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New blog Homo History seeks to prerve our past by archivg vtage photos of gay and lbian upl taken between the late-1800s and mid-20th century.

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NEWLY PUBLISHED PORTRAS DOCUMENT A CENTURY OF GAY MEN LOVE

They say te love knows no bounds - yet not everyone n que unrstand this ncept and try to enforce their own views on how love should look like. This is pecially prevalent when to love between gay upl, wh some people gog as far as llg "somethg lennials vented". * vintage pictures of gay couples *

“Lovg” featur around 300 photos that offer an timate look at gay relatnships between the 1850s and 1950s. Gay Rights,. After the Stonewall Rts New York Cy, people celebrated wh gay pri march the 1970s.

Gay pri 1970. Gay pri march across the untry quickly beme a celebratn that weled people of any lor, relign, or sexual orientatn. Gay pri.

100 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF GAY MEN LOVE

Hundreds of photographs om the 19th and 20th centuri offer a glimpse at the life of gay men durg a time when their love was illegal almost everywhere. * vintage pictures of gay couples *

Members of the Jewish muny pose for a photo at gay pri. Gay pri wasn't only held the US, however.

Coupl at gay pri. A mother at gay pri.

This mom's sign reads, "My gay son is the greatt. Parents at gay pri.

AMAZG VTAGE PHOTOS OF GAY AND LBIAN COUPL

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Gay bars and clubs were also a safe haven for the LGBTQ muny.

Gay club 1977. Here, four gay men dance a San Francis club 1977. In 1976, this gay uple celebrated their new unn.

GAY MEN POSTERS AND ART PRTS

From march to gay bars and public displays of affectn, the history of the LGBTQ muny has given strength and spiratn to the generatns that followed. That’s precisely what French screenwrer and director Sébastien Lifshz explor The Invisibl: Vtage Portras of Love and Pri (public library | IndieBound), a remarkable llectn of archival photographs — sometim poignant, sometim playful, variably tenr — of gay and lbian upl privately celebratg their love the early twentieth century. He found himself fascated by such fay albums by openly gay upl and was surprised by the eedom and happs they exhibed those photos, spe livg eras of extreme social tolerance toward LGBT people.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* VINTAGE PICTURES OF GAY COUPLES

100 Years of Photographs of Gay Men Love .

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