Leonard Fink (1930-1993) was an amateur photographer who documented over 25 years of gay life in New York. His photographs were […]
HI_STORY
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 […]
ANCIENT WISDOM
BASALT SCULPTURE OF A COPULATING MALE COUPLE, 1000 AD. This unusual Costa Rican sculpture is of two naked males wearing flat headdresses […]
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 […]
The Phallic Society
Celtic society, like all patriarchal societies, had the cult of the penis at its core, to the extent that the human […]
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 […]
Hidden Heroes
World War II was a tumultuous time that saw millions of men from all walks of life join forces to fight […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
PC 12 – 1935
I love this picture, not sure but I think this chap, was the married lover of EM Forster… His wife knew […]
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 […]
Male Massage 1890
These photographs of male massage treatments were taken in the 1890s at the bath house of Tbilisi, now capital of Georgia. […]
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 […]
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 […]