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The way you look...
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Sexy Tube Sock Seducers
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Luck o' the Irish!
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March 1979 Hunk Bill Davidson
Bill Davidson
According to the narrative, Bill was working for a Chicago-based advertising agency, and he posed for some Suzuki motorcyle dds while working his way through school. It turned out Suzuki was a client of his future advertising agency. Please stay tuned for part two.
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Shaken and Stirred: Sean Connery
007 Sean Connery
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Retro Movie Hunk Sean Connery
Thomas (Sean) Connery was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1930. By the age of 9, Sean began to deliver milk before he went to school. In 1944 at 14, he quit school in order to work full-time delivering milk. But he also seems to have delivered more than milk to ladies...in a 1999 interview, Sean mentioned his"experiences" with the route's neighborhood women (working as a milkman) while their men were away from home serving in the war. In 1946, he enrolled himself in the Navy for 12 years because he wanted to see the world. But he and the navy didn't seem to agree with one another, and after three years of service was discharged with a stomach ulcer. But he and the navy didn't seem to agree with one another, and after three years of service was discharged with a stomach ulcer.
Athletic Connery continued to train his body. In 1953, he participated in the Mr. Universe Competition at the London Scala Theatre where he made it to third place in the tall men's class. In the lineup photo (above), that's Sean wearing the white posing trunks in the center. It was also in 1953 that he found his way into acting. When he participated in the Mr. Universe Competition, he was looking for a new job. Other competitors told him they were working for the choir of the musical South Pacific. Stage legend has it that Connery took off his shirt, got the job, and he played for three months at the London Theatre in Drury Lane. He also sang in the choir of There is Nothing like a Dame and toured for 14 months through England and Scotland.
American actor Robert Henderson, a friend from the choir who later became a theatre director, encouraged Sean to act. Sean himself considers the years of 1951 to 1956 as his learning period in which he educated himself. Between 1956 and 1957, Connery had a series of appearances in television and big screen films, among them are Requiem for a Heavyweight, No Road back and Operation Tiger. In 1957, 20th Century Fox took him under contract. By 1959 he was the star of Darby O'Gill and the Little People (photo, right) when he was loaned toDisney, and s already discussed in a previous blog post, Sean had a minor role in Tarzan's Greatest Adventure.
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Academy Awards: Milk Turns Gold
In 2009 Dustin Lance Blackwon the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for the 2008 film, Milk.
Raised in a strict Mormon household (he won two Writers Guild of America Awards for his work on the television series Big Love). Growing up surrounded by Mormon culture and military bases, Dustin said he worried about his sexuality. He told himself, "I'm going to hell. And if I ever admit it, I'll be hurt, and I'll be brought down"when he found himself attracted to a boy in his neighborhood at the age of about 7.
Dustin spoke movingly of the day he read Harvey Milk's real life story. Milk, who was shot dead in 1978, was the first openly gay man elected to public office in California. "It gave me the hope one day I could live my life openly as who I am and then maybe even I could fall in love and one day get married," Black said.
"If Harvey had not been taken from us 30 years ago, I think he would want me to say to all of the gay and lesbian kids out there tonight who have been told that they are 'less than' by their churches, by the government or by their families: that you are beautiful, wonderful creatures of value. And that no matter what anyone tells you, God does love you. And that very soon, I promise you, you will have equal rights federally across this great nation of ours. Thank you, God, for giving us Harvey Milk."
It's reported that his acceptance speech was censored in 50 different Asian nations by pan-Asian satellite TV network STAR, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation. STAR spokeswoman Jannie Poon defended the network’s muting of the words “gay” and “lesbian” by saying STAR has “a responsibility to take the sensitivities and guidelines of all our markets into consideration.”
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Academy Awards circa 1993
PHILADELPHIA
If a film has the ability to bring awareness of an important issue (that people don't really understand because of fear), then I think it has definitely achieved something phenomenal.
Philadelphia won Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Tom Hanks) and Best Song (Bruce Springsteen) for "Streets of Philadelphia". It was inspired by the story of Geoffrey Bowers, an attorney who in 1987 sued a law firm for unfair dismissal in one of the first AIDS discrimination cases. When Jonathan Demme, having won the Oscar for The Silence of the Lambs, decided to direct a major studio film about AIDS, he took on the opportunity of making it into a movie mainstream audiences might actually come to see (and maybe even learn something about gay men, not just the stereotypes they already knew). It worked! This film's gay hero, Andrew Beckett, was listed on the American Film Institute AFI's list of the "Top 100 Heroes and Villains" in motion picture history.
