Queer culture isn't a small, isolated subset of society, nor is a new movement. The acknowledged father of bodybuildg, Eugen Sandow, was gay and lived the late 1800s. Burlque troup the early 1900s often featured female impersonators performg risqué danc—unbeknownst to their dienc. And the bate over gay marriage actually origated the 1950s.
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GAY BASHERS: EVEN GAYER THAN BODYBUILDG?
When Sandow's statue, the first of said seri, went on display was labelled 'Homo Europiensis'. Acrdg to Profsor Fae Brer, who wrote a paper explorg the homoeroticism of the bodybuilr, 'Sandow implored his male spectators to jo him his drsg-room - as well as those women who uld afford US$300 - for the pleasure of feelg his body and fgerg his mcl. While there have been mours that Sandow may have been eher gay or bisexual, as is often the se wh the history of LGBTQ+ people they have remaed jt that: mours.