Great article! There is also Lacan’s notion that the "phallus" aka God's penis/the imaginary penis plays its role only when veiled. Lacan gives the example of classical paintings that invoke the phallus by curiously depicting men without penises but with flowers or drapery just barely covering that area anyway.

I also wonder if the notion that Jesus was a trans man (considering he only had female dna) is also evident in these homoerotic images.