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Brandon DeWilde Finds the Man of His Dreams
Born in Brooklyn, New York in April 1942, Brandon DeWilde was performing on Broadway at age 7. At age 11, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Shane (1953). That fall he got his own tv series,...
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Brokeback Mountain for the 1950s: Laramie
Fifty years before Brokeback Mountain and twenty years before Zachariah, the tv Western Laramie gave us a portrait of two cowboys in love.Shortly after the Civil War, Slim Sherman (played by an actor...
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Beefcake at the County Fair
I've been to three county fairs in the last month. Not that I'm complaining -- they're a major source of summertime beefcake, as well as a fascinating glimpse into a different world.Fairs originated...
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Lion Boy's Incredible Changing Age
Not the boy from L'Enfant Lion (1993), a movie directed by Patrick Grandperret. This is a weird Tarzan clone from the Golden Age of comic books. He appeared in 16 issues of Hit Comics between 1940...
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Philipp Danne: Teen Horror Hunk
Born in 1985, Philipp Danne is well-known in Germany as a hunk with a chiseled physique who specializes in horror movies: his characters encounter zombies and monsters, a virus that turns you into a...
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Joe Dempsie: From Gay Skin to Gladiator
The two boys checking out each others' packages are Chris and Max (Joe Dempsie, Mitch Hewer) of the British teen drama Skin (2004-2007), which was controversial for its portrayal of teenage nudity, and...
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Making Friends Through Sex on the Plains
There were about 3000 gay clubs and organizations in West Hollywood, but I wasn't much of a joiner. I went to a few meetings of Black and White Men Together, but they had a strict rule against cruising...
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The Kid Named Moosie
How could you not like a kid named Moosie?Born in 1964, Moosie Drier was a force to be reckoned with during the 1970s and 1980s.1. He appeared everywhere. He had recurring roles a kid-regular on the...
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The Bygone Boys of Lake City, Tennessee
I was interested in this photograph from the Bygone Boys tumblr blog, originally from the Tennessee State Library Department of Conservation: two boys with nearly identical faces, one shirtless, facing...
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Extreme Bodybuilding: When Your Biceps are Bigger than Your Head
There are many theories about why most people find muscular male bodies beautiful.1. They represent health and vitality.2. Their strength suggests sexual potency.3. They are able to protect us from a...
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Oliver Hooks Up with Andy Taylor and Opie
West Hollywood, September 1985I've been in California for only a couple of months, but I'm completely star struck! I've met Michael J. Fox, Scott Valentine, Robin Williams, Dean Paul Martin, Chris...
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Sausage Sighting at a Chinese Restaurant
Rock Island, May 1974When I was growing up in Rock Island in the 1960s and 1970s, there were no Chinese restaurants in town. I knew only a little about Chinese food:1. On a 1967 episode of The Andy...
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Fill Your Beefcake Quota with "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul"
Fans are upset because the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie, The Long Hall (2017), doesn't star Zachary Gordon or Devon Bostick. Come on, the guy is 19 years old and buffed. Do you really want him...
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Four Color Beefcake and Bonding
When I was a kid, my comic book buying budget was limited, but when I started making my own money in the late 1970s, the extra income allowed a thorough investigation of the back issue bins at the...
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How I Found Nico Greetham
The problem with popular culture is, they keep making more of it. Not only am I expected to know all about my childhood favorites, like The Brady Bunch, Lost in Space, Mission: Impossible, I Dream of...
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10 Things You Should Know about Dash Dobrovsky
1. He played water polo and lacrosse at Santa Monica High School.2. He's been acting since he was twelve, but he got his first big break playing Manny's "cool friend" Griffin on an 2012 episode of...
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The Gay Adventures of Jerry Lewis
When I was growing up, every summer and sometimes at Christmastime, we drove 300 miles from Rock Island, Illinois to Garrett, Indiana, to visit my parents' family. We usually stayed with my Aunt Nora,...
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Jerry Lewis Falls in Love
In 2007, comedian Jerry Lewis called someone a "fag" during his telethon, and apologized the next day for his "bad choice of words." In 2008, he referred to cricket as a "f-- game" during an interview...
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Alan Dates Will of "Land of the Lost"
Alan the Pentecostal Porn Star didn't like telling celebrity dating or hookup stories: "Does being on tv automatically make guys hotter? Does it give them a bigger cock? What's the point?" But when...
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Can't Stop the Music
My brother, who is heterosexual, was a big fan of The Village People (also Barbara Streisand, Liza with a Z, and Olivia Newton-John). During the winter after Grease, when their "Y.M.C.A." hit #1 on...
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