A Hard Man Is Good To Find! is a great new exhibition on at The Photographers Gallery, London, documenting queer male photography in London during the twentieth century. Such photography doesn’t actually exist in the public realm in great quantities, partly because it was illegal under the Obscene Publications Act 1857, and … Continue reading
The day after Thanksgiving when most of the USA are cursing themselves for overeating an excessive turkey dinner and being quite a pig, it takes on a whole different meaning in Fort Lauderdale. For this is the day the Annual Pig Week starts in earnest, for which gay men who enjoy a bit of … Continue reading
Not for the feint-hearted, RAW! UNCUT! VIDEO! chronicles the rise and fall of homegrown gay porn studio Palm Drive Video, and explores how a devoted couple helped battle a devastating health crisis by promoting kinky sex. Legendary leatherman Jack Fritscher met Mark Hemry in 1979 at Harvey Milk’s birthday party – and the two … Continue reading
It all started 10 years with a naked calendar featuring male rowers from one university boat club…… The Warwick Rowers A chance encounter between a straight athlete and an LGBT photographer who spoke about how many men felt like him – excluded from sport on the grounds of their sexuality or because there seemed to … Continue reading
It’s still hard to perceive that even in 2020 public nudity still evokes a torrent of negativity. On one hand there are the juvenile reactions from people who left their teen years decades ago, and on the other hand there is still so much overwhelming out-of-place Victorian censorship . If you show more than … Continue reading
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