Nice slab of abs, boy. Not sure you should sleep in the tanning bed, though. Poster circa late 1980s. Seen in Jim’s home gym. More here.
Category Archives: Sports
Retro gym boy seen in Jim’s Gym
Rural Mural: Saddle Bronc Champ
Don Coleman. Circa 1930s. Cowboy. Silent Movie Star. Rancher. Saddle Bronc Champ. And local boy. Mural in downtown Willits. Mendocino County in Northern California. For a real cowboy in Willits, click here. For an even older cowboy, here.
Posted in ANIMALS: Human and otherwise..., GAY GAZE: Visual Culture, Photos, Art, Comics, Film, Objects, etc..., History, iPhone, Men, Mendocino County, North America, Northern California, Photography, Rodeo, Signage, Street Art, Grafitti, etc.
Tagged Art, Bronco, Country, Cowboy, Gay Gaze, Mural, Sexy, Willits
Shoot! (for the Stars…)
Seen on the side of an electrical box in rural Mendocino County, just north of Ft. Bragg. Check out his giant Indian Club…
Posted in Archery, Art and Artists, GAY GAZE: Visual Culture, Photos, Art, Comics, Film, Objects, etc..., Indigenous cultures, iPhone, Men, Mendocino County, Photography, Street Art, Grafitti, etc.
Tagged 1st Nation, Gay, Graffiti, Indian, iPhone photography, Mendocino County, Pop Culture, Representation, Rural, Street Art
Go Bears! F***king Hot Wearable Cal Satire
Our pal “King Tut” turned us on to this fun and funny t-shirt designed and manufactured locally the old fashioned way: hand-drawn and screen-printed in the artist’s studio. In fact, he gave us the shirt off his back! What a good boy. Artist Auvrey makes these and others and hangs out in San Francisco’s Castro Gayborhood. This one takes off on the UC Berkeley “Cal” mascot. Got the colors down, too. We like it…even though we are Stanford Dads. Hah! Go Bears!
Posted in ANIMALS: Human and otherwise..., DIY and Maker Culture, East Bay, etc..., Facial hair, GAY GAZE: Visual Culture, Photos, Art, Comics, Film, Objects, etc..., San Francisco, Signage, Sports
Tagged Animals, Art, Bara, Bear, Culture, Gay, San Francisco, Satire, Screen Printing, Sodomy, T-Shirt, UC Berkeley
Big Bite Bait Shop Art Brut…Boss!
Hand-painted sign on a Nor Cal bait shop. Wouldn’t want to be the boy on the skis. Gulp! For more ski-doodle doings,here.
Posted in ANIMALS: Human and otherwise..., etc..., Food, GAY GAZE: Visual Culture, Photos, Art, Comics, Film, Objects, etc..., Men, North America, Northern California, Signage, Street Art, Grafitti, etc., Subcultures
Tagged Art, Culture, DIY, Fishing, Gay Gaze, Hand-painted, Rural, Signage, Waterskiing
Happy Friday the 13th, Stud!
Killer body, dude! This take-off on the Friday the 13th movies is publicity for CCBC, a clothing optional gay men’s resort in the desert. Cathedral City, adjacent to Palm Springs. Looks nice. Day passes are available. We usually stay at Chaps Inn.
Posted in GAY GAZE: Visual Culture, Photos, Art, Comics, Film, Objects, etc..., Hockey, Men, North America, Palm Springs and the Desert, Photography, Signage, Southern California, Strange Holidays, Subcultures
Tagged CCBC, Culture, Friday the 13th, Gay, Homoerotic, Palm Springs, Photography, Pool Party, Resort, Sexy
Hot Homoerotic Mid-century Watersports
The boy on the bottom certainly seems to be enjoying the view, and who can blame him?
Photo postcard in Colortone process. Published by Lakeland News Co., Lakeland Florida. Circa mid 20th century.
Bucking Bronco, Whipping Cowboy
Ride ’em, Cowboy! Throw ’em, Bronco!
Photo postcard published by Chas. E. Morris, Chinook Montana, 1906. Early color process. Collection of Gay Highwaymen.
Nut Fan gnaws raw Balls at Testicle Festival.
Have a ball! It’s the original sack lunch. They are called Testicle Festivals or Ball Balls, and they are popular annual events across the American West. It’s how young bulls become steers. Following the mass castrations of male cattle, local communities come together to feast on their excised gonads: the famed “Rocky Mountain” or “Prairie” oysters. Yum! Here, an avid nutter goes for his favorite dish. Most people cook them. This dude is hard core! Festivals range from the drunk and rowdy to the strangely evangelical and family-oriented. “Have a Ball for Jesus!” is the slogan of one Texas fest. Thanks to Jake Hale for sending us down this road. For more strange food, click here.
The Gay Highwaymen 