From the small volume Scouts in Bondage and Other Violations of Literary Propriety. Edited by Michael Bell, a proprietor of secondhand books from the “ancient coastal town” of Lewes, England. Scouts is a collection of amusing covers, this one from 1959 is subtitled “An Adventure Story for Boys.” What? That’s what Neo-colonial crypto-homosexuality was called in the middle of the 20th century…
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Leathers in Mozambique
Posted in Africa, Collecting, England, Europe, GAY GAZE: Visual Culture, Photos, Art, Comics, Film, Objects, etc..., History, Leather, Literature, Military, SCANDAL: Politics, Crime, Revolution and More., Youth
Tagged Adventure, Art, Books, boys, Colonialism, Culture, Edward M. Christie, England, Gay Gaze, Leather, Literature, Michael Bell, Mozambique, Pop Culture, Wordplay
Hot Draw! Mark I. Chester hosts Gay Men’s Kinky Sketch Group in San Francisco
Hosted by Mark I. Chester, an institution in the San Francisco gay art scene for a long time now. Best known as a photographer, Chester is also an underground artist who opens his SOMA studio to regular life-drawing sessions, including the monthly Hot Draw! – Devoted to fans of kinky gay male erotica. Themes of power, control, submission, fetish, gear, S/m and kink galore dominate at these events. Pictured here is Dan Becker’s quick sketch of artist Richard Bolingbroke’s sub bear paul on all fours. That would be Bolingbroke’s boot: good bear! More on Hot Draw! here. Interested in getting your hot self in front of Chester’s hot camera lens? That can happen, too. Information here.
Posted in ANIMALS: Human and otherwise..., Art and Artists, GAY GAZE: Visual Culture, Photos, Art, Comics, Film, Objects, etc..., Leather, Men, North America, Photography, Richard Bolingbroke, San Francisco, Subcultures
Tagged Art, BDSM, Bear, Boots, Culture, Dan Becker, Erotic, Gay, Homoerotic, Hot Draw!, Kink, Leather, Male, Mark I. Chester, Photography, Richard Bolingbroke, San Francisco, Sexy, sub bear
Happy April, foolish boy…
He may be foolish, but he certainly looks…teachable. Happy April Fools Day!
Rubber Dump Ducks. Really!
Sight seen at the funky art dump in Mendocino County. The hippie trash man makes DIY pop art installations. Dump Ducks! More to come…
Auto-fellatio Neksuke Man
This trick requires both size and flexibility. Not all that rare, but not all that enjoyable, either. Most guys who can do this do it more as a parlor trick than a standard mode of masturbation. Small Japanese ivory sculpture in netsuke style.
Green Man cumming: Spring Equinox Cali Yaoi Bara Manga from JoJo Mendoco
Shooting shoots and flowers. Summer, Fall, Winter to cum. Rinse; repeat. We go Pop! More JoJo Mendoco here.
Happy Fuckin’ St. Patrick’s Day! Rough Gay Yaoi Bara Leprechaun sticks It to Brit boy.
Happy Fuckin’ St. Patrick’s Day from JoJo Mendoco. Wonder WTF a spiny lumpsucker is? Here.
Black Futurist seen on the Street…
…or on the sidewalk, as the case may be. Stencil seen on Market Street in San Francisco. The original Futurists were early 20th century Italian proto-Fascist artists and theorists in love with speed, war, and machines. Black Futurism is a more recent cultural phenom, an Afrocentric hybrid of arts, theory and literature, especially sci fi genres. Gay African American polymath Samuel R. Delany has been an influence in its development as has the visual work of seminal Neo-Pop artist Basquiat. A recent exhibit unpacked the history of this relative neologism.
Photo: Gay Highwaymen
The Robot and the Lifeguard
Watercolor Robot circa 2010 by Richard Bolingbroke. Paired with a nice Saturday Evening Post cover of nearly a century earlier. The humpy lifeguard is supposed to be guarding those drowning flappers, but he’s got eyes for something – or someone – very different!
Sight Seen: Short, Sexy Skater Boy Slide Show
This athletic little creature was sighted on Market Street in San Francisco. Just horsing around, hanging out. Nearby DLX Skate Shop is like a watering hole, drawing skater boys from around the bay to this strip of mid-Market, east of Castro. More hot skater boy stuff here. Photos Gay Highwaymen, 2012.
The Gay Highwaymen 