'100 Years of Men Love': New film unearths old stori of gay romance

NEWLY PUBLISHED PORTRAS DOCUMENT A CENTURY OF GAY MEN LOVE

Our celebratn of post-war gay, bisexual, and straight movie stars wearg next to nothg at all. * 1950s gay photos *

One such muny was Cherry Grove, which is the subject of an exhibn at the New-York Historil Society tled Safe/Haven: Gay Life 1950s Cherry Grove. As a trans woman, I fely felt like I was not prent Cherry Grove at that time, but gay men and women were there, rvg out space that I get to hab today. Soon the “theater people” would start to formulate a strong muny where people were able to be openly gay; they uld cross-drs and play wh genr mak the photos so wonrful is that they are very rare.

Simply havg photos veloped that reflected homosexualy uld get you arrted.

A GLIMPSE OF GAY PRI THE 1950S

* 1950s gay photos *

We have a lot of lost history that was thrown away, so the photos om the archiv add so much to our knowledge of what gay life was like.

The people are iendly, and we have always been on the ont of LGBTQ+ rights and fightg for eedom to be out and the 1950s, there was no nng water and no electricy, but gay men and women were happy to be roughg bee they were ee to be themselv.

17 INCREDIBLE PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW MEN IN LOVE FROM THE 1850S TO 1950S WHEN BEG GAY WAS ILLEGAL

A historic image gallery showg gay upl om the days when beg gay was lerally a crime worldwi is displayed the new book "Lovg: A Photographic History of Men Love, 1850s-1950s." The work of Hugh Ni and Neal Treadwell featur a llectn of historil imag of gay upl that they both llected throughout their liv. * 1950s gay photos *

If you were gay the cy, you went to the dark and dgy bars, which were n by the Mafia, and at any time uld be raid by the police and you uld be Cherry Grove, the police would leave on the last ferry to the maland at midnight, allowg same-sex dancg and open exprsns of affectn to occur the lol bars and rtrants.

Each year, thoands of people e together to drs up and celebrate Inpennce Day the gayt way possible … wh hundreds of drag queens on a ferry returng to the P to keep the tradn gog. When muny members Cherry Grove would pass away, their straight fay members would clean out their ho to sell bee they did not want to live a “gay town.

PNEERG PHOTOGRAPHS OF GAY LIFE THE 1960S

Anthony Friedk photographed gay culture California the 1960s * 1950s gay photos *

The fay members often threw out any evince of their gay uncl or s. When we saw the photos om Seeley's llectn, we saw that was addg somethg to the lexin of gay life. Whenever people show somethg a documentary or a book, most of the photos of gay life start at Stonewall and go on om there.

We feel lucky that the NYHS saw the value gay history, bee not everyone the Stonewall Mm, most of the patrons are queer. “Lovg” featur around 300 photos that offer an timate look at gay relatnships between the 1850s and 1950s. Gay Rights,.