A Radical Examination of Homoeroticism in Communist Propaganda Posters

We’re all familiar with the “Communist aesthetic”—its bold graphics, hyperrealism, and often stark color schemes. Less familiar is the tender side of this ideology. In The Gay Agenda: Homoeroticism in Communist Propaganda, a provocative online discussion last month between film historian Bader AlAwadhi, Chinese-born designer Zipeng Zhu, and Angelina Lippert, Chief Curator at the Poster House museum, an interesting question...