Jul 17th 2026

AMBIGUOUSLY GAY AMYGDALAS

@ Co-Prosperity (Co-Pro)

3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608

Opening Friday, July 17th, from 6PM - 8PM

On view through Friday, July 24th

Queered Perfume Archives with Matt Morris at the S-H Delightful Semaphores publication release at Co-Prosperity in Bridgeport.

Participants in this free programming will be introduced to ways that scent has been utilized as a social signifier for queer communities and as an approach to defining and caring for non-normative conceptions of self—from lesbianism in the 1940s to gender fluid fantasies of a glamorous boudoir; from Brooklyn warehouse parties to Berlin night clubs; Gay Liberation histories and 1980s alt-masculinities; Britney Spears fandoms to the signature perfume of trans nightlife superstar Amanda Lepore. This exploration will examine the ways perfumes have defied gender codes across periods and articulated desire beyond the explicitly visible or named.

The publication for Delightful Semaphores, including a contribution from Morris, will be available for purchase during the event.

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