Being Gay in the Thirties (Gay Life)

The whole idea of Homosexuality as a separate category is quite modern. This documentary from the 1980s explains what it was like in the 1930s before anyone even […]

ANCIENT WISDOM

BASALT SCULPTURE OF A COPULATING MALE COUPLE,  1000 AD. This unusual Costa Rican sculpture is of two naked males wearing flat headdresses engaging in a homosexual activity. Carved of […]

Wisdom Speaking?

“As g(o)d’s men we have to learn that our sexual pleasures are our true spirituality. We need to be taught this self worship, we need guides to show […]

The Phallic Society

Celtic society, like all patriarchal societies, had the cult of the penis at its core, to the extent that the human body itself was seen as a phallic […]

A Viking Homosexual

Homosexuality(argr) was not regarded by the Viking peoples as being evil, perverted, innately against the laws of nature or any of the other baggage about the concept that […]

Hidden Heroes

World War II was a tumultuous time that saw millions of men from all walks of life join forces to fight against the forces of fascism and tyranny. […]

The God of Erections

Min is the Egyptian god of fertility, harvest, and masculinity. He was often depicted as a bearded man with an erect penis, standing with his legs together and […]

A Cure 4 Racism

Four Black Men with their penises exposed would fill a cathedral. They would be unable to leave the cathedral until their erections had subsided and in such close […]

Big In Japan (根付)

Japanese antique Homo- Erotica. Netsuke (根付) were small sculptures used like a button to help fasten pouches or boxes to the belt of a kimono (obi).  Superb netsuke […]

PC 12 – 1935

I love this picture, not sure but I think this chap, was the married lover of EM Forster… His wife knew all about the relationship…. Very interesting sexy […]

Alvin Bastrop

This is the work of African American photographer, Alvin Baltrop (1948-2004). Alvin photographed the gay community at the piers lining Manhattan’s west side in the 1970s. Pier 48 was then […]

Leonard Fink

Leonard Fink (1930-1993) was an amateur photographer who documented over 25 years of gay life in New York. His photographs were seen by only a few close friends […]

Male Massage 1890

These photographs of male massage treatments were taken in the 1890s at the bath house of Tbilisi, now capital of Georgia. The tradition of spa therapy dates back […]

A Brief History of Y-Fronts

In 1935, Jockey International introduced the world to a revolutionary design in men’s underwear – the Y-front briefs. The distinctive Y-shaped opening at the front not only provided […]

The History of Male Prostitution

Male prostitution has a rich, complex history, often intertwined with societal perceptions of masculinity, sexuality, and power. In ancient civilizations, including Greece and Rome, male sex work was […]