#Morgan Gwenwald

[ileaveclawmarks]

Photography by Morgan Gwenwald for On Our Backs, date unknown.

simple at first glance, there is a tense depth to this scene. in the same way the two subjects are layered, so too is there meaning that escapes an initial gaze. shiny leather boots glisten at the foot of the image, paralled by both the suggestive, subtle glint of the dangling metal handcuffs and the pearls at the femme's exposed chest. the delicate nature of the pearls, met with the hardness and severity of the handcuffs and boots, sends an elegant and explicit sexual signal as to the erotic dynamic between the pair. the landscape of the butch’s back poses a carnal, sensual image.

notice the posture of the femme, which may be interpreted as submissive but for the striking clarity of her pale hand against her lover’s thigh, clothed in black denim; both femme and butch viewers will recognize the power that well-placed touch can command, especially when paired with the anticipatory sting of femme nails. her hand is there by knowing, deliberate design. although she seems suppliant at the steely feet of her lover, exposed in reverent worship, her passivity is a calculated illusion. in offering herself, her body, and her devotion, there is an elusive but unmistakeable demand for acknowledgement and reciprocation - let me express my ache and desire for you, and spare me no measure of your adoration in return: in fact, i demand it from you. it makes me tremble to think of an erotic relationship so grounded in profound, equal desire of each other, bordering on religiosity - the defining characteristic of butch and femme romance.

#butch/femme #leather dyke #lesbian s/m #morgan gwenwald #lesbian photography #lesbianism #my post

[lesbian-archives]

Susan Buchanan and Jeanne Sullivan - Morgan Gwenwald, 1989

#image #80s #Morgan Gwenwald #lesbianism #lesbians with disabilities

[saccharinesapphic13]

#us when #femme4butch #morgan gwenwald

[queermasculine]

Queer archivist Polly Thistlethwaite in leather, captured by lesbian photographer Morgan Gwenwald. NYC, 1995.

#butch #lesbian #dyke #wlw #sapphic

[transsexual-menace]

photo of leslie feinberg in 1998 speaking during they lived it "out!" an event that honored transgender people who were victims of hate crimes | photo: morgan gwenwald

#queer history #lgbt history #lgbtq history #trans history #transgender history #leslie feinberg

[gothhijabi]

Butch/Fem picnic by Morgan Gwenwald

#fav #dyke pride #sapphism #photography #b&w #suggestive #90s #ofos

[f3lice]

algumas fotos do flickr de leslie feinberg.

happiness

photo sensitivity

self-portrait, 60th birthday

hoje terminei de ler stone butch blues. li as últimas páginas encolhido na cama, passando calor, mas sem conseguir me mexer. naquele frenesi que os olhos pulam de uma palavra pra outra quase sem captar os significados, agitado e emocionando, tremi num choro seco que a testosterona não ajuda a aliviar.

agora me sinto vazio, sem saber o que fazer com o resto do meu dia. fui pesquisar fotos de leslie e achei sua conta no flickr. vibrei e junto veio um peso furtivo - invadir a intimidade pública de alguém que já se foi, encarar um perfil fantasma, seus comentários e experimentações congeladas no tempo. ele tinha doença de lyme assim como a kathleen hanna. eu já tinha visto essa informação e tinha esquecido. vida besta.

vou escolher um vídeo bem longo dele falando e ouvir enquanto lavo louça. meu peito fracote dói de desejo de apertar sua mão, que seja uma breve troca de olhares, um abraço, se não for pedir demais. quem sabe um dia? o livro também já fez isso, da forma que livros fazem.

Morgan Gwenwald, Leslie Feinberg Interviewing Quentin Crisp, backstage at Night of 1,000 Legends, Club 58, NYC. April 13, 1995. Photo courtesy the artist.

#2024 #livro #refs #texto

[traumaxprincess]

Quote from: Stone Butch Blues

Photo: photo of leslie feinberg in 1998 speaking during they lived it "out!" an event that honored transgender people who were victims of hate crimes | photo: morgan gwenwald

#traumaxprincessedit #queer history #queer #leslie feinberg #stone butch blues #transgender lesbians #trans lesbian #lesbianism #lesbian #lgbtq #queer artwork #queer artist #queer community

[genderoutlaws]

Judith Butler at the Speakout on Politically Incorrect Sex sponsored by LSM (Lesbian Sex Mafia) in NYC | 1982 | ph: Morgan Gwenwald

#op #photography #lgbt history #lesbian history #judith butler #morgan gwenwald #sex wars #lesbian sex mafia #nyc #1980s #1982 #lesbians #nonbinary lesbians

[creativespark]

Morgan Gwenwald, Untitled (Pier 46), NYC, 1983

#photography #street photography #documentary photography #morgan gwenwald #1980s photography

[ileaveclawmarks]

Morgan Gwenwald, Butch/Fem Picnic.

Joan Nestle and Deborah Edel, the two subjects pictured here, were partners when Nestle started the Lesbian Herstory Archives project in 1974 out of their shared apartment.

#morgan gwenwald #butch/femme nsft #joan nestle #deborah edel #lesbian photography #leather dyke #lesbianism

[lesbian-archives]

​​Linda McKinney with the Amazon Knight Jacket photographed by Morgan Gwenwald, unknown date

#image #lesbian #lesbianism #morgan gwenwald #linda mckinney #unknown date #80s #90s #maybe

[femmociraptor]

[Photo by Morgan Gwenwald]

#lesbian photography #butch femme #lesbian art #lesbian artists #morgan gwenwald #lesbian Tumblr

[365daysoflesbians]

“I, Mabel Hampton, have been a lesbian all my life, for 82 years, and I am proud of myself and my people. I would like all my people to be free in this country and all over the world, my gay people and my black people.” – Mabel Hampton, Heritage of Pride, New York City, June 1984 . Picture: Mabel Hampton (red hat) (May 2, 1902 – Oct. 26, 1989) leads the Lesbian Herstory Archives contingent, Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade, c. 1982. Photo c/o Morgan Gwenwald (@mgwenwald), via @lesbianherstoryarchives.

#mabel hampton #lesbian history #gay history #lgbt history #lgbtq history #lesbian herstory archives #pride #pride parade #1980s

[menalez]

Morgan Gwenwald, Butch/Fem Picnic

#les #lesbian #lesbian history #butch/femme #blockt series

[jocandraw]

Pearls by Morgan Gwenwald

[From The Femme Mystique, ed. Lesléa Newman, pp. 160]