In the movie we meet Andrew Beckett, a gay lawyer with AIDS, who's fired from his conservative law firm out of fear that they might get AIDS from him. But it's more...they also don't like "fags" as we learn. After Andrew's fired, in a last attempt for peace in his life, he decides to sue his former law firm...with the help of homophobic African American lawyer, Joe Miller (Denzel Washington). During the court battle, Miller sees that Beckett is no different than anyone else and sheds his homophobia.
It's telling that concerns about offending straight mainstream audiences for the era had less to do with showing the horror of AIDS, and more to do with showing two men in love who are living a "normal" life together. In the movie, Beckett's longtime lover Miguel Álvarez (played by Antonio Banderas) barely gets any scenes...just enough to let the audience know that these two are as happy and committed as any straight couple. In an interview for the 1996 documentary The Celluloid Closet, Mr. Hanks remarked that scenes showing more affection between him and Banderas were cut, including a scene showing him and Banderas in bed together (the DVD edition of the film includes that scene). Especially great however is the portrait of Beckett's family, who's there to support him and his partner through the course of the difficult trial and his sickness Here's a family that is presented as a strong loving unit, something refreshing to see in a mainstream film with gay men.
If a film ever has the ability to open audiences' eyes to something like the early AIDS epidemic, to not gloss over its impact on society but to deal with the real fears of people honestly, and then to show that gay men are normal humans too, that is an accomplishment worth celebrating... and Philadelphia is that movie.
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Horned Attraction: Men in Heat
"I was born a man with two talents, one for the theatre and one for art. I pursued both of these arts from the time I was very young. I started drawing in kindergarten. I was working with oils by the time I was in fifth grade and had my first exhibition at that time.
When I reached puberty I became entranced by what was happening to me sexually and I drew hundreds of drawings of my erect cock. While I had been drawing men since I was five, I now began to draw them with less clothes and more visible genitals.
I praise the beauty of masculine men in my art, of their grace, of the passion of their sexuality. Of the peaks and valleys of their fleshscape. Of their raw power. Of their gentle kindness. Of love between men. Of their hardness of body, the wealth of hair on their chest and bodies, of their sense of companionship."
February 1996
(from Beasts & Beauties: The Erotic Art of Olaf )
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Amercia's First Gay President?
COMMANDER IN CHIEF
Some homophobic people still refuse to acknowledge that America's had at least one gay president. Even though the man in question is routinely regarded as one of the worst presidents in U.S. history, they still don't want to elevate the standing of a "homosexual" to that prestigous job title--it's just not as easy to try and brand all gays with molesting and bestiality arguments when there was a Commander in Chief who had a long-term love affair with another man. And the president's likely lover? He once held the title of United States Vice President.
THEIR ARGUMENT
As the 15th President of the United States (from 1857 to 1861) James Buchanan was as they say, a 'life-long bachelor' and the only U.S. president to have never married. But that doesn't mean he was gay, right? Sure, there's also the fact that for 15 long years (prior to his presidency), Buchanan lived with his dearest friend, Alabama Senator William Rufus King. So what if King never married in his lifetime, either. But that doesn't make them gay. Lots of men lived together back then, but they usually did so because of money--these were two wealthy gentleman. And so what if they wrote many intimate letters to one another, personal enough in content that the president's nieces destroyed most of them upon the president's death? All of that doesn't prove anything they argue--there is nothing in that record to confirm without a doubt his sexual preference. And this is true.
CONNECTING THE DOTS
Yet despite this bitchy name calling, there were no Moral Majority or Bible thumping fundamentalists in politics strong enough to plague them or ruin their lives. The King-Buchanan liaison was generally accepted (and snickered at) as a political and personal fact of life. Rightfully so, the nation was consumed with real issues like freedom and slavery.
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Thank You, Evan
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Better than a Valentine's Day Card
1974 cock play
After seeing the hairy set of balls on one our vintage Valentine smut models (Feb 12th posting of a hairy man receiving a friendly blow job from his enthusiastic friend), VGMH follower Evan was kind enough to share some photos with me. Now for those who appreciate a handsome man in his au' natural state, with hair growing up the shaft of his magestic penis, this is one beauty for sure! Please look for the rest of the photos here and tweeted to VGMH followers this weekend-thanks again, Evan!
