An old queer novel about “Fire Island and Their Gay Muscle Boys.” Were The Gay Rebels queer juvenile delinquents? Cover art by Eric Stanton.
February 2009 Archives
Knowledge of the language isn’t needed. Seeing two men in a loving embrace is always beautiful.
My apologies. The Playgirl magazine number one I featured in an earlier note wasn’t the publication that I thought it was. Here’s the cover of the first issue of the famous and recently deceased Playgirl:
Continue reading Playgirl Magazine's First Issue.
For some reason when I see this old gay bondage cover I keep feeling like it is taking place at the circus.
The Satin Prince:
The gripping story of a strong man trapped by his own weaknesses.
Probably a work of transvestite fiction. Whether gay male or feminization/sissyfication is impossible to say from the cover.
Throttle #1.
In 1978 the fourth issue of Mandate looked at the leather scene of the day.
Out magazines latest swimsuit issue brought to mind this bit of Physique Pictorial nostalgia by Harry Bush:
Retro Physique Pictorial:
From Out’s 2009 Swimsuit Issue.
Perhaps the now abandoned association of gay male sexuality with the word twilight began with André Tellier’s novel, Twilight Men. For such an uncommon work of gay prose fiction by a forgotten author the book saw a few editions.
Most recently, academic reprint house Greenberg.
Continue reading Twilight Men.
