After graduating high school in economically-disadvantaged Appalachia, Corey Christopher's family expected him to join the US Armed Forces, as it was seen as a pathway to a better life. But homosexuals were not allowed to serve in the military in those days
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Jamil Hellu
(Curitiba, Brazil, 1976–Oakland, California, present)
Date2018
MediumDigital pigment print
Dimensions44 x 30 in.
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Purchase through funds provided by Pamela and David Hornik, 2022.13
Rights Statement
Collection AreaArt of the United States
Object number2022.13
On View
Not on viewExhibitions
After Maarten van Heemskerck
circa 1556
Kenji Nakahashi
printed circa 2009