As "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" to an end, we sent Chris Heath to terview dozens of gay servicemen om the past and prent to fd out what life was really like as Ameri's ary stggled wh s last great inty crisis
Contents:
- GAY SAILORS STOCK PHOTOS AND IMAG
- WHEN GAY SAILOR WAS OUTED, HE FOUND HIS NAVY BUDDI HAD HIS BACK
- PHOTOS: SEXY GAY SAILORS TAKE OVER THE MOSHULU
- TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY
- WHAT TO EXPECT OM YOUR GAY SAILG HOLIDAY?
GAY SAILORS STOCK PHOTOS AND IMAG
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Instantly regnisable mass media, the romance or homoerotism of the marer ss wh pop culture today. How has art ntributed to the gay male mythology of the sailor? Conscly or unnscly, the artist offers the qutsential gay male fantasy om history.
Gay bars ports around the world mirrored this, as did the spread of the queer language Polari (a way to speak openly and whout overtly crimatg yourself). Before the partial crimalisatn of homosexualy 1967, they simply nnot explicly do this.
Instead, we project the gay male experience onto the figur. Bedazzled by the overt masculy and glamour of this image, do we prume the ster was eher gay or straight?
WHEN GAY SAILOR WAS OUTED, HE FOUND HIS NAVY BUDDI HAD HIS BACK
Our celebratn of post-war gay, bisexual, and straight movie stars wearg next to nothg at all. * gay sailors photos *
Here, too, we fd an explic lk wh gay male muni – the park was a well know cisg ground the neteenth and twentieth centuri. Gertler lived near Hampstead Heath om the wter of 1914–1915 – how nsc was he that the landspe he pated here was heavily d gay male sexualy? Aga, whether nsc or unnscly, the sailor ss visually wh a homoerotic landspe.
Male eroticism arguably echo wh this work, ma before the legaly of gay exprsn. Where some may see a man at rt the eveng, others may see a d reference to gay male sexualy and cisg for sex hidn by night.
PHOTOS: SEXY GAY SAILORS TAKE OVER THE MOSHULU
Philly gay boys donned their sexit sailor threads for the Boys of Summer 2013 kickoff jam. Click to see photos. * gay sailors photos *
Readg artworks om gay male perspectiv, however, n risk occupyg a two-dimensnal or prejudicial view on the gay male experience. That to be gay, or rort to same-sex love or sire while at sea, is some sort of flt or sendary optn to beg heteronormative.
Prumed or weaponised homoeroticism for edic effect masks a eper and more nuanced experience of gay male life that ntemporary dienc expect today – one that clus homo-affectnate iendship, romantic nnectn, and tersectnal inty. The UK's partial crimalisatn of homosexualy 1967 is exactly ntemporary wh this pictn of Sailors by Erich Kondrak.
Our life 17 photos: A gay sailor’s love story. The anti-gay law has ser ramifitns for Dwayne and Jonathan.
TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY
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Before "don't ask, don't tell" was officially repealed for gay, lbian, and bisexual ary personnel 2011, a photo of a male Mare drag uld have land him hot water. "Lbian, gay, and bisexual ary personnel had been servg our untry for s whout receivg equal protectn, while transgenr troops are still prohibed om servg openly.
"As a gay man, I n relate to what is still the opprsive stigma of homosexualy. Enuraged to form strong homosocial bonds to migate the strs of bat, troops would olic wh their "buddi" away om the ontle.
WHAT TO EXPECT OM YOUR GAY SAILG HOLIDAY?
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Ever sce the silent film era, Hollywood beefke photos have tillated both female and gay male fans. Here we ntue our seri celebratg gay, bisexual, and straight movie stars wearg next to nothg at all.
Gay actors Farley Granger and Roddy McDowall are ready to share — a Coke? Gay star Gee Nar was lked wh another famo hunk — g up...