Never before published images of men in love between 1850 and 1950

https://www.washingtonpost.com/photography/2020/09/28/loving-a-photographic-history-of-men-in-love/#click=https://t.co/agyIo3F4Oo

by pje • 6 years ago

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jaredandrews• 6 years ago

The very beginning of the article almost makes it seem like the curators of this collection are just projecting their ideas about these guys on to the photos. But the entire collection (scroll to bottom) makes it clear they are not.

I was a rural living 12 year old when my state (MA) legalized gay marriage. I had this funny perception at the time like: "wow the gay people mobilized to make this happen like 2 years ago and here it is. Democracy is amazing!" It was a couple years later when I realized what a long fight the whole thing actually was. This image in particular struck me [0], it would be 104 years before they could get married.

[0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/resizer/9OyXYmNN4C45HBz-tNU1J...

FearNotDaniel• 6 years ago

Until recently people of certain sociopolitical leanings used to complain about "heteronormativity". I guess the pendulum has swung so far the other way that most readers are now in tune with the headline writer, in that "men in love" automatically implies "(with each other)".

taksintikk• 6 years ago

Proud boys

Never before published images of men in love between 1850 and 1950

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