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As you can view, I&#;m mixing things up a bit with this week&#;s Vintage Gay publish. I follow an art blog (you can see it in my blogroll) called ultrawolvesunderthefullmoon and the artwork of this Japanese designer caught my attention. In the images above and below I see male lover men from the s. Their clothing, preppy haircuts, and cleancut look scream s to me.

Ben Kimura (木村べん) b. – d. was a Japanese gay erotic artist who along with George Takeuchi and Sadao Hasegawa, is noted as a central figure in the second wave of contemporary same-sex attracted artists that emerged in Japan in the s.

You can learn more about this painter and see some more of his work here.

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The Photography of Montague Glover

Born in May of in Leamington Spa, a spa town known for its medicinal waters, Montague Charles Glover was a British freelance architect and private photographer. He is best established for his photographs depicting homosexual life in London during the early and mid-twentieth century when homosexuality was illegal. The majority of his oeuvre, shot during a period of increasing persecutions against homosexuals, documented members of the military forces and the working class, whose social class divisions are depicted through their dress.

The youngest of five siblings and the only male minor, Montague Glover entered the British Army in for service in the first World War. He was a member of the Artist Rifles Regiment, a regiment of the Territorial Force which saw active service during the war. Glover was promoted to Second Lieutenant in and was awarded the Military Cross for Bravery in

Glover is notable for his photographs depicting the partnership with his long-time lover, Ralph Edward Hall, who was born in December of in Be

Newly Published Portraits Document a Century of Gay Men in Love

&#;Loving&#; features around photos that suggest an intimate look at men&#;s love between the s and s

When Texas couple Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell stumbled onto a s-era photograph in a Dallas antiques shop some 20 years ago, they were startled to see a relationship that looked much like theirs: two men, embracing and clearly in love.

As Dee Swann writes for the Washington Post, the image spoke to the couple about the history of love between men.

“The open expression of the love that they shared also revealed a moment of determination,” Nini and Treadwell tell the Post. “Taking such a photo, during a time when they would have been less understood than they would be today, was not without risk. We were intrigued that a photo like this could have survived into the [21st] century. Who were they?”

In the decades that followed this initial discovery, the pair came across more than 2, photos of men in love—at first accidentally and later on purpose. The result of their trips to flea markets, shops, estate sales a

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Posted onMay 26,

Here is a great photograph from the Castro in the s I trust. The image is one of many from DJ Mag which posted a great article this past January entitled, It Takes A Village, People: Preserving San Francisco&#;s Gay Disco History.

I dedicate this weekly post, featuring vintage gay photographs, to the men and women who lived in a more critical time where existence true to yourself and loving who you wish wasn’t always an option and came at a great price. Do you have a photo you would like to share? Email me at bosguymail@

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