A Sunil Gupta retrospective in London captures society’s changing relationship with homosexuality
A powerfully built man wearing a chignon and
maang tikka reclines regally on a bolster. With his bold gaze, he could be Manet’s
Olympia, but unlike the naked woman of the painting, the man in this photograph wears a black blouse and an emerald green silk sari whose brilliant red border counterpoints the cherry of the bolster. The photograph of this bejeweled, queenly (pun intended) man flies in the face of our idea of the reviled and impoverished transgender people who go around begging for alms. Part of a brightly coloured series titled
from time and cnn. in the critical battleground state of florida, where republicans have gathered this week, those earning under $50,000 a year favor the president by 15 points, while those earning over $50,000 favor romney by eight points. the effort to appeal to the wealthy is something we ve seen before. but have the genuine ikons of the old republican party from john mccain, even george w. bush, simply been shoved aside to make room for the extremists? you know, as i was coming into the convention hall today, i saw a bentley drive past. and it s true that at republican conventions with with, there s more of an embrace of wealth. the party tends to be outside the convention hall, where at democratic conventions, the party s more inside the convention hall, although both have these parties. what you said is absolutely right. it s really nice to have very wealthy friends when it comes to fund-raising, but when it comes to votes, you need to be able to appeal to those making under