Suggestive Portraits of Queer Priests and Nuns Spark Fury in Mexico

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Suggestive Portraits of Queer Priests and Nuns Spark Fury in Mexico

A Mexico City exhibition of paintings portraying sexualized and queer Christian priests and nuns has elicited fervent complaints from religious groups and right-wing figures who have held protests at the museum for over a week.Artist Fabián Cháirez’s exhibition La venida del Señor (The coming of the Lord) opened on February 5 at the Academia de San Carlos Centro Historico, a building affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico (…