It is true that I have my young king who genuinely adores me. You cannot form an idea of our relations…. He says he can hardly believe that he really possesses me. None can read without astonishment, without enchantment, the letters he writes me. Text: The composer Richard Wagner writing to Mme. Eliza Wille about […]
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Tagged: King Ludwig II, Richard Wagner, vintage male affection
He said: If I could trace the lines that ran Between your smile and your sleight of hand, I would guess that you put something up my sleeve. Now every time I see your face, the bells ring in a far-off place, We can find each other this way I believe. He said: As my […]
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Tagged: gay, Josh Ritter, Judy Collins, vintage male affection
Flowers on the hillside, bloomin’ crazy, Crickets talkin’ back and forth in rhyme, Blue river runnin’ slow and lazy, I could stay with you forever And never realize the time. Situations have ended sad, Relationships have all been bad. Mine’ve been like Verlaine’s and Rimbaud. But there’s no way I can compare All those scenes […]
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Tagged: Bob Dylan, vintage gay photo, You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life. Love arrives and in its train come ecstasies old memories of pleasure ancient histories of pain. Yet if we are bold, love strikes away the […]
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Tagged: gay marriage, maya angelou, paper moon, vintage photo
We don’t cry — Tim and I, We are far too grand — But we bolt the door tight To prevent a friend — Then we hide our brave face Deep in our hand — Not to cry — Tim and I — We are far too grand — Nor to dream — he and […]
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Tagged: Emily Dickinson, male affection, vintage photo
His voice first attracted my attention, his countenance fixed it, and his manners attached me to him for ever…I certainly love him more than any human being… Text: Lord Byron writing to Elizabeth Bridget Pigot about his boyfriend, John Eddleston, 5th July 1807 Image: Unknown
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Tagged: gay, John Eddleston, letters, Lord Byron
It was my turn to decide, I knew this was our time. No one else will have me like you do, No one else will have me, only you. You’ll sit alone forever if you wait for the right time, What are you hoping for? I’m here and now I’m ready, Holding on tight. Text: […]
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Tagged: Jimmy Eat World, men dancing, sailors
If you do not want to write, at least spit on a piece of paper, put it in an envelope, and send it to me. You are not taking any notice of me at all. God forgive you — all I wanted was a few words from you. Text: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to his young […]
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Tagged: Tchaikovsky, vintage gay photo
A light-bulb memory of a moment which revealed the real me to others — and to myself. Rummaging through a box of books in the garage one day when I was 12 years old, I stumbled across a copy of the paperback edition of ‘Weep No More, My Lady,’* a biography of Judy Garland. Several […]
Categories: for the life of me,gay,memoirs
Tagged: coming out, gay, Judy Garland, Kenneth Hill, memoir, Weep No More My Lady
MILK, a ‘photomosaic’ of Harvey Milk, will be unveiled today in San Francisco. Artist Robert Silvers used 2300 hundred photos from the GLBT Historical Society to recreate photographer Dan Nicoletta’s iconic photo of Milk, the San Francisco city supervisor and gay activist who was assassinated in 1978. Prints of MILK are for sale through Scott […]
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Tagged: Dan Nicoletta, GLBT Historical Society, Harvey Milk, Robert Silvers, San Francisco LGBT Community Center, Scott Richards Contemporary Art, things i love
