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Quite an Achievement!:

Thomas Waugh has collected and published here for the first time some of the most explicit homoerotic drawings from the period before the Stonewall riot in 1969. There are about 200 previously unpublished gay male sexual graphics in this book that are from the author's extensive collection. The amount of work and effort Waugh has taken to bring this collection to print is inspiring and a credit to this author's dedication to recording this rich history. Tom of Finland, Blade, Etienne, Steve Masters and... more info

History of Homoerotic Desire:

This is an important and well crafted book that surveys the fascinating world of erotic images created by and for gay men from the 1920s through the 1960s, when any such drawings, hetero, homo or bi, were outlawed.

These images were created by a wide range of men, from professional artists to untalented amateurs. One of the more interesting aspects of viewing them today is knowing how important they were to large numbers of men during a time when any expression of homosexual desire was so forbidden.... more info

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