Posted on 02/20/2007 4:42:22 PM PST by Antioch
Homoerotic art featured at auction held Saturday at Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral to benefit AIDS clinics in Mexico
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation held an art exhibition and auction last night at the conference center of Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral in Los Angeles to raise money for clinics it sponsors in Tijuana and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
A California Catholic Daily reader who saw a preview of the event on a Los Angeles television program alerted the newsaper via email regarding the event. "They showed some of the items, and it was really gross -- men hugging, tops bared, nude males back scenes," said the reader in the email.
The title for the event was “Amigos y Amantes” (Friends and Lovers).
“Showcasing the work of notable and emerging Latino artists, this lively celebration of Latino art and culture will take place on Saturday, February 10th from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Conference Room in downtown Los Angeles. Entrance is $25.00 and includes complimentary appetizers and no host bar,” said an AIDS Healthcare Foundation flyer promoting the event.
Among the artists whose works were on display were Joey Terrill and Miguel Angel Reyes. A biography on the AIDS Healthcare Foundation website has this to say of Terrill: “a man whose art and identity -- as a Latino, a gay man, a person living with HIV, an activist and an artist -- have always been closely connected. Several of Joey’s paintings, which often document his relationships with friends, lovers and family, will be up for auction as part of AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s art exhibition and fundraiser to benefit its free AIDS treatment clinics in Mexico.”
And, of Reyes, the website offers this insight: “Miguel counts as a primary influence his friendship with Morris Kight, gay civil rights pioneer and AIDS activist, whom many consider to be the founder of the West Coast gay rights movement. When they met, Morris was older than Miguel by more than forty years.
“When asked about his current projects, Miguel offers: ‘I’m working on a series of drawings of men grooming -- combing their hair, taking a shower, drying themselves. Simple, everyday actions.’ He adds with a laugh, ‘Naked, of course.’”
A highly-stylized piece of art by Reyes featured on the website pictures two shirtless, barefoot men facing each other with the caption, “In the Future, Everyone Will be Able to Play with Themselves.”
Altogether, more than 30 Los Angeles artists donated work to be auctioned at the event, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation said in the news release. A flyer accompanying the release displays some of the art to be auctioned – one is a painting of a heart with the rainbow colors of the “gay pride” movement boxed inside.
The AIDS Health Foundation, based in Los Angeles, “is the nation’s largest provider of HIV/AIDS medical care. It offers cutting-edge medicine and advocacy, regardless of ability to pay to more than 27,000 people in the United States, Africa, Central America and Asia,” says the foundation’s website. “Domestically, AHF operates 14 healthcare centers, 7 pharmacies, a disease management program in Florida serving the state’s HIV/AIDS Medicaid population (Positive Healthcare Florida) and the first capitated Medicaid managed care program for people with AIDS (Positive Healthcare California). AHF supports research and operated the successful and award-winning network of 22 Out of the Closet Thrift Stores throughout California.”
In 2005, the foundation opened its first clinic in Mexico in Tijuana. A year later it opened a clinic in Puerto Vallarta, and a third clinic is scheduled to begin operating this month in Cancun.
One section of the AIDS Foundation website is dedicated to condoms, featuring a packaged condom imprinted with the words, “Use Me.” The section provides information on, among other things, reasons to use a condom, how to get free condoms, “condoms do’s and don’ts,” and “which lube to use.”
Event sponsors encouraged participants of the auction: “Arrive before 6 to tour the Cathedral!”
Homosexual pornography being used to support AIDS clinics?
But we're not supposed to associate homosexuality with AIDS. It's bigoted to link the two, isn't it? We're all equally at risk of AIDS, I thought.
Somebody explain politically correct thought processes to me please.
Thanks, really, for reminding me that I share the same faith with Cardinal MaCreepy.
As long as its done at a Catholic church its ok.
This sort of thing doesn't surprise me, and it also doesn't shock me anymore.
The chancery office in L.A. is full of people who are sympathetic to the gay agenda. The man in charge of the archdiocesan web site is an openly gay deacon who was ordained a few years ago by the cardinal. And there are several "gay friendly" parishes.
The cardinal turns 71 next week. Four years is a long time to wait for a truly Catholic bishop to arrive.
Are you sure? When did you become an apostate?
God have mercy. This Cardinal truly is a walking poster for the axiom " the road to hell is paved with the skull of bishops"
I had a chance conversation with someone from that diocese the other day who tells me he has heard that Roger will be in jail before the end of the year. I don't know if this is true or not, but his source seemed pretty good. Apparently there is some case about to be brought in which he is directly involved and which cannot be made to "go away" by a settlement because it is a criminal matter. So with any luck, it won't be four more years.
But then, it could be that the person who told me this is just engaging in wishful thinking, which would be pretty understandable in this situation. Good luck; any Catholic who has to live under Mahony has probably taken about a billion years off his Purgatory!
My goodness, the man is a walking cliche'.
I mean, have you ever seen a Leftist who is not described as an activist, an artist, and a member of one or more allegedly oppressed minorities?
The images are samples of paintings of the represented artists taken from their own websites. The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Conference Room is a part of the Diocese of Los Angeles and as part of the Cathedral grounds, it’s ultimately paid for by parishioners of the diocese.
Did you attend the opening of “Friends and Lovers” at the Cathedral Conference Room?
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