Cristy C. Road (Photo: Decrescenzo for NY Daily News)

BY TINA VASQUEZ
Curve

Raised in Miami, FL by a house full of Latinas, artist, writer and musician Cristy C. Road understands the distinct pain that comes from loving–and being loved by–family members whose “traditional” values not only make you afraid, but ashamed of your sexuality. The 30-year-old Homewreckers front woman has been publishing her own artwork since 1997, much of it touching on her love of punk rock and her intersecting queer and Cuban identities. After three illustrated publications, all biographical in nature, Road is back with “Spit and Passion,” which details her pained adolescence as a secretly queer girl obsessed with Green Day. Road’s latest is stunning and sure to touch a chord for anybody who grew up with a heart that beat for punk rock. Road, who toured with the all queer literary show Sister Spit in the spring, recently took the time to talk about her artwork and the lack of visibility for people of color in queer communities.

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Laurel Holloman has made a solid transition from actress to visual artist. You make know her as Tina from “The L Word” but in Europe, they know her by her large, mural paintings.

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Laurel Holloman (Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment)

BY TRISH BENDIX
AfterEllen

Laurel Holloman is best known to us as Tina Kennard or Randy Dean, which is why she’s been pursuing her art career in Europe instead of the States. “It is very important because it has been easier for me,” she told DigitalJournal.com. “I am now more known as a painter in Europe not as an actor, and that is what I care about. No one really asks me questions regarding the other art form.” Laurel’s 16 large murals are part of a new show called “All The World Inside” at Palazzo Italia in Berlin, Germany.

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Washington DC artist Lisa Marie Thalhammer poses with her work “Desires for Connectivity: Shauna & Jaime,” oil on canvas. (Photo via SwedishScene.com)

BY ERIN DURKIN
Washington Blade

The Fridge, a Washington DC art and performance space, hosts lesbian artist Lisa Marie Thalhammer in her first solo show since 2007 called “Intimate Network.” She will give an artist talk and live mural painting Saturday at noon.

The subjects of Thalhammer’s work are people from her personal life, family and friends in the LGBT community. The art asserts ideas about civil rights, marriage and equality using rainbow palettes in large oil and pastel rich portraits. The show continues through Feb. 24.

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LGBT artists have continually challenged mainstream understandings of gender and sexuality, and the impact of this on our society is immeasurable. Like artists of the 1980s who worked tirelessly to bring attention to HIV/AIDS in America, artists today maintain their roles as leading figures striving for change and cultural awareness.

As Pride Month comes to a close, we would like to showcase a number of LGBT artists who have influenced the progress of art and society throughout the past hundred years or so. While this list is in no way comprehensive, we hope to highlight some of the many creative individuals who as members of the LGBT community have put their unique stamp on art history.

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