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The Photography of Montague Glover
Born in May of in Leamington Spa, a spa town known for its medicinal waters, Montague Charles Glover was a British freelance architect and private photographer. He is best recognizable for his photographs depicting homosexual life in London during the early and mid-twentieth century when homosexuality was illegal. The majority of his oeuvre, shot during a period of increasing persecutions against homosexuals, documented members of the military forces and the working class, whose social class divisions are depicted through their dress.
The youngest of five siblings and the only male toddler, Montague Glover entered the British Army in for service in the first World War. He was a member of the Artist Rifles Regiment, a regiment of the Territorial Force which saw active service during the war. Glover was promoted to Second Lieutenant in and was awarded the Military Cross for Bravery in
Glover is notable for his photographs depicting the partnership with his long-time lover, Ralph Edward Hall, who was born in December of in Be
A couple’s photographic portrait is an confirmation of their affair . It states for all to see: “We love each other. We nurture for each other. We are pleased of who we are together.”
During the Victorian era many gay and sapphic couples proudly expressed their love for each other in studio portraits. Unlike the common creed that such relationships were “the adore that dare not speak its name,” as Oscar Wilde so famously described same sex attraction in his poem “Two Loves,” gays and lesbians often dared to exhibit their love. Indeed, many gay and lesbian couples more or less lived openly together throughout their lives. This was far easier for women than for men as women were expected to live together if they were not married, or to live with the euphemistically termed “female companion.”
Men, no historical surprises here, had their have haunts for gathering like-minded souls. In London these could be found in the “Molly houses” and gentlemen’s clubs or pick-ups haunts at Lincoln’s Inn, or St. James Park or the path on the City’s Moorfields, which was charmingly referred to as “Sod
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As you can see, I&#;m mixing things up a bit with this week&#;s Vintage Gay post. I pursue an art blog (you can see it in my blogroll) called ultrawolvesunderthefullmoon and the artwork of this Japanese artist caught my attention. In the images above and below I spot gay men from the s. Their clothing, preppy haircuts, and cleancut look scream s to me.
Ben Kimura (木村べん) b. – d. was a Japanese gay erotic artist who along with George Takeuchi and Sadao Hasegawa, is noted as a central figure in the second wave of contemporary gay artists that emerged in Japan in the s.
You can learn more about this artist and see some more of his work here.
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While operating one of his many gay bars in the s, Bob Damron started a side project publishing gay explore guides that featured bars like his. Called the Bob Damron Address Books, these guides proved famous and became a valuable resource for gay travelers looking for friends, companions, and safety.
First published in an era when most states banned same-sex affection both in public and private spaces, these tour guides helped gays (and to a lesser extent lesbians) find bars, cocktail lounges, bookstores, restaurants, bathhouses, cinemas, and cruising grounds that catered to people like themselves. Much fond the Green Books of the s and s, which African Americans used to find friendly businesses that would cater to black citizens in the era of Jim Crow apartheid, Damron’s guidebooks aided a generation of gender non-conforming people in identifying sites of community, pleasure, and politics.
Damron’s guidebooks were part of a growing interest in gay travel manual publications that began i