‘Couldn’t believe I was seeg ’: Home movi offer rare glimpse of gay life St. Louis 1945 | STLPR

Contents:

• WATCH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 'THE OLD GAYS' MEET A YOUNG FAN WHO LOV DRS
• ‘COULDN’T BELIEVE I WAS SEEG ’: HOME MOVI OFFER RARE GLIMPSE OF GAY LIFE ST. LOUIS 1945
• FIVE YEARS OLD AND GAY RURAL, WTERN KANSAS
• GAY OLD MEN AND BOYS VIOS
• AGE DIFFERENC GAY COUPL
• 13-YEAR-OLD GAY BOY AND 78-YEAR-OLD GAY MAN HAVE AFFECTG, POWERFUL CHAT ABOUT THEIR LIV: WATCH

WATCH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 'THE OLD GAYS' MEET A YOUNG FAN WHO LOV DRS

Photographs by Matthew MorrocLike many gay men searchg for timacy the morn day, the photographer Matthew Morroc has found his share of onle. Many of his panns had survived both the AIDS crisis and heights of homophobia unknown to younger generatns.

‘COULDN’T BELIEVE I WAS SEEG ’: HOME MOVI OFFER RARE GLIMPSE OF GAY LIFE ST. LOUIS 1945

Sorensen's reps tell Towleroad: ‘The story is very personal to Christopher, and his goal is to create a safe space for young gay men to talk about any experience where they have felt taken advantage of…Christopher's prev works clu his mic vio “Balloon” which he speaks out agast bullyg.

As a gay man my early 30s I am not now attracted to children but to. But even though Evan’s school and his fay support his sartorial choic, his mom says that Evan “never see other Evans” the outsi ’s why was so important, she said, that Evan recently had the chance to meet TikTok sensatns "The Old Gays, " who ma sure they were appropriately drsed for the, a sgle adoptive mom to three children wh disabili, cludg Evan, has been stayg home wh them and votg time to buildg their social media platforms.

”McLeod had been followg "The Old Gays" on TikTok and is a fan. The foursome of gay men — Bill Lyons, Robert Reev, Jsay Mart and Michael “Mick” Peterson — have found viral social media fame their 60s and 70s through their funny and sometim touchg mentg on one of those vios, McLeod got touch wh their team and arranged to drive to their home two hours away so Evan uld meet them.

FIVE YEARS OLD AND GAY RURAL, WTERN KANSAS

”Evan and "The Old Gays"Courty Eri (Eeka) McLeod"The Old Gays" enjoyed meetg Evan, too, and unrstood the importance of the moment. ”Reev, 78, said he grew up ral Arkansas durg a time when beg gay was not a public discsn.

Although he said he knew om an early age that he was gay, “ was unregnized and unspoken, ” he said. Louis, where I broke away om my home life and started beg my own person, that I really started regnizg my gayns, ” Reev ntued. “I do not rell when I was growg up seeg or knowg anyone who was obvly gay, and I certaly didn’t have any role mols the public sector at the time.

GAY OLD MEN AND BOYS VIOS

”When creatg ntent for their platform gets tricky, Reev said, ’s people like Evan that remd "The Old Gays" why their ntent is important. ”"The Old Gays" now have a lifelong fan Evan’s mom.

“I nnot thank four old, gay men enough for not only takg time out of their day to show enuragement and kdns to a child they didn’t even know, but also to make the effort they did to fd drs they thought reprented themselv, brought them some level of joy, and f them well, " McLeod said. Dozens of gay men gather for a pool party a seclud spot Hillsboro, Missouri.

AGE DIFFERENC GAY COUPL

Louis filmmaker Geoff Story has begun weavg the films to a documentary, “Gay Home Movie. ” It offers a rare glimpse to a largely visible world, a time when same-sex relatnships were not only looked at as immoral — they were a gay man, Story is fascated by the brtle, flickerg scen that clu a uniformed World War II soldier kissg another man.

13-YEAR-OLD GAY BOY AND 78-YEAR-OLD GAY MAN HAVE AFFECTG, POWERFUL CHAT ABOUT THEIR LIV: WATCH

Louis’ ‘hairdrser to the stars’Watch a clip om the 1945 home movi of gay men at a pool stumbled upon the films the mid-1990s, a half century after the pool party, at an tate sale. ”‘I kept my inty separate’Richard Eaton talks about beg a gay man mid-century St. Several people who aren’t the home movi n ttify to what was like to be gay mid-century St.