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The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity, 1869-1939 explores a sea change in how society regarded homosexuality in the wake of the coining of the term 鈥渉omosexual鈥� in 1869. Before this watershed moment, same-sex desire marked something you did, not necessarily something you were. The First Homosexuals examines how, for the first time, homosexuals were cleaved from the rest of the population and given an identity which turned on their sexuality. Since the invention of the 鈥渉omosexual,鈥� sexuality has become totalizing, determining who you are at your core. A little over two years ago while still in the midst of the global pandemic, Wrightwood 659 offered a taste of this upcoming exhibition鈥檚 approach and scope in a small preview entitled The First Homosexuals: Global Depictions of a New Identity, 1869-1930.

The forthcoming exhibition is unprecedented with more than 300 works by more than 125 artists from 40 countries, on loan from over 100 museums and private collections across the world, including the Mus茅e d鈥� Orsay, The Tate, The Courtauld, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Kunsthaus Z眉rich, National Museum of Denmark, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Pinacoteca de S茫o Paulo, Museo Gregorio Prieto, and the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, among others. A number of works are national treasures which have never before been allowed to travel outside their countries.