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Contents:

• THE GAY FIGURE ARTISTS ARE REIMAGG THE MALE GAZE
• GAY MEN POSTERS AND ART PRTS
• NEWLY PUBLISHED PORTRAS DOCUMENT A CENTURY OF GAY MEN LOVE
• GAY HSAR ART: GRAN WHO STCK A POSE FOR A EE LUNCH

THE GAY FIGURE ARTISTS ARE REIMAGG THE MALE GAZE

The imag are often ma rponse to and nversatn wh historil artworks and referenc such as the vanas motif, relig patgs, and inic gay artists who shaped my unrstandg of queer self-reprentatn, like Pedro Lemebel, David Wojnarowicz, and Robert Mapplethorpe.

GAY MEN POSTERS AND ART PRTS

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NEWLY PUBLISHED PORTRAS DOCUMENT A CENTURY OF GAY MEN LOVE

We started filmg gay bars wh a GoPro mera 2014, wh no particular oute md.

Before we knew Candy Bar, the Gee and Dragon, and Joers Arms—all by, succsful, and culturally important gay bars London—had shut their doors followed by a spate of other closur natnally.

GAY HSAR ART: GRAN WHO STCK A POSE FOR A EE LUNCH

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