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My 12 Colorized Vintage Portraits Of LGBT Couples Show Beauty And Support For The LGBTQ+ Community

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Hi, my name is Andrea and I’m a gay art director based in New York. A couple of years ago, I came across “The Invisibles,” a touching collection of vintage portraits of love and pride curated by Sebastien Lifshitz. I found these photos of gay lovers and friends so touching, and I realized at that moment that the LGBTQ+ community has a history too. And a beautiful one.

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My 12 Colorized Vintage Portraits Of LGBT Couples Show Beauty And Support For The LGBTQ+ Community

My 12 Colorized Vintage Portraits Of LGBT Couples Show Beauty And Support For The LGBTQ+ Community

I asked myself if there was anything I could do to make this history visible and closer to the present day. That’s how I started to personally color them, trying to imagine what the real colors and tones might have been. It was my hope to do them justice, to show that we are connected to them, that love is strong and resilient and it will always win.

My 12 Colorized Vintage Portraits Of LGBT Couples Show Beauty And Support For The LGBTQ+ Community

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My 12 Colorized Vintage Portraits Of LGBT Couples Show Beauty And Support For The LGBTQ+ Community

I created a dedicated page on Instagram where I’ll keep posting colorized images. If you have vintage images showing gay lovers and friends, I’ll be happy to colorize it for you via a $5 donation to the Trevor Project. Together, we can help build the future of the LGBTQ+ community through its past.

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My 12 Colorized Vintage Portraits Of LGBT Couples Show Beauty And Support For The LGBTQ+ Community

My 12 Colorized Vintage Portraits Of LGBT Couples Show Beauty And Support For The LGBTQ+ Community

My 12 Colorized Vintage Portraits Of LGBT Couples Show Beauty And Support For The LGBTQ+ Community

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My 12 Colorized Vintage Portraits Of LGBT Couples Show Beauty And Support For The LGBTQ+ Community

My 12 Colorized Vintage Portraits Of LGBT Couples Show Beauty And Support For The LGBTQ+ Community

My 12 Colorized Vintage Portraits Of LGBT Couples Show Beauty And Support For The LGBTQ+ Community

My 12 Colorized Vintage Portraits Of LGBT Couples Show Beauty And Support For The LGBTQ+ Community

My 12 Colorized Vintage Portraits Of LGBT Couples Show Beauty And Support For The LGBTQ+ Community

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Andrea Erali

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Vėjūnė Rimašiūtė

Vėjūnė is a community manager who helps artists all over the world introduce their artwork to Bored Panda readers and in that way, become more popular. Since she was always fascinated by the art world, she studied Culture Management and Cultural Policy at Vilnius Academy of Arts where she expanded her knowledge about it. Now she's using all this knowledge to showcase its beauty and help others dive into the fascinating world of art.

Vėjūnė is a community manager who helps artists all over the world introduce their artwork to Bored Panda readers and in that way, become more popular. Since she was always fascinated by the art world, she studied Culture Management and Cultural Policy at Vilnius Academy of Arts where she expanded her knowledge about it. Now she's using all this knowledge to showcase its beauty and help others dive into the fascinating world of art.

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Fanice Angatia 4 years ago

They lived courageously in such terrible times. Good work.

37points

Letmar Elliel 4 years ago

absolutely beautiful... thank you for such lovely work! c'mon... where is the next post mate :) I can't wait!!!

29points

dspayne1 4 years ago

Letmar Elliel +

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Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 4 years ago (edited)

Gorgeous colourisations and photographs- thank you for showing that love comes in all forms. Also, Oscare Wilde was such a dapper dresser.

24points

Madison Lam 4 years ago

As an asexual, I'm lovin' this :D

9points

Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 4 years ago

Yeah, another asexual here. (Represent!) I was feeling really heartbroken lately as I came out to a couple people who still don't believe that asexuality and pansexuality exist and people whom identify with these sexualities are just confused. Even some members of the LGBTQIA community don't believe that asexiality and pansexuality exist. This post made me really happy and was beautifully done- it shows that love can come in some many different forms and that's what makes it so freaking beautiful. PS- your little icon is adorable.

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IrishGirl 4 years ago

I love everything about this! ♡

6points

kleehyuga 4 years ago

IrishGirl yes

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b l a n c 4 years ago

oh my gosh yes!! they all look so cute & happy. boredpanda needs more LGBTQ stuff like this, there's definitely not enough. i think i've seen like 2-3 posts that are LGBTQ related. they need to get over disney redrawings and make more inspiring & uplifting posts like this one :)

4points

13damja 4 years ago

b l a n c what

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Michael Violette 4 years ago

I have to say it is nice to see as a 40yo lgbtq member that our history has gone back a very long time and it's just not a phase. Thank you to the person. Who did these. I do have a simple question for the person who made it possible; how do you know what the colors are to be? Do you just simply extrapolate a color from the data or choose 1 color and the rest will appear??

4points

13damja 4 years ago

Michael Violette haha

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Party Poison 4 years ago

MY GAY HEART IS MEEEELLLTTTIIINNGGG!!!!! so beautiful!! thank you for sharing your work with us!!

2points

MadCapri 3 years ago

Off to go downvote homophobic comments

1point

Jo Choto 4 years ago

There's a lot of things in this world that I would like to be controlled or abolished, but not who or how we love.

1point

Max L. 4 years ago

Isn’t the guy in violet jacket Oscar Wilde ?

1point

Jessica 4 years ago

These are beautiful.

1point

Holidays 4men 3 years ago

Thanks Andrea Erali for share with us

0points

Charlie Hyduk 3 years ago

Lots of neked people... anyway, apart from that, beautiful pictures!

