The termpride or sometimesgay pride expresses the LGBTQ community's identity and collective strength;pride parades provide both a prime example of the use and a demonstration of the general meaning of the term. The LGBTQ community is diverse inpolitical affiliation. Not all LGBTQ people consider themselves part of the LGBTQ community. (Full article...)
Melissa Lou Etheridge (born May 29, 1961) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and guitarist. Hereponymous debut album was released in 1988 and became an underground success. It peaked at No. 22 on theBillboard 200 and its lead single, "Bring Me Some Water", garnered Etheridge her firstGrammy Award nomination forBest Rock Vocal Performance, Female in1989. Her second album,Brave and Crazy, appeared that same year and earned Etheridge two more Grammy nominations. In 1992, Etheridge released her third album,Never Enough, and its lead single, "Ain't It Heavy", won Etheridge her first Grammy Award.
In 1993, she released what would become her mainstream breakthrough album,Yes I Am. Its tracks "I'm the Only One", "If I Wanted To", and "Come to My Window" all reached the Top 40 in the United States, while the latter earned Etheridge her second Grammy Award.Yes I Am spent 138 weeks on theBillboard 200, peaking at No. 15, and earning aRIAA certification of 6×Platinum, her largest selling album to date. Her fifth album,Your Little Secret, was released in 1995 and peaked at No. 6 on theBillboard 200, her highest-charting album to date. Its tracks "Nowhere to Go" and "I Want to Come Over" both reached the Top 40 in the United States. (Full article...)
The Swimming Hole (1884–85) is a painting byThomas Eakins. It is perhaps the most famous work by Eakins and considered a masterpiece of American painting. In this work, Eakins took advantage of an exception to the generally prudish Victorian attitude to nudity: swimming naked was widely accepted, and for males was seen as normal, even in public spaces. Eakins was the first American artist to portray swimming in the nude. By the 1970s some American writers were beginning to see Eakins' work, and specificallyThe Swimming Hole, as having homoerotic overtones. However, Eakins' (homo-)sexuality has never been conclusively determined.
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