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As his name suggts, Otterj draws his greatt spiratn om the slenr, hairy, beard, and often tattooed gay male subculture known as otters -- but not exclively.
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF LEATHER AND THE GAYS
It’s generally assumed that leather culture got s start the 1940s, as an offshoot to post-World War II motorcycle clubs that began poppg up around the same time. Gays had flocked drov to large ci followg Blue Discharg om the army, a way of removg homosexuals om service, as dishonourably dischargg and imprisong gays beme impractil wh the huge number of recs durg WWII. It led to large groups of homosexuals ci like Los Angel, San Francis and Chigo. * gay leather studs *
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The gay esystem has a rich taxonomy of subcultur that all somewhat stem om one Adam(4Adam)’s rib – the leather muny. Gays had flocked drov to large ci followg Blue Discharg om the army, a way of removg homosexuals om service, as dishonourably dischargg and imprisong gays beme impractil wh the huge number of recs durg WWII. It led to large groups of homosexuals ci like Los Angel, San Francis and Chigo.
Gays who viewed themselv as butch and mascule were drawn to the look. Gay-foced motorcycle clubs began appearg the 1950s, like the LA-based Satyrs Motorcycle Club and Oedip Motorcycle Club.
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By the 1970s, Tom of Fland (full name Too Val Laaksonen), a – you gused – Fnish artist, was able to qu his job and pursue his homoerotic art full time. Orejudos, who was also known by the nom plume Etienne, was another homoerotic artist, who, along wh Gee Quatance, spired Tom of Fland’s work.
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