{"id":12905,"date":"2015-05-17T21:56:01","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T19:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/?p=12905"},"modified":"2021-08-27T10:45:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T08:45:21","slug":"were-lesbian-artists-hiding-in-plain-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/were-lesbian-artists-hiding-in-plain-sight\/","title":{"rendered":"Were the Lesbian Artists Hiding in Plain Sight?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&#8220;Lesbian artists generally had three main options in regards to how they presented \u2014 or hid \u2014 their sexuality. The first option was to keep their orientation private and compete with male artists using subject matter that did not relate to their sexuality. The next was to participate in the feminist art movement creating work with and for women. The last option was to make lesbianism the decisive subject of their work and demand that their sexuality be seen as a part of their work. Out of these three options working within the feminist art movement generally proved to be the path of least resistance. One could participate in a community of women artists and enjoy a level playing field.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Melissa Huang 2012, from the paper &#8216;Where were the Lesbian Pop Artists?&#8217;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Lesbian artists generally had three main options in regards to how they presented \u2014 or hid \u2014 their sexuality. The first option was to keep their orientation private and compete with male artists using subject matter that did not relate to their sexuality. The next was to participate in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lesbian-art"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;Lesbian artists generally had three main options in regards to how they presented \u2014 or hid \u2014 their sexuality. The first option was to keep their orientation private and compete with male artists using subject matter that did not relate to their sexuality. The next was to participate in the feminist art movement creating work\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Havmoeller\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/were-lesbian-artists-hiding-in-plain-sight\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.0.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Feminine Moments | Queer Feminist Art Worldwide\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Were the Lesbian Artists Hiding in Plain Sight? | Feminine Moments\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&quot;Lesbian artists generally had three main options in regards to how they presented \u2014 or hid \u2014 their sexuality. The first option was to keep their orientation private and compete with male artists using subject matter that did not relate to their sexuality. The next was to participate in the feminist art movement creating work\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/were-lesbian-artists-hiding-in-plain-sight\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-05-17T19:56:01+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-27T08:45:21+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Were the Lesbian Artists Hiding in Plain Sight? | Feminine Moments\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"&quot;Lesbian artists generally had three main options in regards to how they presented \u2014 or hid \u2014 their sexuality. The first option was to keep their orientation private and compete with male artists using subject matter that did not relate to their sexuality. The next was to participate in the feminist art movement creating work\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog\\\/were-lesbian-artists-hiding-in-plain-sight\\\/#article\",\"name\":\"Were the Lesbian Artists Hiding in Plain Sight? | Feminine Moments\",\"headline\":\"Were the Lesbian Artists Hiding in Plain Sight?\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-05-17T21:56:01+02:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-27T10:45:21+02:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog\\\/were-lesbian-artists-hiding-in-plain-sight\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog\\\/were-lesbian-artists-hiding-in-plain-sight\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Lesbian art\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog\\\/were-lesbian-artists-hiding-in-plain-sight\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/lesbian-art\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Lesbian art\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/lesbian-art\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lesbian art\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/lesbian-art\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog\\\/were-lesbian-artists-hiding-in-plain-sight\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Were the Lesbian Artists Hiding in Plain Sight?\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog\\\/were-lesbian-artists-hiding-in-plain-sight\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Were the Lesbian Artists Hiding in Plain Sight?\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/lesbian-art\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Lesbian art\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Feminine Moments\",\"description\":\"Queer Feminist Art Worldwide\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\",\"name\":\"Havmoeller\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog\\\/were-lesbian-artists-hiding-in-plain-sight\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e188e71392e77944ef958c66e6d779d0b751605feb0fd1487f8b1d9bf36fe92f?