This unconfirmed photo is believed to be of a young Rock Hudson around the time that he served in the Navy.
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Celebrity Nudes
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Athletes as Sex Symbols
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| Soccer player Oakes showing off his nuts |
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It seems that the rugger soccer captain posed for FamousMales.com. If you are resourceful with search engines and lucky, there still might be some copies of his video escapades out there to be viewed. Oakes certainly can have multiple careers--one on the sporting field and the other as a male model.
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| Sacha Harding |
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| German tennis star Roger Federer |
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Happy Valentine's Day! Lust and Love: The Art of Roger Payne
Roger Payne's art of men engaging in intimate pleasures has made him very famous, although most fans don't know much about the man behind the images. It's reported that Roger's adult gay sketches started as a hobby in the 1970's when he was a teenager. His fantasies were sparked by the men he would see living and working all around him, and he was able to translate "everyday guys" into visions of what might happen in private, given the right opportunities. He studied at London’s St. Martin’s School of Modern Art. For a while, Roger made a living by making historic illustrations for children’s books. Later, he was invited to work for publications like Advocate Men and Handjobs. When the Internet came into millions of homes, his works exploded everywhere. There have been at least three collections of his art, including 2007's ROGER which have become treasured by his admirers.
Roger's work is defined by very realistic-drawn guys often in their work clothes or situations and conveys their most intimate emotions as they climax. As already noted, books have been printed that are collections of Roger's works. The first collection included drawings which were complemented with stories about horny younger men who willingly offered themselves to the lusts of somewhat older, often very hairy and well-endowed studs. A great deal of thought goes into his artwork. Just look at the facial expressions of his men coupling in order to appreciate how each is experiencing the sex from their own perspective.
While it's sold out in many places, “Men by Roger" may still available in some book stores and Internet sites. It's been reported that 3,000 copies were published. There are no stories related to the images in this book; just ninety drawings, five of which in full color. The pages of this book are packed with hairy soldiers, sailors, construction workers, police officers, and cowboys.
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Chad Johnson
An early William Higgins favorite, 6' 2" Chad had the perfected beach stud suntan and physique. His debut performance was in William Higgins’ Pipeline.
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Simon Dexter
Simon Dexter is reported to come in at 6' tall and 165 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes. A stunning fashion model these days, Simon (also known as Simon Czaplines and Harley) has also done some more erotic work earlier in his career.
Simon Dexter aka Simon Czaplinski also aka Harley.
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Something New (From an Old Source)
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More Jamie
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1972 Euro Cosmo Man
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The Normal Heart
This important film is not easy for many to watch because of the horrific subject matter, which is probably why it did not receive the success that it deserved. Peter Travers of Rolling Stonemagazine praised the film: "Written, directed and acted with a passion that radiates off the screen, The Normal Heart is drama at its most incendiary, a blunt instrument that is also poetic and profound. As gay men in crisis, Taylor Kitsch, Jim Parsons and Joe Mantello (who also played Ned onstage) all excel. But it's Kramer, still raging over what's not being done, who tears at your heart." For the Rolling Stone review, please follow here.
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Ivan Prescott
Please stay tuned for more photos of Ivan
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More Ivan
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Easter Parade
For years now, New Orleans has been having a gay-related social event called the Easter Parade. But this has nothing to do with that. This is all about The Judy. In more closeted times, gays used the term "friend of Dorothy" to refer to themselves in mixed company, in homage to Garland's role as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. Today, Garland isn't as well known among the younger gay generation, but she still holds a special place in the hearts of many. Judy Garland was hugely popular among gays during her lifetime. Her concerts were major gay meeting places, and in her later years, she made money singing at gay piano bars. Garland's father was gay, as were her studio-executive mentor and two of her five husbands. She had many gay friends and went to parties where she joked that she was the only woman present. But her appeal was based on more than her own acceptance of gays.
As Dorothy, Judy Garland portrayed a misunderstood kid from a small town who has an amazing adventure in a Technicolor world. The central message of The Wizard of Oz is that you will find what you're looking for inside yourself. That message resonated with gays of the era who yearned to come out into a colorful world and live what was inside of them.
While prejudice against gays is still common, the public is generally more tolerant these days. Homosexuals aren't as strictly closeted as in Garland's day, and her image doesn't strike such a deep chord. But her plucky strength and sweetness continue to win admirers among people of all orientations.
