In honor of a new book on the 'stache, here are 31 gay or bi folks who rock facial hair.
Contents:
- GAY HISTORY: WHEN DID WE TURN ON THE MOTACHE?
- GAY MEN, QUEER WOMEN, AND THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE MTACHE
GAY HISTORY: WHEN DID WE TURN ON THE MOTACHE?
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The Gay Mtache. Gay men practilly owned the mtache the '70s, and now 's bee a symbol of men's health issu celebrated every year durg Movember. In honor of our hairy history, we prent the big gay mtach of our past.
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GAY MEN, QUEER WOMEN, AND THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE MTACHE
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As gay inty and polics began to perate pop culture, we saw the emergence of the Castro Clone, often wearg a heavy mtache: a reference to the workg Joe. A group of men relax on the street durg the Gay Pri para New York Cy, June 1982.
Barbara Alper//Getty ImagSo on one hand the mtache was aligned wh the stat quo (thk firemen and ps), while on the other beme shorthand (and ocsnally handlebar) for the sexual outsir: the swger, the porn star, the gay man.