0points

Annita Apostolidou Platis 4 years ago

Very artistic work !

0points

Jo Choto 4 years ago

FYI The gentleman with the colorized purple suit is Oscar Wilde.

0points

NanZ 4 years ago

Very nice!!

0points

Sean Malroy 4 years ago

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osgood-george 4 years ago

Sean Malroy haha

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Éva Nemes 4 years ago

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Ollie 4 years ago

why?

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Rider 4 years ago

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Madison Lam 4 years ago

That's not the point of the post

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Jonas Grinavičius 4 years ago

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Melanie Firsten 4 years ago

I am ashamed that one of the main bp reporters is saying something this homophobic. If you have nothing nice to say then stfu. And you spelt b******t wrong. It has two l's

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Wouldn't You Like to Know 4 years ago

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hispanic! at the disco 4 years ago

lol imagine being so pathetic that you hate on something that doesn't affect u and makes others happy.

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BabyBooby 4 years ago

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Johanna Elattar-Hill 4 years ago

What's not wholesome? Love is love. I'm hetero and I see nothing wrong here because who am I to judge anyone when someone can judge me? Let others live.

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Meme Mee 4 years ago

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hispanic! at the disco 4 years ago

lol get a life

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Freya_is_bored 4 years ago

You may think their disgusting but most people don't and they can't change that. But you choose to be an intolerant a*****e. Who's disgusting now?

4points

hosang1337 4 years ago

Meme Mee easy

0points

Caleb Crotinger 4 years ago

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Darius Koehnke 4 years ago

Did you think it would be something else?

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Fanice Angatia 4 years ago

They lived courageously in such terrible times. Good work.

37points

Letmar Elliel 4 years ago

absolutely beautiful... thank you for such lovely work! c'mon... where is the next post mate :) I can't wait!!!

29points

dspayne1 4 years ago

Letmar Elliel +

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Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 4 years ago (edited)

Gorgeous colourisations and photographs- thank you for showing that love comes in all forms. Also, Oscare Wilde was such a dapper dresser.

24points

Madison Lam 4 years ago

As an asexual, I'm lovin' this :D

9points

Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 4 years ago

Yeah, another asexual here. (Represent!) I was feeling really heartbroken lately as I came out to a couple people who still don't believe that asexuality and pansexuality exist and people whom identify with these sexualities are just confused. Even some members of the LGBTQIA community don't believe that asexiality and pansexuality exist. This post made me really happy and was beautifully done- it shows that love can come in some many different forms and that's what makes it so freaking beautiful. PS- your little icon is adorable.

4points

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IrishGirl 4 years ago

I love everything about this! ♡

6points

kleehyuga 4 years ago

IrishGirl yes

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b l a n c 4 years ago

oh my gosh yes!! they all look so cute & happy. boredpanda needs more LGBTQ stuff like this, there's definitely not enough. i think i've seen like 2-3 posts that are LGBTQ related. they need to get over disney redrawings and make more inspiring & uplifting posts like this one :)

4points

13damja 4 years ago

b l a n c what

0points

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Michael Violette 4 years ago

I have to say it is nice to see as a 40yo lgbtq member that our history has gone back a very long time and it's just not a phase. Thank you to the person. Who did these. I do have a simple question for the person who made it possible; how do you know what the colors are to be? Do you just simply extrapolate a color from the data or choose 1 color and the rest will appear??

4points

13damja 4 years ago

Michael Violette haha

0points

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Party Poison 4 years ago

MY GAY HEART IS MEEEELLLTTTIIINNGGG!!!!! so beautiful!! thank you for sharing your work with us!!

2points

MadCapri 3 years ago

Off to go downvote homophobic comments

1point

Jo Choto 4 years ago

There's a lot of things in this world that I would like to be controlled or abolished, but not who or how we love.

1point

Max L. 4 years ago

Isn’t the guy in violet jacket Oscar Wilde ?

1point

Jessica 4 years ago

These are beautiful.

1point

Holidays 4men 3 years ago

Thanks Andrea Erali for share with us

0points

Charlie Hyduk 3 years ago

Lots of neked people... anyway, apart from that, beautiful pictures!

0points

Annita Apostolidou Platis 4 years ago

Very artistic work !

0points

Jo Choto 4 years ago

FYI The gentleman with the colorized purple suit is Oscar Wilde.

0points

NanZ 4 years ago

Very nice!!

0points

Sean Malroy 4 years ago

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osgood-george 4 years ago

Sean Malroy haha

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Éva Nemes 4 years ago

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Ollie 4 years ago

why?

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Rider 4 years ago

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Madison Lam 4 years ago

That's not the point of the post

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Jonas Grinavičius 4 years ago

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Melanie Firsten 4 years ago

I am ashamed that one of the main bp reporters is saying something this homophobic. If you have nothing nice to say then stfu. And you spelt b******t wrong. It has two l's

8points

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Wouldn't You Like to Know 4 years ago

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hispanic! at the disco 4 years ago

lol imagine being so pathetic that you hate on something that doesn't affect u and makes others happy.

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BabyBooby 4 years ago

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Johanna Elattar-Hill 4 years ago

What's not wholesome? Love is love. I'm hetero and I see nothing wrong here because who am I to judge anyone when someone can judge me? Let others live.

6points

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Meme Mee 4 years ago

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hispanic! at the disco 4 years ago

lol get a life

10points

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Freya_is_bored 4 years ago

You may think their disgusting but most people don't and they can't change that. But you choose to be an intolerant a*****e. Who's disgusting now?

4points

hosang1337 4 years ago

Meme Mee easy

0points

Caleb Crotinger 4 years ago

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Darius Koehnke 4 years ago

Did you think it would be something else?

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