MGM, 1948, Color, 104 minutes
Produced by: Arthur Freed
Directed by: Charles Walters
Screen Play by: Sidney Sheldon, Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Lyrics and Music by: Irving Berlin
Musical Numbers Staged and Directed by: Robert Alton
Music Direction: Johnny Green
Orchestration: Conrad Salinger, Van Cleave, Leo Arnaud
Set Decorations: Edwin B. Willis
Women's Costumes by: Irene
Men's Costumes by: Valles
Color by Technicolor
Cast:
Judy Garland (Hannah Brown),
Fred Astaire (Don Hewes),
Peter Lawford (Jonathan Harrow III),
Ann Miller (Nadine Gale),
Jules Munshin (Francois, the Head Waiter)
Produced by: Arthur Freed
Directed by: Charles Walters
Screen Play by: Sidney Sheldon, Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Lyrics and Music by: Irving Berlin
Musical Numbers Staged and Directed by: Robert Alton
Music Direction: Johnny Green
Orchestration: Conrad Salinger, Van Cleave, Leo Arnaud
Set Decorations: Edwin B. Willis
Women's Costumes by: Irene
Men's Costumes by: Valles
Color by Technicolor
Cast:
Judy Garland (Hannah Brown),
Fred Astaire (Don Hewes),
Peter Lawford (Jonathan Harrow III),
Ann Miller (Nadine Gale),
Jules Munshin (Francois, the Head Waiter)
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1965: Perversion for Profit
Back in 1965, George Putnam narrated the short film Perversion for Profit, in which he warned concerned viewers about filthy magazines containing female nudity and even much worse unnatural sexual content. In addition to all sorts of "perversions" that the film singles out, great attention is given to that time-tested threat to civilization, homosexuality. 1965 was a time when the new hippie and beatnik movements were growing in popularity with young people, and along with this movement came new ideas about sexuality and 'free love'. Interestingly, the majority of young men (outside of places like San Francisco) in the early 1960s American hippie movement maintained the same views on homosexuality as their parents. The color short is valuable today in that it serves as a time capsule of how pornography was used as a social weapon and also how media's influence on young men was spun as having perverse ramifications.
Putnam warned of the dangers that modern 1965 society posed to making porn available to young men who were victims to their hormones, by saying "[...] you might ask yourself 'Why this sudden concern? Pornography and sex deviation have always been with mankind.' This is true. But, now, consider another fact: never in the history of the world have the merchants of obscenity, the teachers of unnatural sex acts, had available to them the modern facilities for disseminating this filth. High-speed presses, rapid transportation, mass distribution: all have combined to put the vilest obscenity within reach of every man, woman, and child in the country."
Putnam warned of the dangers that modern 1965 society posed to making porn available to young men who were victims to their hormones, by saying "[...] you might ask yourself 'Why this sudden concern? Pornography and sex deviation have always been with mankind.' This is true. But, now, consider another fact: never in the history of the world have the merchants of obscenity, the teachers of unnatural sex acts, had available to them the modern facilities for disseminating this filth. High-speed presses, rapid transportation, mass distribution: all have combined to put the vilest obscenity within reach of every man, woman, and child in the country."
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Good Times
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April 1947
The 1947 April issue of Popular Mechanics included on page 84 this advertisement (below) in the top left corner of the page, selling "Inspiring Photographs for your Training Course!!" Such "coded" advertising was a reality of life in the 1940's when gay men had few mainstream media options to sexually identify with. The photographer for this ad was Al Urban, who also invites readers to (printed within the ad itself), whenever in Chicago, phone Kildare 3402 for an appointment to view his work directly at his studio.
Al was a pioneering photographer in the fields of male physique and nudes. It's important to keep in mind that male nudes were risky business in the 1940's and could easily land guys (posing, behind the camera, and/or viewing the images) in jail. His first studio was in New York and it became one of the earliest and most successful producers of such photography. "Strapped" images by Mr. Urban were published in physique magazines and also sold through mail-order systems (via ads such as this one in Popular Mechanics) during the 1940's and 1950's.
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Al was a pioneering photographer in the fields of male physique and nudes. It's important to keep in mind that male nudes were risky business in the 1940's and could easily land guys (posing, behind the camera, and/or viewing the images) in jail. His first studio was in New York and it became one of the earliest and most successful producers of such photography. "Strapped" images by Mr. Urban were published in physique magazines and also sold through mail-order systems (via ads such as this one in Popular Mechanics) during the 1940's and 1950's.
If only the real-life men interested in this guy-girdle (below) looked as sexy as the figure drawn in the ad!
Below: Examples of male nude photography (not the stuff found in the Popular Mechanics ad) by Al Urban. Thanks to JD for sharing a part of his personal collection!
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April 1974
Darris McCord is one of those legendary early models of the magazine who seems to have had a limited photo shooting, yet quickly developed a fan base that continues today. The beefy muscle man first appeared in the April 1974 issue in a very limited set photographs, which was actually very typical for a "Discovery" model who was not a feature. These were supposed to be regular men that the magazine's staff happened to, well, 'discover' and then talked them into dropping their clothes for a few quick pics. Darris was also featured in the "best of" 1974 issue of the magazine, but unfortunately without additional new material to enjoy. An (unconfirmed) story around for a long time has been that this was simply a stage name which (learned after publishing) was perhaps too-similar to that of a famous athlete. In any case, this model's physique continues to be appreciated.
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May 1980
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May 1981
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Vintage guys in heat
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Grooooovy Spring Penis Poppin' Up All Over The Place!
In the 1960s and carrying over into the early 1970s, one of the more popular ways to enjoy looking at photographs of naked men was via 'nudist' or 'natural' magazines. There had been some publications prior to this time period, but by the mid-1960's nudist magazines were able to display male and female nudity without fear of strict government reprisal, thanks to court decisions. Among the decisions, courts had reasoned that individuals could not be convicted of obscenity charges unless the materials depicted “patently offensive hard core sexual conduct.” This meant that many materials dealing with nudity, including magazines, did not qualify as legally obscene.
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