Tag: Marc Martin
Marc Martin : HANDSOME LIAR (NSFW)
Four years we came across a remarkable queer French artist called Marc Martin whose Exhibition ‘Public Toilets, Private Affairs’ was opening at Berlin’s LGBT Schwules Museum. He was bringing the topic of ‘cottaging ” right out into the open with this exhibition book that was almost like a celebration of this illicit activity. He had…
Public Toilets, Private Affairs : an exhibit about cottaging
Even though gay men euphorically referred to public lavatories that they frequented for clandestine sex as ‘tearooms’ the practice of ‘cottaging’ was, and still is, considered a shameful act by most gay men. It was often a last resort for men who could not express their sexuality …..think George Michael caught in a Police sting…
