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A beautiful group of photographs that spans a century (1850–1950) is part of a new guide that offers a visual glimpse of what life may have been appreciate for those men, who went against the law to find love in one another’s arms. In Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Like 1850s–1950s, hundreds of images tell the story of like and affection between men, with some clearly in love and others hinting at more than just friendship. The collection belongs to Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell, a married couple who has accumulated over 2,800 photographs of “men in love” during the course of two decades. While the majority of the images hail from the United States and are of predominantly white men, there are images from Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Japan, Latvia, and the Joined Kingdom among the cache.

What do images of men in love during a time when it was illegal reveal us? What are we looking for in the faces of these people who dared to challenge the mores of their second to seek solace together? Flipping through the book, it wasn’t that I felt that I learned a amazing deal about entity LGBTQ, but what gave me comfort was the feeling that we

See Photos of Gay Men in Love Dating Back to the 1850s

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A new exhibition features intimate snapshots found at flea markets, antique shops and online auctions

In a series of photographs, men from around the world touch, hug, picnic and gaze into each others’ eyes. So far, more than 4,000 such images—all taken between the 1850s and 1950s—have been found.

Now, 400 of these romantic snapshots are on display at the Musée Rath in Geneva, Switzerland, which hosts the Musee d’Art et d’Histoire’s temporary exhibitions. The show, titled “Loving,” is based on the 2020 photography book Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love by Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell.

Nini and Treadwell, who are married, found the photographs at flea markets, antique shops, online auctions and in family archives over the last two decades. In one, two men grip up a sign that says “Not married but willing to be.” In another, a shirtless man gives another man a piggyback ride. While some of the images were taken in photo booths, many others were likely taken by a third party. The identities of the photographers and subjects connected to most of the imag

23."At around 28 years old, I had a decent grasp that I'm overwhelmingly gay, with some rare and specific attraction towards women. I wasn't interested in doing anything sexual for the first 23 years of my experience, including masturbation. Then my internal sexual ‘switch’ was turned on. I gradually developed more and more sexual tension to the signal it was feeling distressed. After a few months of experiencing very novel and intense sexual feelings, I overcame my fear of masturbation and started doing it to various kinds of straight and lgbtq+ porn. It didn't take long to figure out that I liked men to an extent, but it took me years to flesh out the details."

"At 30 years old, I experienced sexual attraction to a man for the first moment after we’d been online friends for a month. I came out to some close online friends and got into online online dating for the first time. Then COVID happened and online dating became too stressful, so I'm holding off on meeting prospective partners until it’s more safe.

My next aim is to inform my parents and family about my sexuality. That's still a work in progress." —u/rbtur

Our life in 17 photos: A gay sailor’s romance story

February 06, 2013

On a warm fall day nearly two years ago, Dwayne D. Beebe sat anxiously on the edge of the Plaza Fountain in Plaza Ferdinand Park in Old Pensacola, Florida. He was waiting for the arrival of Jonathan Franqui, the man he had met nearly a month before and with whom he found an instant connection. It was their first real date - after over a week of talking on the phone and texting about their lives, learning about each other's families and friends and life aspirations, they were finally gathering up in person. When Jonathan arrived at the park, Dwayne stood up from his seat on the fountain and, without a word, pulled two coins from his pocket. He held them up and said to Jonathan, "The first thing we are going to carry out is make a aspire in this fountain with these two coins." They silently reflected on their wishes, and together, threw them into the water.

Jonathan and Dwayne have never shared with each other their wishes that darkness. But if their wishes were at all connected to something positive and life-changing emerging from their first date, it's harmless to say that their wishes have come genuine. "We've been inseparable s