12 Famous GAY Artists History Tried to Erase

Masterpieces you'd recognize anywhere — made by men whose love was painted over. 👇 A NOTE FROM ME: While making this, I found that Michelangelo's love poems to another man were censored by his own grand-nephew, who swapped every "he" to "she" — and that fake version stood for almost 250 years. This channel exists to go back to the original and read what was actually written. Twelve painters and sculptors who loved men — from a Baroque genius accused in a Florence courtroom, to a partnership that quietly invented Pop Art while staying in the closet, to the man who carved the David and wrote love poetry to another man. And I'll be honest about the evidence. Two of these names are real question marks that scholars still argue over, and I say so out loud instead of pretending. No erasure — but no fairy tales either. We count up to the most famous of them all. 🔔 Subscribe for the stories they tried to keep in the closet — honest history, no erasure. SOURCES (verifiable): John Addington Symonds, The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti (2 vols., 1893) — restored the original sonnets Michelangelo's poems to Tommaso dei Cavalieri (Rime; the 1623 edition by Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger altered the pronouns) Walter Isaacson, Leonardo da Vinci (Simon & Schuster, 2017) — on the 1476 Saltarelli accusation and Salaì The Navy's 1934 removal of Paul Cadmus, The Fleet's In! (now Naval History & Heritage Command) Michael Peppiatt, Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma (1996) — on Bacon and George Dyer Tate / National Galleries — public records on Duncan Grant and David Hockney The Tom of Finland Foundation; Finland's 2014 national postage stamp series 📚 Where a claim is debated (Caravaggio, Leonardo), the video says so out loud. Verified facts and honest uncertainty, never invented certainty. 💲 Business: [email protected] ©️ Fair use: This video is created for educational and commentary purposes. All historical materials remain the property of their respective owners. #QueerHistory #LGBTHistory #GayHistory #Michelangelo #ArtHistory #DaVinci #FrancisBacon #DavidHockney #HiddenHistory #ForgottenHistory #LGBTQ #PrideHistory