Two cowboy shirts worn by actors Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in the movie Brokeback Mountain are heading to The Autry National Center in Los Angeles. The two shirts have been intertwinded to represent the struggle between heritage and acceprance in gay cowboy culture.
The installation is the brainchild of author Gregory Hinton. The shirts are on loan to the museum from collector Tom Gregory. He bought them in a 2006 charity auction for $101,100.
The shirt exhibition is part of the museum's larger attempt to examine the LGBT community’s contribution to the West and the Western genre. The Autry is currently in negotiations to house the archives of the International Gay Rodeo Association.
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