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Hollywood Makes a Straight Male Sex Symbol (Pt 1)
ROCK HUDSON
Like many other Hollywood stars who remain important in culture and history, years after they have departed this world, the man who eventually became Rock Hudson was initially formed due to some difficult times as a child.He was born Roy Harold Scherer on November 17, 1925 in Winnetka, Illinois. He was the only child to Katherine Wood, a telephone operator, and Roy Scherer, an auto mechanic. The horrific Great Depression put significant financial hardships on the small Scherer family. Like many across the country, Roy would abandon his wife and son when he realized he could not support them. Katherine remarried and her boy was adopted, taking on his new father’s last name; Fitzgerald. Eventually the boy grew into a teen and then into a tall and strapping young man. But those hard times and even harsh realities would never totally leave Roy's memories.
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| Henry Willson (left) with Rock Hudson. |
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Sexy Beefcake: George Nader
Our most-recent contest to "Guess the Sexy Beefcake" came away with Topher and Tim who knew it was George Nader. A few others didn't know who George was, but they emailed me to ask for more photos of him! There's a lot more about George coming up here at VGMH, including his often-overlooked place in gay media history, especially with regards to his very famous buddy pictured below.
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Gay men of the 1950s lived in a very different world than today. This was no joke. The sun may have shined a lot in 1950s California, but that didn't mean that everything was 'peaches and cream swell' in the Golden State. So before going any further with our story, VGMH must first start turning the dials and flipping those switches on our time machine that takes us back to that era's darker side. The extreme repression of gays and lesbians in American society served to keep almost all gays closeted to all but their most trusted loved ones. The 1950s was a period when gay men were perceived as perverted freaks that threatened the fabric of society.
It was expected that "normal" people would detest homosexuals and approve of them being discriminated against (or worse). By early 1953, homosexuality became (by executive order under Republican President Eisenhower) a 'necessary and sufficient' reason in itself to fire any federal employee from his or her job. Most defense industries and others with government contracts followed suit, and the U.S. Postal Service aided these industries by putting tracers on suspected homosexuals' mail in order to gather enough evidence for dismissal and possibly arrest. In California, Hollywood films helped the hatred as they portrayed gays as being evil, tragic and suicidal figures. Ironically, scores of talented gay artists making hit films were tolerated as long as they did what they were told, even though their sexuality was oftentimes known. Still, disgruntled studio executives, talent agents or co-workers could destroy a career. It was a burden and stress that was constant with gay men and women and something their straight counterparts did not have to worry about.
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After serving in World War II, many servicemen stayed on the west coast port cities of San Francisco and Southern California. Rock Hudson was one of them. Some of these young men unfortunately found themselves the victims of police raids and arrests. So with that scenario, in the next post we'll return to the very interesting lives of George Nader and Rock Hudson.
But to get us into the frame of mind back then, Boys Beware is worth another viewing. This 1955 educational film warns against "the dangers of homosexuality," which is described as "a sickness of the mind." The ten minute video was produced by the Unified School District and the Police Department of Inglewood, California.
But to get us into the frame of mind back then, Boys Beware is worth another viewing. This 1955 educational film warns against "the dangers of homosexuality," which is described as "a sickness of the mind." The ten minute video was produced by the Unified School District and the Police Department of Inglewood, California.
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Jim Got Married! (And This Time It Was For Real!)
Over the years it's been widely reported that, according to Hudson, the legendary gossip originated with a group of "middle-aged homosexuals who live in Huntington Beach" who sent out joke invitations for their annual get-together in the early 1970s. The joke that insiders got was when the group allegedly invited its members to witness "the marriage of Rock Hudson and Jim Nabors", at which Hudson would take the surname of Nabors' most famous character, Gomer Pyle, becoming "Rock Pyle".
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Kurt Bauer, part two
Kurt Bauer was truly a visual feast for men with an appetite for handsome hairy gents. Twenty year old college student Curtis in Texasemailed me to ask when I was going to get around to posting "part two" of this series on Kurt because he really wanted to see more, and he also made an interesting comparison of Kurt resembling Jake Gyllenhaal. While I hadn't thought of it beforehand, I think I would agree they look like they could be brothers (from different eras of course)....what do you think?
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Kurt Bauer
Filled with familiar stars of 1980's gay porn, My Best Buddy had lots of the era's favorite studs, including one newcomer who stole much of the show. The movie features a famous scene directed by John Travis, in which Doug Niles gives Greg Stevens a slow and nasty fucking as he's bent over his motorcycle (pre-condom style). With his old-school-style tattoos and that army barracks face, Greg Stevens appears to have been one of those gems who drifted into (and just as quickly back out of) the business, performing in just two movies: My Best Buddy and The Young Cadets while leaving fans drooling for more.
