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Hugh Hagius @hughhagius.bsky.social · Jul 26

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The Arrusi of Catania: 45 Men Exiled to Mussolini's Gay Penal Colony

YouTube video by Gay Heroes

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Hugh Hagius @hughhagius.bsky.social · Jun 5

broke & horny soldiers and their gentlemen admirers

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Broke & Horny Soldiers and Their Gentlemen Admirers

YouTube video by Gay Heroes

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Hugh Hagius @hughhagius.bsky.social · May 28

#Burroughs, #Haring, #Gayhistory 🏳️‍🌈

A painting collaboration by William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) and Keith Haring (1958-1990)—Spencer Museum, Lawrence, Kansas. Burroughs and Haring became friends in the 1980s.

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Hugh Hagius @hughhagius.bsky.social · May 27

#WaltWhitman, #SingingThePhallus, #GayHistory 🏳️‍🌈

Passage from Leaves of Grass 1892, p. 79. Emerson advised Whitman to tone it down., but Whitman didn't listen.

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Hugh Hagius @hughhagius.bsky.social · May 26

#VirgenDeGuadalupe, #GayMexico 🏳️‍🌈

Thanks for this kiss!

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Hugh Hagius @hughhagius.bsky.social · May 25

#SanSebastiano, #GayMexico 🏳️‍🌈

We dedicate this miracle to Saint Sebastian for all those who sin for love
--Juan and Martin
April 14, 2012

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Hugh Hagius @hughhagius.bsky.social · May 24

#VirgenDeGuadalupe #Honeymoon #GayMexico 🏳️‍🌈

Martin and Daniel thank the Virgin of Guadalupe because we have been able to marry and be respected by society. And now we are on our honeymoon.

--Distrito Federal
March 19, 2007

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Hugh Hagius @hughhagius.bsky.social · May 23

#SanSebastiano, #GayMexico🏳️‍🌈

Saint Sebastian, we offer this miracle of our love to you. What before was a secret now we can shout out, because we are married and live together happily, thanking you that we have each other.
Saul and Tito
Polanco
Feb 14, 2008

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Hugh Hagius @hughhagius.bsky.social · May 22

#SanJudasTadeo, #GayMexico 🏳️‍🌈

Saint Jude Thaddeus, thank you for your favors. Finally we have achieved what we sought. We can get married. We're thankful for what has happened.--Now we will not hide our love, we women and we men.
D. F., 2010

Hugh Hagius @hughhagius.bsky.social · May 21

#SanSebastiano, #GayMexico 🏳️‍🌈

I, Jesus Antonio, thank Saint Sebastian that when my wife learned about my bisexuality she understood and forgave me, saving our marriage. I dedicate this retablo to you.
--Polanco, 2001

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Hugh Hagius @hughhagius.bsky.social · May 20

#SanSebastiano, #GayMexico 🏳️‍🌈

To avoid suspicion, I got myself a girlfriend. But she insisted on intimacy, so one night I tried, but I was unable to do it. I am grateful to Saint Sebastian that we remain friends and she has promised not to reveal my secret.

--Saul N.
Mexicali

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Hugh Hagius @hughhagius.bsky.social · May 19

#SanSebastiano, GayMexico 🏳️‍🌈
I grew up enduring jokes and insults. My family was ashamed of me. I left home and struggled and made a life for myself, and I am happy. I thank Saint Sebastian for this operation, which changed my life.
--J.A.P. “Noemi”
D.F., Feb. 14, 2000

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Hugh Hagius @hughhagius.bsky.social · May 18

#SanSebastiano, #Bubis, #GayMexico 🏳️‍🌈

I thank Saint Sebastian for the successful surgery on my boobies. Now Carlos loves me very much and we live together happily.
--Yuly
La Condesa, 2007

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Hugh Hagius @hughhagius.bsky.social · May 17

#LasAlmasDePurgatorio, #GayMexico 🏳️‍🌈

I , Roberto Pilar, thank the Poor Souls in Purgatory for their help. From childhood I loved dolls, I dressed up as a girl and my father used to beat me. Then I ran away with Carnicero, and now I live as a woman.
January 11, 1970
Tlalpan

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Hugh Hagius @hughhagius.bsky.social · May 16

#VirgencitaDeSanJuan, #GayMexico 🏳️‍🌈

Leaving a festival, I was chased by thugs, and I commended myself to you, dear Virgin of San Juan, and out came a gentleman to defend me.
--Ricardo “la Carisma”
May 17, 2000

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Hugh Hagius @hughhagius.bsky.social · May 15

#SanSebastiano, #GayMexico 🏳️‍🌈

I thank Saint Sebastian for saving me from being beaten to death by a client who realized at the hotel that I was not a woman. Finding myself in such trouble I appealed to you and here I am.
--Tony (la Paloma)
Mexico City, 1992

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Hugh Hagius @hughhagius.bsky.social · May 14

#Virgencita, #GayMexico 🏳️‍🌈

Karla, la India, 29 years old, in the drag show
Thank you, Dear Virgin!

Barrio Tepito, 2008

Hugh Hagius @hughhagius.bsky.social · May 13

#VirgenDeGuadalupe, #GayMexico 🏳️‍🌈

I had a lot of problems with my family, and the dear Virgin of Guadalupe granted me the miracle that they finally accepted my homosexuality.
--Florencio Lopez
Nov.17, 1970
Distrito Federal

Hugh Hagius @hughhagius.bsky.social · May 12

#VirgenDeGuadalupe, #GayMexico 🏳️‍🌈

Viva el homosexualismo! Viva the Happy Gay Puto! Thank you, Virgin!

--Pedro Reyes

Hugh Hagius @hughhagius.bsky.social · May 11

#SantoNiñoDeAtocha, #GayMexico 🏳️‍🌈
I give thanks to the Holy Child of Atocha because Rober came to live with me. I was in misery not knowing where he was and who he was with. I dedicate this to you with a smile and joy.

--Zona Rosa, June 17, 1968

Hugh Hagius @hughhagius.bsky.social · May 10

#VirgenDeGuadalupe, #GayMexico 🏳️‍🌈
Virgin of Guadalupe, thank you for your consolations. My partner was not at home, so I went up to the roof, and surprise!—there he was in the arms of another. I threw him out. Very painful, but better to make a clean break.
--Alfredo Vale
D.F. 1969

Hugh Hagius @hughhagius.bsky.social · May 9

#SanAntonio, #GayMexico 🏳️‍🌈

Ofelia B. fell in love. They were very afraid their secret would be discovered. They thank Saint Anthony with this retablo because once their children found out, they understood it and supported them.

Hugh Hagius @hughhagius.bsky.social · May 8

sorry i was snarky. i always loved "judy blue eyes"

Hugh Hagius @hughhagius.bsky.social · May 8

what's stephen stills, chopped liver?

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Hugh Hagius @hughhagius.bsky.social · May 8

no credit for stephen stills?