Mansion of Men
There was a strange craving in Jock Short that could only be resolved by homosexuality. It was a craving &
Read entire articleAlex Cohen (gay artist?)
I discovered this image of a blonde youth some time back and have Googled on and off hoping to &
Read entire articleComing out
Coming out is likely still one of the most significant moments in the life of any gay man. Perhaps the &
Read entire articleGay Vampire
From the title you?d expect Gay Vampire to be a queer horror novel. I suspicion is that vampire is &
Read entire articleAnybody order a cowboy (extra abs, hold the shirt)
Looking at early paperbacks aimed at gay readers it is often surprising how unappealing are the men on the &
Read entire articleJean Paul (not the pope nor Sartre)
We can?t be sure why young Jean Paul has his hands in his pants. Perhaps the photographer simply wanted &
Read entire articleMysterious Frenchman
Who is this you may ask. All I remember now is that he is a Frenchman and gay. What &
Read entire articleGay Paris 1925
Another gay French paperback cover I?ve been keeping around. Haven?t a clue what was going on in Paris in &
Read entire articleL'homme de cuir
I?ve had this French paperback cover sitting on my hard drive for months. While I?m not a leather fancier &
Read entire articleHer strange struggle
I don?t see anything strange about the struggle. A pushy straight man tries to paw her. So she goes &
Read entire articleMale Brides
Male Bride promised to reveal the shocking facts that other books didn?t. I suspect some of the demented opponents &
Read entire articleDonnie and Clyde
When I went to see Bonnie & Clyde I told my parents I was going to see Walt Disney?s &
Read entire articleMichelangelo's David
The most famous buff boy of the Renaissance returns to the light of day at the conclusion of one of &
Read entire articleMr. Ballerina
Well everybody just knows that all male ballet dancers are gay, right? That makeup and those tight, tight see-through &
Read entire articleThe boy and the mask
The pretty boy takes off the mask of a sad woman and looks up serenely. At least that was &
Read entire articleToxic Boy
Since Toxicboy was recently featured in Fleshbot is seems superfluous to point to him here. But I was really &
Read entire articleGuy with nice 1970s haircut
When I ran across this drawing of a guy I made an effort to discover what I could about &
Read entire articleThe Powerful Story of a Man's Conflicting Loves
Thanks to bj, pornologist supreme, I?m able to expand my note on the covers of Charles Jacson?s The Fall of &
Read entire articleGay But Not Happy
The cover copy tells us that Rodney Manlove is gay but not happy about it. The name Rodney Manlove &
Read entire articleGay Liberation Front
I remember when my friends looked like that (I looked much like Mouse in the Tales of the City &
Read entire articleGay cowboys & indians
Sometime back in Pansexual Sodomite I noted my pleasure in finally tracking down an artist I could only remember as &
Read entire articleWoman From Another Planet
The cover copy says that the Woman From Another Planet had the body and passion of a woman but &
Read entire articleJackie Curtis
Some months back I was rewatching Trash, Women in Revolt and other Paul Morrissey / Andy Warhol movies. Jackie &
Read entire articleWhipping a Hang-Up
Could be that the pouting cutie?s hang-up is that he doesn?t know that he likes guys? Well I wouldn?t &
Read entire articleLarry Townsend's Leather Ad
When long ago I skimmed through The Leatherman?s Handbook I had no idea that Larry Townsend would turn out to &
Read entire articleSophomore Meat: A Jock Book
Years ago gay erotic paperback fiction had chaste covers. Even in stores that sold less subtle straight stuff. If &
Read entire articleHomosexual Marriage in 1953
Gay marriage was the cover topic of a 1953 issue of early homophile magazine One. Gay culture of the &
Read entire articleStereotypical images of gay males
I?ve been on a sporadic quest for early images of gay men. That is, guys who look gay, queer, &
Read entire articleHenry Scott Tuke & Thomas Eakins
I couldn?t help but smile when I got this email. Hi - I?ve been browsing your blogs, and found this &
Read entire articleAsian gay male art
I was just fishing about when I came across this drawing by Thai artist Faroot Smarkthai on an Asian &
Read entire articleSometimes girls kiss each other
Straight man?s fantasy, straight man?s fear. Sorry guys sometimes the girls kiss each other all the time. &
Read entire articleBlondes in white shoes
Very Aryan looking aren?t they? I?m probably too ignorant of gay photography. Are these blonde ones famous? Is the &
Read entire articleYoung man abed
This image of a youth asleep was credited to Jeff Davies. Almighty Google supplied no clue the artists? career &
Read entire articleAn embrace
I can?t back track to the site where I found this. I think it was the website of a &
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