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Laurel and Hardy: 1930s Gay Couple
One Christmastime in junior high, around 1973 or 1974, I happen to be walking through the room while Grandma Davis and her friend are watching an old black and white movie on tv. Two guys, one fat and...
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The Jonas Brothers: I Wanna Be Like You
The Jonas Brothers, consisting of Nick (born 1992), Joe (born 1989, left), and Kevin (born 1987), were already popular performers, recording several albums and appearing on MTV, the Cartoon Network,...
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Aaron Stone: Superhero and Android
The Disney Channel is famous for its teencoms, light comedies about teenagers in real-life situations, sometimes with a paranormal element. But Aaron Stone (2009-2010) was action-adventure, with...
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When Does Cuddling Just Mean Cuddling?
Plains, August 2016Lots of Grindr profiles, especially from younger guys, specify that they want to "Cuddle." I'm all for cuddling, especially at the end of the act, so I figured they meant "Cuddling...
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Dom Deluise and Sons: Gay Stereotypes Were a Step Forward
The most flamboyantly feminine actor in the 1970s was not Paul Lynde or Charles Nelson Reilly: it was Dom Deluise (below), who played gay-coded roles in many of his buddy Burt Reynold's movies (Smokey...
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I Become Jameer's Boy Toy
Plains, August 2014I love the first day of class: new classes, new opportunities, and acres of new beefcake to scope out: collegiate jocks in tight t-shirts, nervous freshmen, cute nerds, chubby...
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Ballet Beefcake and Bulges
Although actors are increasingly likely to be shirtless on tv and in movies, their bulges are carefully hidden from view, sometimes literally taped back. Ballet is the only art form where bulges are...
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I'm Too Sexy for This Song
When I was living in West Hollywood in the spring of 1992, everybody loved and hated the song "I'm Too Sexy," with a strong dance beat and lyrics like:I'm too sexy for my shirt, so sexy it hurts.I'm...
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I Get With Every Guy at a Bath House in Western Illinois
Plains, August 2016On the way back from a visit to my parents in Indiana, I saw a listing for a bath house called The Hole in the Wall, in the countryside outside of Galesburg, Illinois.I've been to...
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12 Disabled Dates and Handicapped Hookups
20% of the population has a disability. 10% has a severe disability, requiring special aids to engage in everyday activities. 10% is a lot. If you hookup once a week, you'll be going down on five...
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The Physique Photographs of Bruce of L.A.
Everyone's heard of Physique Pictorial, the groundbreaking magazine that displayed male semi-nudes in the desolate years before Stonewall. But Bob Mizer wasn't the only physique photographer selling...
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Samson, the Biblical Muscleman
The famous muscleman Samson appears in the Hebrew Bible in Judges 13-16. His long hair is the source of superhuman strength, allowing him to wreak all sorts of mischief on the evil Philistines. But...
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Jester, the Blind Boy with the Footlong
San Bernardino, June 1997My friend David and I have driven down from San Francisco to visit West Hollywood, and now we're spending the weekend with Fred in San Bernardino. He has just broken up with...
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The Boy Who Fought Mutants: Lee H. Montgomery
When I moved to Los Angeles in 1985, my mother called every week, usually early Saturday morning, and asked "What stars have you met?" But she wasn't familiar with most of the actors of my generation,...
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The Blind Boy with the Footlong Finds His Way Into Fred's Bed
Rock Island, December 1999After my ex-boyfriend Fred broke up with Matt, his partner of ten years, in the spring of 1996, he almost immediately started dating Jester, a blind boy with a very buffed...
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First Day of Class Beefcake and Bulges
Plains, August 2016I love the first day of class. The campus has been mostly deserted all summer, but today it springs to life with thousands of new students and faculty members, dozens of new...
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Spin and Marty: Summer Camp Boys in Love
In the spring of 1955, William Beaudine began casting an adaptation of the novel Marty Markham, about a wealthy mollycoddle who learns to be a regular fella at summer camp. When buzz-cut jock Tim...
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Are Muscles Sexy or Dangerous?
Do you want to kiss this guy or beat him up?Today I was on the treadmill at the gym, flipping through the channels, when I came across Mark Wahlberg with his shirt off -- always a reason to stop and...
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What Do You Have Under the Hood?
Rock Island, August 1977When I was growing up in Rock Island, most boys were obsessed with being "men," doing exactly what men were supposed to do and nothing else. The slightest of shifts in your...
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I Spend the Night with Fred's Son
Indianapolis, July 2012 During my last year in Upstate New York, I got an email from my ex-boyfriend Fred: "Guess what -- I just got a job offer in Indianapolis, near your parents!""Indianapolis,...
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