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.
Contents:
- BROOKLYN ARTIST LOUIS FRATO IS DEPICTG GAY MALE SEX AND INTIMACY THE MORE CHILL GEN Z ERA OF PREP
- 100 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF GAY MEN LOVE
- NEWLY PUBLISHED PORTRAS DOCUMENT A CENTURY OF GAY MEN LOVE
- THE GAY FIGURE ARTISTS ARE REIMAGG THE MALE GAZE
- HIDN PLA SIGHT: HOW GAY ARTISTS EXPRSED FORBIDN SIRE
BROOKLYN ARTIST LOUIS FRATO IS DEPICTG GAY MALE SEX AND INTIMACY THE MORE CHILL GEN Z ERA OF PREP
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The enigmatic actor, art llector, gay activist, globetrotter, and doyenne of the SoHo scene has, along wh his late partner J.
100 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF GAY MEN LOVE
* gay love in art *
Together, the pair found the Llie-Lohman Mm of Gay and Lbian Art—the first stutn of s kd—which is down the block, on Wooster, unassumg Llie happened to poke his head out to the hallway to terme the e of the ck; before he uld shut the door, a group om the art magaze I worked for had charged their way through. This somewhat jad crew of crics was ankly awed to fd every available surface the dky, crimson Prce Street loft absolutely vered—let me repeat: vered—wh explicly homoerotic art all styl and media, cludg var se-specific murals. At the start of his and Lohman’s llectg days, more than 60 years ago, “gay imagery was unfortunately the hands of pornographers exclively, ” Llie lamented.
Photo by Max Burkhalter for wi-rangg llectn gently illtrat the changg landspe of public gay life and the civil rights advanc crementally gaed sce he began discreetly buyg homoerotic art the 1950s. When the llectn began to take shape, sodomy was outlawed ( still is several stat), and gays uld be refed service at bars and other there were numerable challeng to gog about buildg such a libido, Uranian llectn. Much like homosexualy self, gay art was hidn away—tucked the back rooms of galleri, wh entry granted by s and vert nods passed between figur who had to read the other as part of their circle.
NEWLY PUBLISHED PORTRAS DOCUMENT A CENTURY OF GAY MEN LOVE
Gay 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. Dpe what many hate groups would like to have you believe, gay love is jt as natural and betiful as straight, whether middle-school csh or long-term relatnships. The Advote has all the latt on gay love and sex, om historil viewpots of LGBT relatnships throughout time to verage of a Hollywood that is fally reprentg the diverse bety of LGBT relatnships. * gay love in art *
Generally, homoerotic works “were ma for iends, ” Llie said, and they’ve only more recently been g to the market.
THE GAY FIGURE ARTISTS ARE REIMAGG THE MALE GAZE
Born the remote town of Deadwood, South Dakota, 1933, Llie had saved enough money by the time he was 17 to take a b to Los Angel, where he enuntered his first gay muny. After his two-year stt was up, Llie enrolled the Sorbonne Paris before travelg throughout Europe, livg Venice and Amsterdam, known as the gay pal of post-war Europe.
HIDN PLA SIGHT: HOW GAY ARTISTS EXPRSED FORBIDN SIRE
Tipped off by a iend, Llie “found a ltle old ticky-tacky shop, ” as he relled, that trafficked the sale of homoerotic art.