+ Lucky Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 A must see if you ask me! https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/oct/16/men-in-love-from-the-1850s-nini-treadwell-in-pictures Danny-Darko, JBrian72, Beancounter and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Charlie Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Some of those pictures are reminders that in the 19th century, displays of affection between men were not necessarily considered sexual. Even today in more traditional societies, like rural India, it is not uncommon to see male friends holding hands in public. The photo of men dancing together is also a reminder that in many places in the Old West, women were rare, and if men wanted to socialize after working, they had to do things like dancing with one another because there were no women for partners. + azdr0710 and Danny-Darko 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 Some of those pictures are reminders that in the 19th century, displays of affection between men were not necessarily considered sexual. Even today in more traditional societies, like rural India, it is not uncommon to see male friends holding hands in public. The photo of men dancing together is also a reminder that in many places in the Old West, women were rare, and if men wanted to socialize after working, they had to do things like dancing with one another because there were no women for partners. Party pooper! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 beachboy, + Yellowrod, + Just Sayin and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 No doubt they are just friends! Danny-Darko, beachboy, + honcho and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 These guys are probably just friends: + Just Sayin, beachboy, + Yellowrod and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitman Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 This image is in the ONE Archives at USC (https://one.usc.edu/), the largest repository of LGBTQ materials in the world. In June 2017, in a Gallery thread called Meet Me in the Photo Booth, Moondance quoted a TIME.COM story about it: "Today, it might seem like any other informal, casual photograph of a young gay couple enjoying each other's company. But this picture was taken in 1953, a time when purposefully vague statutes on morals, lewd conduct, or disorderly conduct in many states allowed the police to target and arrest gay and lesbian people for such transgressions as wearing items of clothing of the opposite sex, propositioning someone of the same sex, or even holding hands with a member of the same sex. This photo could have gotten these men arrested. "The picture was once owned by the young man on the right, Joseph John Bertrund Belanger. Born in Edmonton, Canada, in 1925, he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force and was a member of the Mattachine Society in the early 1950s. For most of his life (he died in 1993), he was a devoted collector of LGBT history. It is thanks to his foresight that the image survives. "What remains so remarkable and moving about this particular image is how quietly radical it feels all these years later. Belanger and another man have found a private safe-space in the unlikeliest of places -- an ordinary photo booth -- where they felt so at ease, and so themselves, they could kiss each other far from the prying eyes of a disapproving public." + honcho, + Charlie, + Lucky and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitman Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 + Just Sayin, + g56whiz, Danny-Darko and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 Lovers or friends? + Just Sayin, + Yellowrod, + honcho and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Charlie Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Comrades in arms. + honcho, Danny-Darko and + Lucky 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted October 17, 2020 Author Share Posted October 17, 2020 Lovers? beachboy, + honcho and Danny-Darko 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 I think that they like each other! beachboy, + honcho, + Charlie and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Charlie Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 I think that they like each other! I'll bet that car saw a lot of action. Danny-Darko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 I'll bet that car saw a lot of action. Front or back seat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Charlie Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Front or back seat? Back. The front seats would have had a big floor mounted gear shift between the seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 They either just did it or are about to! + Charlie, beachboy, + honcho and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 Definitely more than friends! + Just Sayin, beachboy, + Charlie and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 Lots of military themes here. beachboy, + Charlie, Danny-Darko and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Charlie Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Lots of military themes here. starting with Damon and Pythias. (Any photos of them?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share Posted October 20, 2020 + Just Sayin and Danny-Darko 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share Posted October 20, 2020 starting with Damon and Pythias. (Any photos of them?) @Charlie This will have to do! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Damon_and_Pythias..gif + Charlie and + honcho 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny-Darko Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 beachboy, + Just Sayin, + Charlie and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 It makes me wonder what their lives were like. Who got to see this picture back then... + Charlie and Danny-Darko 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny-Darko Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 + Charlie, Daverwr, + honcho and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny-Darko Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 (edited) Circa 1890's Edited October 27, 2020 by Danny-Darko + Just Sayin, marylander1940, + honcho and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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