The Student Voice of Fordham Lincoln Center

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The Student Voice of Fordham Lincoln Center

The Observer
The Student Voice of Fordham Lincoln Center

The Observer

NADINE SANTORO, Staff Writer

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The vibrant interior of Gay's the Word, London's only LGBT bookstore. (NADINE SANTORO/ THE OBSERVER)

Searching for Lesbian London

July 4, 2017

When I was 14, I realized (or rather, finally admitted to myself) that I liked girls. I came out as bisexual the following year, but it wasn’t until early March of this year that I came to terms with...

Simeon Solomon’s "Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene" (1864) While male homosexuality was criminalized in the U.K. until 1967, female homosexuality was never criminalized because female sexuality was completely erased. (NADINE SANTORO/THE OBSERVER)

Queer British Art at the Tate

June 28, 2017
The exhibition, featuring British art from 1861 to 1967, is the first of its kind—fifty short years ago, male homosexuality was still criminalized in the U.K., and artworks featuring themes of same-sex desire, even implicitly, were censored.
A row of restaurants on Old Brick Lane in Shoreditch, London. (NADINE SANTORO/THE OBSERVER)

An Introvert Abroad

June 28, 2017
There’s something both isolating and liberating about being a stranger in a new place.
The Jewish Museum’s Amy Winehouse exhibition takes a more down-to-earth look at the singer’s life. (KARALEE ROGERS/THE OBSERVER)

Jewish, Troubled and Talented: Remembering Amy Winehouse

June 13, 2017

When I hear the name Amy Winehouse, my mind jumps to bold winged eyeliner, brooding music and drug use. Following her death by alcohol poisoning at age 27, Amy’s image has become intricately tied to...

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