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🌈 Classic Gay Men celebrates LGBTQ+ history, literature, film, art and music—uncovering hidden gems and forgotten voices. Follow @classicgaymen.bsky.social for rare archives, timeless stories, and deep dives into queer culture! #ClassicGayMen

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"𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 our 𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙘𝙮, 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚." #classicgaymen

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From the #gayarchives:

San Francisco 1970s

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#bestgayever films:

Brother Of Sleep

Director Joseph Vilsmaier

1995

In the early 19th century, Johannes Elias Alder is born in a small village in the Austria. Considered strange by the other villagers and discovers his love of music, especially rebuilding and playing the organ at the church.

Brother Of Sleep | 1995 | Schlafes Bruder (original title)

In the beginning of the 19th century, Johannes Elias Alder is born in a small village in the Austrian mountains. While growing up he is considered strange by the other villagers and discovers his love...

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#catchofthegay :
gay quotes

“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”

— Oscar Wilde

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#goodgayreads:

Gay Bar

Jeremy Atherton Lin

2022

As gay bars continue to close at an alarming rate, a writer looks back to find out what’s being lost in this intimate, stylish, and indispensable celebration of queer history.

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#gayvisualartistsyoushouldknow:

Louis Fratino is closely associated with New Queer Intimism, a contemporary art movement inspired by the immediacy and colorwork of Impressionism paired with the intimacy of everyday queer life.

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#songofthegay:
#GayMusicMasters

Release Me

Agnes

2009

Agnes - Release Me (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Agnes

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#onthisdayingayhistory:

October 8

Urvashi Vaid (born October 8, 1958)is born. She is an Indian American LGBT rights activist. For more than 10 years, Vaid worked in various capacities at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF).

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From the #gayarchives:

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#bestgayever films:

Genetica

Chen Shahuda

2022

15-year-old Hemi is pressured into taking swimming lessons by his conservative father. When he stumbles upon a small dance studio, he finds his interest suddenly piqued by both the artform and a flirtatious fellow dancer.

15 min. short

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#goodgayreads:

Left Hand Of Darkness

Ursula K. Le Guin

1969

A lone human ambassador is sent to the icebound planet of Winter, a world without sexual prejudice, where the inhabitants’ gender is fluid. His goal is to facilitate Winter’s inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization.

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Thanks for the correction, was still working on the last post.

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#catchofthegay :
gay quotes

"Being gay in no way means you have it all figured out."

CGM

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#gayvisualartistsyoushouldknow:

Raphael Perez

Raphael "Rafi" Perez (Hebrew: רפי פרץ; born 1965) is an Israeli artist known for his homoerotic gay art and colorful urban landscapes painted in a naïve style.

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#onthisdayingayhistory:

October 7

1996

Two hundred and fifty students in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania walked out of class to protest the school board’s passage of a “pro-family” resolution which banned positive discussion of homosexuality.

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#songofthegay:
#GayMusicMasters

Blondie

Maria

1999

Blondie - Maria

YouTube video by BlondieVEVO

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Black Queer History is American History | GLAAD

As we round out October with LGBTQ History, it’s important to note the amount of BIPOC Queer History that has been an integral part of American history but has unfortunately been largely erased. Queer...

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Oh sorry.

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Boulevard! a Hollywood Story (2021)

The strange story of star Gloria Swanson's attempt to enlist two young songwriters and romantic partners in adapting Sunset Boulevard into a musical.

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I would like to feature you on @classicgaymen.bsky.social. What do you think?

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I love his work and it's featured throughout the film. Perhaps I could feature him here on the page. A great documentary.

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Capitole of Toulouse

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#onthisdayingayhistory:

1791

France

France was the first Western European country to decriminalize homosexual acts.

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#songofthegay:
#GayMusicMasters

Handsome Man

Matt Alber

2014

Handsome Man ~ Matt Alber (Official)

YouTube video by mattalber

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#gayvisualartistsyoushouldknow:

TM Davy (born 1980) is a New York-based painter. Davy paints and draws in the style of social realism and portraiture, recognizable for his keen sense of light and color depicting both the human and non-human.

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#goodgayreads:

Song Of The Loon

Richard Amory

1966

His coming was heralded ... eagerly awaited by the lonely noblemen of the forest, and they guided him in his search for new meanings to the word love ... for a new self, that he must learn to love before the love of others could be truly his.