Photo by Andy Cohen
Jim French
It’s the last day of Fleet Week in New York City and these visuals tend to skew toward male camaraderie that months at sea must induce. There’s a book called Hello Sailor! The Hidden History of Homosexuality at Sea, from 1945 to 1985 British merchant ships were ‘gay heavens.’ Passenger, cargo and Royal Fleet ships were the main workplace where men could be out (and camp). Who knew? The visual history here runs the a specific gamut from vintage pics to Bruce Weber to Tom of Finland. Happy Memorial Day weekend, seamen or not!
Vintage photo booth picture
Vintage photo booth
A gay stewards welcome gay stewards, photographer unknown
Vintage photo
Tom of Finland
Vintage tattooed sailor
Sailor tattoo by Geir
Stephen Tennant
David LaChapelle
Ginch Gonch ad
Wojciech
Pierre et Gilles
Pierre et Gilles
Bruce Weber
Richard Pier Petit
Brad Davis in Querelle
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