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Love is love and that's how it's been since the dawn of man. However, navigating social dynamics in the past was way more difficult than today. Same-sex relationships had been seen as a sin, repressed through law enforcement and judicial mechanisms, and even condemned with death penalties. Luckily, we now live in a time where gay and lesbian couples can legally marry. And to celebrate the increased well-being within these communities, a former priest who goes by the name Nathan Monk has compiled a series of vintage pics, showing how same-sex couples looked back in the day.
In case any of my followers on here are London-based: I know I bang on a lot about my semi-regular Mondo Trasho club night Lobotomy Room (Bad music for bad people! Where the international sin set...
Over a Century of Affectionate Men Through the Camera Lens
Love is love and that's how it's been since the dawn of man. However, navigating social dynamics in the past was way more difficult than today. Same-sex relationships had been seen as a sin, repressed through law enforcement and judicial mechanisms, and even condemned with death penalties. Luckily, we now live in a time where gay and lesbian couples can legally marry. And to celebrate the increased well-being within these communities, a former priest who goes by the name Nathan Monk has compiled a series of vintage pics, showing how same-sex couples looked back in the day.
Vintage photographs of gay and lesbian couples and their stories.
Photos from the 1970s show people celebrating love and acceptance at Pride marches around the world.
O amor é amor e é assim desde a aurora do homem. No entanto, navegar dinâmicas sociais no passado foi muito mais difícil do que hoje. Relacionamentos entre pessoas do mesmo sexo foram vistos como um pecado, reprimidos através de mecanismos judiciais e de aplicação da lei, e até mesmo condena
Courtesy Stephen Rutledge. Sweden, 1955. Courtesy Stephen Rutledge. Swe...
For the past twenty years, authors Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell were scavenging flea markets, estate sales, old suitcases, family archives, online auctions, and shoeboxes to collect 2,700 old photographs. All taken from the 1850s to 1950s, the sensitive pictures bear witness to the romance between men when male partnerships were illegal.
Vintage photographs of gay and lesbian couples and their stories.
Photographer Clifford Prince King documents the quiet, tender moments of everyday life.
Vintage photographs of gay and lesbian couples and their stories.
A collection of vintage photos. Gay millennials and baby boomers alike can appreciate vintage photos (some of the men are probably bisexual). Throughout history, romantic relationships between men blossomed, and many of those moments exist now only in photographs. In 2013, The Huffington Post published a striking gallery of vintage photos of couples, and we enjoyed […]
