Last supper gay

The “Last Supper” became a means of arguing for gay inclusion in society. So we see very gay works like Marcos López’s photograph, Roasted Meat in Mendiolaza. The First Queer Supper is a queer take on The Last Supper, retold through a lens of unapologetic, highly visible, queer excellence. The images depict 13 beautiful queer humans from all over the world positioned at one side of a long table. 13 humans, representing Jesus, eleven Apostles, and Mary Magdalene.

A Paris Olympics spokesperson admitted the controversial drag show version of “The Last Supper” seen in Friday’s opening ceremony was indeed inspired by the iconic da Vinci mural — despite. Supporters of the tableau praised its message of inclusivity and tolerance, applauding what Jolly said was "a message of love" in an Olympic Games with a historic number of "out" gay, lesbian. A tableau from the Olympics opening ceremony has prompted controversy among the Christian community, who thought the scene resembled "The Last Supper.".

Under pressure from a media blitz orchestrated by Christian conservatives, Miller Brewing Co. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was among those defending the image. I was all set to issue a major news release promoting this latest addition to the global boom in queer Christ art. However, the image itself made me stop and think.

One purpose of art is to inspire dialogue, and the Leather Last Supper can be a springboard for discussion about what it means to be queer and spiritual. I hope to hear comments from others on the following two questions: 1 Is it good theology? I like seeing the disciples as contemporary leather folk. He welcomed everyone. But sex toys seem like a step away from the body, like inserting an artificial device between the direct contact of flesh on flesh.

In the sacrifice commemorated by the Last Supper, Christ offered his own body, not a mechanical substitute. Even many queer Christians are offended by images like this. The leather community and the GLBT community are two distinct categories with significant overlap. I see the need for a wealth of queer spiritual images, good and bad, as we try to develop new images and set standards for them.

So be it. I do try to promote queer Christian images overall in my book, blog and website JesusInLove. However, I also support the development of our own standards rooted in our own experience. For example, Australian gay theologian Rollan McCleary does pioneering work on setting criteria for queer spiritual art.

The book does include a photo of a traditional-looking Jesus being adored by queer leather folk, which is part of the Ecce Homo series by Swedish photographer Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin. She even did her own version of the Last Supper using drag queens as models pictured below , but maintaining the traditional bread and wine.

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Last Supper by Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin. In contrast, the Leather Last Supper is a poster used to sell a leather festival and its sponsors such as Miller beer. A quick look at these suggests that they were done as artistic statements, not as advertisements. I thank the creators of the Leather Last Supper for providing a focus for discussion and an image of how Jesus welcomes everyone, even those on the margins.

I am glad to see there can be this grappling with these problems of a borderlines spiritual art. Only through a degree of disputation can various new values and standards emerge Though I don't personally like the Olsson Last Supper I think the difference with the Folsom Street Ad apart from the fact that as you indicate the latter is purely commercial - an important point is that it does intend differently.

The main mistake of the Olsson is that it unnecessarily in the interests of inclusiveness appears to hint that Jesus is himself a drag queen. However, though that's a message viewers and theologians can critically contest, by contrast the Folsom ad doesn't, it seems to me, really have a message and invite dialogue. It's more like one of those moments of totally tasteless TV "satire" such as they put on in UK or Oz if not the US, a riot or chaos rather than a significant message.

Which is in line with the fact it merely wishes to draw attention to itself for shock and advertising purposes, not to make us think. Freedom of speech, hello!? I'm a deeply spiritual person but I also believe in our right to express ourselves whether it offends the religious or not. Zappa speaks most eloquently about governements founded with morality based on behavior, not religion.