Gay Icons and History: August 2010
A Book You May Have Missed: vintage cover
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | August 30, 2010 9:30 AM |Wow. If I'd known all lesbians were midgets who get off by riding giant leather boots, my whole life might have been different!...Read More
Noel McKay: vintage (vinyl) album cover
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | August 26, 2010 11:30 AM |Stumbled upon this album, not knowing the performer but knowing I'd want to share this on Bilerico in case some of you remember him. Turns out it was pretty easy to find a little information on Mr. McKay's work at...Read More
Old San Fran Bath Goes to the Dogs
Filed by Bil Browning | August 25, 2010 5:00 PM |There's nothing more ecologically sound than reusing old buildings for new purposes instead of watching them crumble or razing them to build something new. In this case, however, a former gay bath in San Francisco is going to the dogs....Read More
The Nude Photographer: vintage photo
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | August 24, 2010 4:30 PM |Antique photo (1908) of a handsome naked photographer cleverly posed behind an antique camera. Anyone else wondering if if the person who took the photo was also naked? Probably not safe for work so it's after the jump....Read More
Celebrity, Role Models and the Sportswriter
Filed by Mercedes Allen | August 23, 2010 1:00 PM |LA Weekly has a very long, thorough and heartbreaking look at the story of Christine Daniels / Mike Penner that is worth reading. The article's not always comfortable to read. I'm not going to analyze all of it here, but...Read More
Military Woman: antique photos
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | August 23, 2010 9:30 AM |I have no idea who these women are, but the uniform appears to be WWI era. Can any of the brilliant minds here can shed some light on this history mystery? I love these photos, and wish I knew more...Read More
It's a (gay) Jungle Out There: vintage pulp
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | August 19, 2010 11:30 AM |Perhaps in Mr. Evans' dreams? Deliciously bad cover art on this gem. Has anyone read it? The "types" are great. My fave is the Beatnik -- the beret really does it for me....Read More
Stephen Wayne Foster, Activist & Scholar
Filed by Jesse Monteagudo | August 16, 2010 4:00 PM |Stephen Wayne Foster is almost a Native Floridian. Though he was born in Virginia in 1943, he moved with his family to Miami a year later and grew up in Miami Shores. Foster studied at Miami-Dade College and the University...Read More
Sex and Gender in Salon Society: antique photo
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | August 10, 2010 1:30 PM |Special thanks to reader Amanda for sharing this fantastic image of one of the most interesting private parties I've seen. It raises so many intriguing questions about the people, the relationships, the reason for the celebration, and the high-class locale....Read More
Tyra Hunter Medical Transphobia Death 15th Anniversary
Filed by Monica Roberts | August 08, 2010 11:30 AM |Yesterday marked another sad anniversary. It was the 15th anniversary of the death of Tyra Hunter on August 7, 1995 at the hands of Washington DC transphobes. Transphobes who sadly held the titles of doctor, nurse and emergency medical technician....Read More
Halycon Days of Summer: vintage photo
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | August 05, 2010 11:30 AM |Guessing this was shot in the late 1920s or early 1930s. Two lovely women making merry on a summer's day, sharing a blissful moment in the shade....Read More
Sometimes a hot dog is just a hot dog: Vintage Hollywood
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | August 04, 2010 12:30 PM |A very coy photo of two stars who were closeted for most of their lives. That's Roddy McDowell on the right -- and I believe that's Tab Hunter (?) serving him an all-beef wiener. So to speak....Read More
Queers Read This
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 03, 2010 1:30 PM |Bash Back pointed out on their blog that it's been 20 years since "Queers Read This" was first published and distributed. I was going to try to say something interesting on this, but rereading it now and understanding it in...Read More