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| Doug Niles takes a ride inside Greg Stevens |
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Marriage on the Rocks
Newly married to Rock Hudson, Phyllis reveled in being married to a hunky major Hollywood star. Things were not only wonderful now, but the future could only get better for the couple as his star would continue to rise. It was a life of movie premieres, limousines, fur coats, A-list parties, and first-class everything. Not bad for a working gal who was a secretary for Hudson's gay talent agent until she was invited to meet, date and then marry Rock.
But after about a year, cracks began to appear in the "perfect" marriage. It seems the bride and groom had different ideas about how marriage would change Rock's previously wild lifestyle. Phyllis figured the marriage marked a turning point, where Rock had discarded his bachelor naughty ways. He had sewn his wild oats (and had plenty sewn into him) but was now settled. From the viewpoint of the groom, Rock saw the marriage more for what it actually was...a smart and necessary career move. Having a wife meant that those nagging questions about girls and his homosexuality were calmed (smelling blood, Confidential magazine once had put out a standing offer of $10,000 for dirt on Hudson, a LOT of money back then). With a beard in place to cover his true sexual desires, and after playing along for the press about their straight marriage, Rock was now free to be promiscuous once more, something Phyllis clearly did not anticipate when she said yes. Their sex life, Gates wrote in ''My Husband, Rock Hudson," with Hollywood chronicler Bob Thomas in 1987, was usually ''brief and hurried," with Hudson once telling her in disgust that ''all women are dirty."
It's now well known that Hudson had an almost insatiable appetite for pick-up sex with other men, something that he had acted on during his entire adult life. Being tall and good looking certainly helped his abilities to attract men for these quick relations, including (it's been reported) cruising the Farmers Market at 2:00 A.M looking for guys. But unlike most gay men in the 1950's, Hudson enjoyed sexual freedoms that were out of reach for the average guy (having gay sex for most men included the constant risk of going to jail or prison if caught), thanks to both a talent agency and movie studios which had invested too-much into Rock's career to let him destroy their financial payoff at the box office.
There are however suggestions that one change generated by marriage was that Hudson took fewer risks with public sex spots and utilized instead the opportunities that had less-chance of getting arrested and were easily at his disposal as a big movie star...the hunky extras and stage crews at the studios, the young models and actors in search of a career at his talent agencys' office, and the beefcake meat invited to the all-male sex parties of Hollywood's selected gay community. According to Gates, she fielded phone calls from young men, whom Hudson dismissed as ''fans," before he would then disappear for hours and not explain where he had been.
The sham of living a lie eventually tarnished the perks of money, fame and shopping along Rodeo Drive. The other Hollywood wives figured out the real reason why Hudson had married, and Phyllis was treated by many as the prop that she was. It's reported that at parties she would be asked where Rock was since he was not at her side, knowing full well he was flirting with handsome young men elsewhere at the party.
Hudson, according to Gates, became capable of dark moods and sudden rages. She said that he hit her twice and once tried to choke her, and she began seeing a psychologist out of desperation. Rock Hudson, his wife wrote, had ''virtually abandoned" her for five months when she was ill with infectious hepatitis in 1957 while he was working on a film in Italy. Defiant, he refused counseling to save their marriage. Then Phyllis received word from one of her closest "friends" that Hudson had been unfaithful to her with a cute Italian actor during the filming of A Farewell to Arms in Italy. Of course nearly everyone in Hollywood had already heard about Rock's supposed five-month affair with the actor before his wife did. Even worse, according to Phyllis, she found out that "The Italian had followed Rock to California but now Rock Wouldn't see him." Afraid that the man would blab his story since he was now jilted, it's thought that Hudson's publicity team encouraged the man to get on a plane back to Italy.
Embarrassed, lonely and untouched, Gates filed for divorce in April 1958, charging mental cruelty. Hudson did not contest the divorce It seems Rock Hudson finally gave Phyllis a really good fucking, but not in the way she originally had in mind on their honeymoon...Gates received a relatively small alimony considering he was a movie star ($250 a week for 10 years). After the divorce, Rock moved out from the two-bedroom rambler he had lived in with Phyllis and into a mansion at 9402 Beverly Credt Drive. Ms. Gates, who never remarried, died at age 80.
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More 'HOMO action 2'
In the end, a fun time was had by all.
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More Goroovy Valentine Lovin'
This treat comes with an extra gift that was common back in 1971: Hairy balls.
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