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Havmoeller\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog\\\/were-lesbian-artists-hiding-in-plain-sight\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog\\\/were-lesbian-artists-hiding-in-plain-sight\\\/\",\"name\":\"Were the Lesbian Artists Hiding in Plain Sight? | Feminine Moments\",\"description\":\"\\\"Lesbian artists generally had three main options in regards to how they presented \\u2014 or hid \\u2014 their sexuality. The first option was to keep their orientation private and compete with male artists using subject matter that did not relate to their sexuality. The next was to participate in the feminist art movement creating work\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog\\\/were-lesbian-artists-hiding-in-plain-sight\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-05-17T21:56:01+02:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-27T10:45:21+02:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Feminine Moments\",\"description\":\"Queer Feminist Art Worldwide\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.femininemoments.dk\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Were the Lesbian Artists Hiding in Plain Sight? | Feminine Moments","description":"\"Lesbian artists generally had three main options in regards to how they presented \u2014 or hid \u2014 their sexuality. The first option was to keep their orientation private and compete with male artists using subject matter that did not relate to their sexuality. The next was to participate in the feminist art movement creating work","canonical_url":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/were-lesbian-artists-hiding-in-plain-sight\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/were-lesbian-artists-hiding-in-plain-sight\/#article","name":"Were the Lesbian Artists Hiding in Plain Sight? | Feminine Moments","headline":"Were the Lesbian Artists Hiding in Plain Sight?","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/author\/admin\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/#organization"},"datePublished":"2015-05-17T21:56:01+02:00","dateModified":"2021-08-27T10:45:21+02:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/were-lesbian-artists-hiding-in-plain-sight\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/were-lesbian-artists-hiding-in-plain-sight\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"Lesbian art"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/were-lesbian-artists-hiding-in-plain-sight\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/category\/lesbian-art\/#listItem","name":"Lesbian art"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/category\/lesbian-art\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Lesbian art","item":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/category\/lesbian-art\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/were-lesbian-artists-hiding-in-plain-sight\/#listItem","name":"Were the Lesbian Artists Hiding in Plain Sight?"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/were-lesbian-artists-hiding-in-plain-sight\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"Were the Lesbian Artists Hiding in Plain Sight?","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/category\/lesbian-art\/#listItem","name":"Lesbian art"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/#organization","name":"Feminine Moments","description":"Queer Feminist Art Worldwide","url":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/author\/admin\/#author","url":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/author\/admin\/","name":"Havmoeller","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/were-lesbian-artists-hiding-in-plain-sight\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e188e71392e77944ef958c66e6d779d0b751605feb0fd1487f8b1d9bf36fe92f?s=96&d=blank&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Havmoeller"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/were-lesbian-artists-hiding-in-plain-sight\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/were-lesbian-artists-hiding-in-plain-sight\/","name":"Were the Lesbian Artists Hiding in Plain Sight? | Feminine Moments","description":"\"Lesbian artists generally had three main options in regards to how they presented \u2014 or hid \u2014 their sexuality. The first option was to keep their orientation private and compete with male artists using subject matter that did not relate to their sexuality. The next was to participate in the feminist art movement creating work","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/were-lesbian-artists-hiding-in-plain-sight\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/author\/admin\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/author\/admin\/#author"},"datePublished":"2015-05-17T21:56:01+02:00","dateModified":"2021-08-27T10:45:21+02:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/","name":"Feminine Moments","description":"Queer Feminist Art Worldwide","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Feminine Moments | Queer Feminist Art Worldwide","og:type":"article","og:title":"Were the Lesbian Artists Hiding in Plain Sight? | Feminine Moments","og:description":"&quot;Lesbian artists generally had three main options in regards to how they presented \u2014 or hid \u2014 their sexuality. The first option was to keep their orientation private and compete with male artists using subject matter that did not relate to their sexuality. The next was to participate in the feminist art movement creating work","og:url":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/were-lesbian-artists-hiding-in-plain-sight\/","article:published_time":"2015-05-17T19:56:01+00:00","article:modified_time":"2021-08-27T08:45:21+00:00","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:title":"Were the Lesbian Artists Hiding in Plain Sight? | Feminine Moments","twitter:description":"&quot;Lesbian artists generally had three main options in regards to how they presented \u2014 or hid \u2014 their sexuality. The first option was to keep their orientation private and compete with male artists using subject matter that did not relate to their sexuality. The next was to participate in the feminist art movement creating work"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"12905","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"location":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2020-12-21 05:08:17","updated":"2025-06-04 12:52:52","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null,"focus_keyword":null,"additional_keywords":null,"truseo_locale":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/category\/lesbian-art\/\" title=\"Lesbian art\">Lesbian art<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tWere the Lesbian Artists Hiding in Plain Sight?\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog"},{"label":"Lesbian art","link":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/category\/lesbian-art\/"},{"label":"Were the Lesbian Artists Hiding in Plain Sight?","link":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/were-lesbian-artists-hiding-in-plain-sight\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}