Eric Bach is an openly gay broadster for the Frericksburg Natnals. He has major league aspiratns, but his path has been much lonelier than he would prefer.
Contents:
- PNEERG PHOTOGRAPHS OF GAY LIFE THE 1960S
- WHEN PSYCHIATRY AND THE MEDIA COLLUD AGAST THE GAYS
- HOW THE MOB HELPED ESTABLISH NYC’S GAY BAR SCENE
PNEERG PHOTOGRAPHS OF GAY LIFE THE 1960S
Anthony Friedk photographed gay culture California the 1960s * gay media 1960s *
When I began my send year rearch project on media reprentatn of homosexualy, the thought of utilisg the rourc at the Bill Douglas Centre never even crossed my md.
WHEN PSYCHIATRY AND THE MEDIA COLLUD AGAST THE GAYS
I foced specifilly on media reprentatns the perd between the Wolfenn Report and s remendatns to crimalise homosexualy 1957, and the Sexual Offenc Act of 1967 which crimalised homosexualy. Released 1961, ‘Victim’ was the first English-speakg film to al wh the topic of homosexualy, and explicly mentn the word self.
HOW THE MOB HELPED ESTABLISH NYC’S GAY BAR SCENE
The plot follows a succsful married barrister Melville Farr who risks his reer and reputatn to unver a gang of blackmailers who are extortg money om both Farr and other homosexual men. Through the filmmakers portrayal of Farr (played by the popular heart-throb Dirk Bogar) and the other extorted men, they aimed to legimise homosexualy and highlight the hypocrisi of the law, as they believed that enuraged blackmail by harned crimals on nocent, rpectable men.