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:
- NEWLY PUBLISHED PORTRAS DOCUMENT A CENTURY OF GAY MEN LOVE
- 100 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF GAY MEN LOVE
- PHOTOGRAPHS REVEAL EVERYDAY LIFE OF GAY UPL THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY
NEWLY PUBLISHED PORTRAS DOCUMENT A CENTURY OF GAY MEN LOVE
“Lovg” featur around 300 photos that offer an timate look at gay relatnships between the 1850s and 1950s. Gay Rights,. The Victorian Era marked a huge shift the treatment of homosexualy.
The Brish had been plete nial about the prence of homosexualy wh their untry. Durg the 19th century the silence England was broken, and police began actively fightg the "problem" of homosexualy.
However, the laws were selectively applied and th were not a great threat to gay men, as long as they were discreet and avoid sndal. Gay men were monly seen by society as perverts who had chosen their sexualy, or as diseased dividuals whose sexualy was ed by their upbrgg and blogy, and not somethg they were born wh.
100 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF GAY MEN LOVE
Doctors and psychologists, believg that homosexualy uld be cured, tried methods such as hypnosis and aversn therapy. A late 19th century gay uple.
A middle-aged gay uple the late 1800s.
PHOTOGRAPHS REVEAL EVERYDAY LIFE OF GAY UPL THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Gay uple the 1850s-60s. Gay uple the late 1800s Ameri. A gay uple, 1878.
Gay uple, . Gay men om the 1800s. When Douglas's father grew spic about their relatnship, he lnched a mpaign agast Wil that eventually led to his arrt on grounds of gross cency ( for beg gay) and was sentenced to two years Wil was released, the two tried to rekdle their love, only to be forced apart by their fai, who threatened to whhold funds.