected his works and referenced him in his final work, De Profundis. – @vvaugh
A young queer Muslim makeup artist has opened about her persistent
pain condition, to challenge the stigma of having a disability.
Umber Ghauri mainly works with people of color in the LGBTI
community. She is truly intersectional, identifying as queer, ‘in a very
wide and ever-changing sense’ but also ‘Brown, Pakistani and a Muslim.’
And now, she tells Gay Star News about adding a new label to the mix – being disabled:
‘I feel the term is one of solidarity. Once I identified as disabled I was able to take my own needs seriously.
‘It’s about placing myself within a community of people who can share
their knowledge with me. But also their tactics for getting through
challenges, and their ways of managing their self-care.’
Ghauri is a persistent pain sufferer who has endometriosis.
Endometriosis is a condition where tissue behaves
like the lining of the womb but in other parts of the body. Symptoms
vary for different people, but it can cause a lot of pain. For Ghauri,
it is ‘crippling’.
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