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The Piers circa 1979
Photography by Miron Zownir
from “NYC RIP” published 2015
Photography by Miron Zownir
from “NYC RIP” published 2015
November 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The Piers circa 1979
Photography by Miron Zownir
from “NYC RIP” published 2015
Photography by Miron Zownir
from “NYC RIP” published 2015
West Street bars NYC circa 1980
Photography by Leonard Fink
Courtesy the LGBT Community Center NYC
Photography by Leonard Fink
Courtesy the LGBT Community Center NYC
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
West Street bars NYC circa 1980
Photography by Leonard Fink
Courtesy the LGBT Community Center NYC
Photography by Leonard Fink
Courtesy the LGBT Community Center NYC
West Street bars circa 1980
Photography by Leonard Fink
Courtesy the LGBT Community Center NYC
Photography by Leonard Fink
Courtesy the LGBT Community Center NYC
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
West Street bars circa 1980
Photography by Leonard Fink
Courtesy the LGBT Community Center NYC
Photography by Leonard Fink
Courtesy the LGBT Community Center NYC
Castro Street Fair San Francisco CA late 1980’s (from an unscanned archival photo set)
Photography by Crawford Wayne Barton
Courtesy GLBT Historical Society San Francisco
Photography by Crawford Wayne Barton
Courtesy GLBT Historical Society San Francisco
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Castro Street Fair San Francisco CA late 1980’s (from an unscanned archival photo set)
Photography by Crawford Wayne Barton
Courtesy GLBT Historical Society San Francisco
Photography by Crawford Wayne Barton
Courtesy GLBT Historical Society San Francisco
Polaroid
Andy Warhol circa 1977
Andy Warhol circa 1977
November 6, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Polaroid
Andy Warhol circa 1977
Andy Warhol circa 1977
Pier 46 NYC circa 1979
Photography by Leonard Fink
Courtesy the LGBT Community Center NYC
Photography by Leonard Fink
Courtesy the LGBT Community Center NYC
November 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Pier 46 NYC circa 1979
Photography by Leonard Fink
Courtesy the LGBT Community Center NYC
Photography by Leonard Fink
Courtesy the LGBT Community Center NYC
Diary of an Ice Cream Van Man.
Mr Russell Watkyn, who worked for Lyons Maid Ice Cream Company (1950-1985) took photos of the men he’d meet on his route. He’d document his work in a collection of 28 photo albums. Here are two that I was allowed to take pictures of. Courtesy Bishopsgate Institute.
Mr Russell Watkyn, who worked for Lyons Maid Ice Cream Company (1950-1985) took photos of the men he’d meet on his route. He’d document his work in a collection of 28 photo albums. Here are two that I was allowed to take pictures of. Courtesy Bishopsgate Institute.
October 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Diary of an Ice Cream Van Man.
Mr Russell Watkyn, who worked for Lyons Maid Ice Cream Company (1950-1985) took photos of the men he’d meet on his route. He’d document his work in a collection of 28 photo albums. Here are two that I was allowed to take pictures of. Courtesy Bishopsgate Institute.
Mr Russell Watkyn, who worked for Lyons Maid Ice Cream Company (1950-1985) took photos of the men he’d meet on his route. He’d document his work in a collection of 28 photo albums. Here are two that I was allowed to take pictures of. Courtesy Bishopsgate Institute.
Juan Carlos Nagel, doorman & Pascal Aldebert
Active Duty party at the Probe, Los Angeles circa 1982
📸 by Rose de Castro
Courtesy of and ©️ by Gary Wallen
Active Duty party at the Probe, Los Angeles circa 1982
📸 by Rose de Castro
Courtesy of and ©️ by Gary Wallen
October 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Juan Carlos Nagel, doorman & Pascal Aldebert
Active Duty party at the Probe, Los Angeles circa 1982
📸 by Rose de Castro
Courtesy of and ©️ by Gary Wallen
Active Duty party at the Probe, Los Angeles circa 1982
📸 by Rose de Castro
Courtesy of and ©️ by Gary Wallen
Michael Fesco at the Ice Palace, Cherry Grove, Fire Island circa 1970
Photo courtesy the Saint Foundation and Archives
Michael Fresco founded the Ice Palace on Fire Island and the Flamingo NYC
Photo courtesy the Saint Foundation and Archives
Michael Fresco founded the Ice Palace on Fire Island and the Flamingo NYC
October 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Michael Fesco at the Ice Palace, Cherry Grove, Fire Island circa 1970
Photo courtesy the Saint Foundation and Archives
Michael Fresco founded the Ice Palace on Fire Island and the Flamingo NYC
Photo courtesy the Saint Foundation and Archives
Michael Fresco founded the Ice Palace on Fire Island and the Flamingo NYC
Photo album scans of Houston social group ‘The Wolfpack’, a gay social group circa early 1990’s
Photo albums courtesy Bruce Chambers
Scans courtesy JD Doyle via Houston LGBT Archives
Photo albums courtesy Bruce Chambers
Scans courtesy JD Doyle via Houston LGBT Archives
October 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Photo album scans of Houston social group ‘The Wolfpack’, a gay social group circa early 1990’s
Photo albums courtesy Bruce Chambers
Scans courtesy JD Doyle via Houston LGBT Archives
Photo albums courtesy Bruce Chambers
Scans courtesy JD Doyle via Houston LGBT Archives
July, 1978
📸 by ©️ Christopher Makos
Courtesy Fahey/Klein
📸 by ©️ Christopher Makos
Courtesy Fahey/Klein
October 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
July, 1978
📸 by ©️ Christopher Makos
Courtesy Fahey/Klein
📸 by ©️ Christopher Makos
Courtesy Fahey/Klein
Bill Curtis as Daddy
Scan from “Love, Daddy”, a London Enterprises publication c. 1983
Scan from “Love, Daddy”, a London Enterprises publication c. 1983
October 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Bill Curtis as Daddy
Scan from “Love, Daddy”, a London Enterprises publication c. 1983
Scan from “Love, Daddy”, a London Enterprises publication c. 1983
German Teacher, circa 1977. Photography by ©️ Christopher Makos. Courtesy Fahey Klein Gallery.
