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Herbert Tobias : a great German Photographer NSFW
Herbert Tobias was a German photographer who first became well-known for his stunning fashion photography during the 1950s. He led a very colorful life as an openly gay man in Paris and Berlin, and by all accounts was always just one step ahead of the Law. In later years he also became equally well-known…
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Stefan Merkt Licks His Own Art
Berlin based artist Stefan Merkt likes to lick his Art. Literally. Since the 1980’s the openly gay Merkt has created his own rather stunning brand of portraiture and works of art completely made out of postage stamps. He is less interested in the face-value of the stamps he selects, than in their colors, forms…
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Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things
What starts out as such a disturbing eyeopener with some of more shocking aspects of the history of the Inuit people in Nunavut, the Northern Territory of Quebec in Canada, does thankfully end on a positive and upbeat note for the people who identify as LGBT in that community. This new wonderful documentary from filmmakers Mark Kenneth…
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History : Webseries
Having just sat through all six episodes of Jack Tracy’s new webseries History I’m not sure that I’d like to have been his ex-boyfriend. It’s not that the 30-plus-year-old NY actor is not handsome, or cannot turn on the charm, it’s just that he has obviously mined his own dating past in such minute detail…
