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

Contents:

• 100 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF GAY MEN LOVE
• ‘COULDN’T BELIEVE I WAS SEEG ’: HOME MOVI OFFER RARE GLIMPSE OF GAY LIFE ST. LOUIS 1945
• GAY OLD CUM PORN VIOS
• WATCH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 'THE OLD GAYS' MEET A YOUNG FAN WHO LOV DRS
• FIVE YEARS OLD AND GAY RURAL, WTERN KANSAS
• 6 - SEX AND OLR GAY MEN
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• THE CURSE OF AN ATTRACTN TO OLR GAY MEN
• THE OLR GENERATN TO YOUNG GAY MEN: "WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU COMPLAG?"
• SOME OLR GAY MEN DATE YOUNGER PARTNERS – BUT THE REASONS ARE MORE PLEX THAN YOU THK

100 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF GAY MEN LOVE

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

Dozens of gay men gather for a pool party a seclud spot Hillsboro, Missouri.

GAY OLD CUM PORN VIOS

Louis filmmaker Geoff Story has begun weavg the films to a documentary, “Gay Home Movie.

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

” 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. 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.

FIVE YEARS OLD AND GAY RURAL, WTERN KANSAS

”‘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.

6 - SEX AND OLR GAY MEN

In the '60s, Eaton remembers lookg over his shoulr as he ventured to gay bars like Mart’s, near Unn Statn. Gay life, like all life St. The only Ain-Amerins the pool party footage are wearg whe uniforms, servg food to the other elaborate gathergs likely were nied to gay men who were not wealthy and whe, Psaczyk said.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Betty Neeley said she was never the closet and that her mother even drove her to first gay bar. The hntg imag are nfirmatn that gay men did live and love at a time when no one dared to even speak of same-sex attractn. 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.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

”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.

”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.

THE CURSE OF AN ATTRACTN TO OLR GAY MEN

”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 OLR GENERATN TO YOUNG GAY MEN: "WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU COMPLAG?"

”"The Old Gays" now have a lifelong fan Evan’s mom.

SOME OLR GAY MEN DATE YOUNGER PARTNERS – BUT THE REASONS ARE MORE PLEX THAN YOU THK

“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. It prents a ntemporary llectn of queer and gay photography, full of variety, power, and tensy. It featur more than 50 queer and gay photographers om more than 20 untri.