October 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
German Teacher, circa 1977. Photography by ©️ Christopher Makos. Courtesy Fahey Klein Gallery.
Good times. Photography by ©️ Christopher Makos, circa 1978.
October 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Good times. Photography by ©️ Christopher Makos, circa 1978.
Short shorts. Photography by ©️ Christopher Makos, circa 1977. Courtesy Daniel Cooney Fine Art.
October 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Short shorts. Photography by ©️ Christopher Makos, circa 1977. Courtesy Daniel Cooney Fine Art.
Michael Lynch by Richard Giard c 1984
Courtesy the ©️ Estate of Richard Giard
Courtesy the ©️ Estate of Richard Giard
October 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Michael Lynch by Richard Giard c 1984
Courtesy the ©️ Estate of Richard Giard
Courtesy the ©️ Estate of Richard Giard
‘Man on motorcycle’ by Robert Giard
Courtesy ©️ The Robert Giard Foundation
Courtesy ©️ The Robert Giard Foundation
September 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
‘Man on motorcycle’ by Robert Giard
Courtesy ©️ The Robert Giard Foundation
Courtesy ©️ The Robert Giard Foundation
Inaugural edition of Folsom Street Fair, San Francisco c 1984
📸 by Robert Pruzan (scans from Drummer magazine c 1984 v 9 no 79)
📸 by Robert Pruzan (scans from Drummer magazine c 1984 v 9 no 79)
September 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Inaugural edition of Folsom Street Fair, San Francisco c 1984
📸 by Robert Pruzan (scans from Drummer magazine c 1984 v 9 no 79)
📸 by Robert Pruzan (scans from Drummer magazine c 1984 v 9 no 79)
CMC Carnival San Francisco c 1975, the predecessor to the Folsom Street Fair
📸 by William Gedney, all courtesy ©️ Duke University Archives
📸 by William Gedney, all courtesy ©️ Duke University Archives
September 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
CMC Carnival San Francisco c 1975, the predecessor to the Folsom Street Fair
📸 by William Gedney, all courtesy ©️ Duke University Archives
📸 by William Gedney, all courtesy ©️ Duke University Archives
Hard Lessons (for Zeus), Mach Quarterly No 5 v2 1983 (a Drummer Publication)
September 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hard Lessons (for Zeus), Mach Quarterly No 5 v2 1983 (a Drummer Publication)
Photography by Crawford Wayne Barton
Courtesy and from the archives at GLBT Historical Society San Francisco
Courtesy and from the archives at GLBT Historical Society San Francisco
September 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Photography by Crawford Wayne Barton
Courtesy and from the archives at GLBT Historical Society San Francisco
Courtesy and from the archives at GLBT Historical Society San Francisco
A stolen outtake.
Burt Reynolds for Cosmopolitan magazine by Francesco Scavullo c 1972
Burt Reynolds for Cosmopolitan magazine by Francesco Scavullo c 1972
August 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A stolen outtake.
Burt Reynolds for Cosmopolitan magazine by Francesco Scavullo c 1972
Burt Reynolds for Cosmopolitan magazine by Francesco Scavullo c 1972
Unknown man, Westside Piers, NYC c 1979
Photography by ©️ Peter Hujar
Photography by ©️ Peter Hujar
August 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Unknown man, Westside Piers, NYC c 1979
Photography by ©️ Peter Hujar
Photography by ©️ Peter Hujar
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If you have a mustache, I automatically assume you’re gay.
August 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM
If you have a mustache, I automatically assume you’re gay.
Wolfgang Tillmans - Rein ne nous y préparait (Centre Pompidou, ete 2025)
August 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Wolfgang Tillmans - Rein ne nous y préparait (Centre Pompidou, ete 2025)