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Burt Reynolds Naked on a Bear Skin Rug
The most famous male nude photos in history:1. Johnny Crawford's full-frontal nude shot advertising The Naked Ape (1973).2. Burt Reynolds's nude centerfold in the April 1972 issue of CosmopolitanThe...
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Uncle Edd's Gun
Year after year, summertime and Christmastime, we would visit my Grandpa Howard in the old farmhouse outside of Garrett, Indiana, and Uncle Edd was there.He was tall and lanky, with a beard and...
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12 More Public Penises of Spain
Most visitors to Spain stick to the provinces south and east of Madrid. The south has gypsies, oranges, and Moorish architecture. The north has factories.But there's a lot of attractions in the...
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Fred Dryer's Nude Modeling Career
Hunter (1984-1991) aired during the Reagan-Bush years of conservative retrenchment, on Saturday nights, aimed at an audience of oldsters sitting at home complaining about how much better things when...
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Spring 1983: My First Visit to a Gay Bar
When I was in junior high and high school, I spent many Saturday afternoons at the Public Library on 4th Avenue in downtown Rock Island, or walking around outside, past dry cleaners and...
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Spring 1983: T.S. Eliot. Oh, Swallow, Swallow!
When I was studying for my M.A. in English at Indiana University (1982-84), my professors and most of my classmates agreed that Literature consisted of:1. Ulysses, by James Joyce2. The Waste Land, by...
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Why I Stopped Reading "Doonesbury"
Gary Trudeau's Doonesbury first appeared in national syndication in 1970. I had heard of the strip, but knew nothing about it until the summer of 1982, right after my college graduation, when I found...
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Lou Ferrigno and Bill Bixby: Bodybuilder and Buddy
Speaking of bodybuilder buddies, when Bill Bixby finished his gay subtext series My Favorite Martian and The Courtship of Eddie's Father, he cashed in on the 1970s superhero craze in The Incredible...
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The 15 Biggest "Sausages" I've Ever "Cooked"
I am particularly attracted to guys who are gifted beneath the belt, but I've never rejected someone for having a Vienna Sausage. Small can be just as nice, and in many situations it does the job...
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A Beefcake Tour of France
After being surrounded with the best art in the world for a pitiably short number of days or weeks or months, no one will blame you for choosing more weeks in Paris over Dijon or Strasbourg. But if you...
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10 Good Stories for Cruising and Impressing Guys
Everyone should have a repertoire of 10 good stories from their past, 5 to use for cruising, impressing potential dates, or meeting new people in general, and 5 more to use during dates. Selecting good...
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Spring 2009: The Stonewall Veteran and the Bodybuilder in the Park
When I moved to Upstate New York in the fall of 2008, my social calendar was soon crowded with invitations from members of the Gang of Twelve, guys who had known each other for years, and who shared...
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Beefcake Dads of 1950s Sitcoms
During the late 1950s and early 1960s, there was a fad of nuclear family sitcoms, set in small town Mayfields, with a pipe-smoking Dad, a Mom who did housework in high heels, groovy teenagers, and...
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A Naked Baseball Player in the Kitchen
I hate sports! Especially playing them: I could never understand the allure of waiting for a hard round projectile to come zooming out of the sky and hit you in the head. But also watching them: why...
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A Beefcake Tour of Amsterdam
Many people think of Amsterdam as a place for a sex holiday, 24-hour bars, saunas, sex clubs, sex shops, and after-hours parties.Those venues are plentiful, and a nice change of pace for visitors from...
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10 Good Stories for Gay Dating
Everyone should have a repertoire of 10 good stories, 5 to use when cruising or meeting new people in general, and 5 to use on a date. Remember the rules:1. They should be short.2. They should present...
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Franco Columbu: Arnold's Other Half
Sardinian-born Franco Columbu is a long-time work-out buddy and friend of Arnold Schwarzenegger. In 1968, they came to American together. Joe Weider, my first boss in L.A., paid for their shared...
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The Top 12 Public Penises of East Asia
I visited Japan and Thailand many years ago, and took some classes in Mandarin Chinese, but otherwise East Asia is an undiscovered country. I'm not even sure what sights I want to see, except for the...
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The Thug on my Sausage List
When I was making up my list of the 15 biggest "sausages" I ever "cooked," I completely forgot about T (for Thug).Spring 1986: I had been in West Hollywood for about six months, and I was starting to...
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Man-Mountains of the 1980s
The sensitive, androgynous New Man fell into disfavor during the conservative 1980s. Instead we got man-mountains, masses of post-bodybuilder pecs and abs with steely eyes and gritted teeth who...
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