Eric McGill, a Canadian swgg trapeze artist the UK, has worked barets, big tops & ftivals - now, he's lvg to how to make circ more gay
Contents:
- HOW TO MAKE THE CIRC MORE GAY (AND WHY WE HAVEN’T ALREADY)–A VIO EXPLORATN
- PANSY CRAZE: THE WILD 1930S DRAG PARTI THAT KICKSTARTED GAY NIGHTLIFE
- THE BT GAY BARS SAN FRANCIS
- GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
HOW TO MAKE THE CIRC MORE GAY (AND WHY WE HAVEN’T ALREADY)–A VIO EXPLORATN
Our celebratn of post-war gay, bisexual, and straight movie stars wearg next to nothg at all. * gay trapeze *
Soon they were performg as "The Flyg Nelsons, " wh Ricky as the "flier" and David as the "tcher" (not the gay meang). Is jt me, or is there somethg cidly homoerotic about the sight of Ricky hurlg through the air and landg David's mcular arms? For Parson, himself a gay man, this moment held a surprisg amount of weight.
PANSY CRAZE: THE WILD 1930S DRAG PARTI THAT KICKSTARTED GAY NIGHTLIFE
* gay trapeze *
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... Guy Madison was a sailor plucked om obscury by gay agent Henry Willson. The troubled but betiful gay star Montgomery Clift.
Montgomery Clift was sexually lked to many gay stars, cludg Rock Hudson. Gay tck driver Roy Fzgerald was transformed by gay agent Henry Willson to superstar Rock Hudson. Rock Hudson and Gee Nar — gay BFFs or somethg more?
THE BT GAY BARS SAN FRANCIS
Early drag queens like Jean Mal helped bohemian gay culture thrive – before mob vlence, Nazism and Hollywood homophobia drove back unrground<br><br> * gay trapeze *
Gay actor Sal Meo was the go-to boy to play a troubled teen — and never more overtly gay than Rebel Whout a Cse.
1950s heartthrob Tab Hunter was another gay hunk whose reer was built (and then stroyed) by agent Henry Willson. Tab Hunter's homosexualy was an "open secret" until he officially me out a memoir and new film. Gay buddi Tab Hunter and Roddy McDowall: "Ssage or ke?
Before Mizer there were bodybuilrs and men who photographed them, but AMG photos, even those of the same men, were different, subtly provotive, discreetly aimed at a gay dience. They weren't nu but showed as much as the law allowed 1951 Mizer lnched Physique Pictorial, Ameri's first disputably gay magaze, brgg his photos of top bodybuilrs to grateful rears worldwi.
GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
From the Castro District to famo bars om history, San Francis is full of gay bars, clubs and mojre. * gay trapeze *
Wh his swgg trapeze and aerial straps acts he has worked barets, big tented shows and large outdoor ftivals around the world cludg Germany, Mexi, Atralia, Canada, and the UK, and he jt released a 20-mute vio that cheerfully lv to the topic of how to make circ more artist Eric McGillWhy do he advote for more reprentatn and normalizatn of gay inti circ acts and shows? ”McGill further explas the impet for his vio project, “I have been workg on a special vio documentary talkg about gay reprentatn the circ.
“We talk about the creative procs behd buildg romance to an act, and the challeng one fac when tryg to reprent gay romance on stage a way that is both palatable and not too subtle to be read. Born 1899 as Vanr Cly Broadway, Barbette was a gay trapeze and tightrope artist om Round Rock, Texas, who performed drag on world-famo stag like Moul Rouge the 1920s and ’30s. ” This gay trapeze and tightrope artist was raised Round Rock, Texas.