'100 Years of Men Love': New film unearths old stori of gay romance

gay love in history

A new documentary based on a vast llectn of old photos featurg gay men love gog back to the mid-1800s has ma s televisn but. “100 Years of Me

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'100 YEARS OF MEN LOVE': NEW FILM UNEARTHS OLD STORI OF GAY ROMANCE

* gay love in history *

A new documentary based on a vast llectn of old photos featurg gay men love gog back to the mid-1800s has ma s televisn but. Ni and Treadwell began their llectn 22 years ago when the uple stumbled upon a rare, century-old photo of a gay uple an antique shop. Sce then, the men have been llectg thoands of imag of gay men datg that go back 170 years.

Laws crimalizg gay sex. And even today, homosexualy is crimalized approximately 70 untri. When Douglas's father grew spic about their relatnship, he lnched a mpaign agast Wil that eventually led to his arrt on grounds of gross cency ( for beg gay) and was sentenced to two years Wil was released, the two tried to rekdle their love, only to be forced apart by their fai, who threatened to whhold funds.

NEWLY PUBLISHED PORTRAS DOCUMENT A CENTURY 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. * gay love in history *

“Lovg” featur around 300 photos that offer an timate look at gay relatnships between the 1850s and 1950s. Gay Rights,.

But rerds of the LGBT romanc survived homophobic revisnists and still stand as celebratns of the origal Greek (and Roman) love. A seri of poems about Catull' gay love affairs has drawn more attentn ntemporary tim; some of gets outright vulgar. Alexanr the Great and HephatnAlexanr III, the famed kg of Macedon, que likely mataed a gay relatnship wh his general Hephatn.

100 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF GAY MEN LOVE

Ined, two of the most famed generals of their day, Epamondas and Pelopidas, were lovers who fought wh this famo band of gay warrrs. Pdar and TheoxenThe most famo love poem wrten by Pdar to clare his love for the young Theoxen was scribed by gay rights scholar Magn Hirschfeld as "one of the most perfect love songs the Greek language. Ort and PylasThe relatnship between the two men was celebrated by Greek scholars as a tale of the wonr of homoerotic romance.

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

He lived wh longtime lover Psanias, who was quoted extensively on the subject of homosexual sire Plato's work. Sign up today for our ee To TopGay love has taken many forms human history, om Socrat' mentorship of his younger lovers, to the artistic passn between Rimbd and Verlae, to morn-day gay celebry upl and their adorable children.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAY LOVE IN HISTORY

'Passag' director nounc 'dangero' NC-17 ratg on a film pictg a gay love story.

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