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an emotinally and socially intimate, non-sexual relationship, often between two men. attributed to the greek philosopher plato, who deemed platonic friendships to be the most evolved type of love.

an unclothed human body shown in an especially beautiful, artistic, or idealized manner.

a work of art displaying a nude.

a color approximating 'flesh tone', a warm pink-biege often used to color underwear or stockings.

to be unsure of or re-examining one's previously assumed sexual orientaion or gender identity.

a widely recognised symbol of the glbtq community, usually in flag form, inteded to represent the diversity found among glbtq people.

the rainbow flag consitsts of six horizontal stripes of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. is used to denote gay pride or gay-friendliness.

charismatic Russian "holy man" and cult leader, used his influence and charm to seduce women and clergy, and eventually the tsar and tsarina of Russia. used his mysterious skills to cure the Russian prince of hemophillia attacks, predict the future, and build up a faithful following of aristocratic ladies. was eventually killed by Prince Felix Felixovitch Yussupov after being poisoned with enough cyadide to kill six men, shot in the chest, beaten, stabbed, and thrown in the icy Volga.

the long running, brilliant, faithfully followed comic written and drawn by Alison Bechdel. chronicles everyday struggles with domesticity, monogamy, parenthood, dating, sex, friendship and politics from the perspective of a growing circle of lesbian, gay, queer and straight characters.

1925-2000

an aloof, eccentric, absurdly talented author and illustrator well known for his illustrated stories, many of which are unplaceably illboding or passively macabre, in tone or outright. his characters seemed to be placed in another time, from 1900 through 1930 perhaps, and there was something in his art and humor that caused many fans to initially mistake him for either English or dead. his style of drawing varied considerably from book to book, some illustations impossibly detailed and dark (The West Wing), others less so (The Eclectic Abecedarium). he lived in New York City for a while, and then on Cape Cod.