See also film blog for poncy celebration of nuns without clothes.

18th October 2012

Photo reblogged from unbearable vision with 224 notes

unbearablevision:

Flaming Creatures (Jack Smith, 1963)
(via lastdreamofjesus)

unbearablevision:

Flaming Creatures (Jack Smith, 1963)

(via lastdreamofjesus)

Tagged: film stillsjack smithflaming creaturesshort filmsqueer1960s

Source: lastdreamofjesus

23rd September 2012

Photo with 307 notes

Members of Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence by Eve Arnold, San Francisco, 1981 
From In Retrospective, Sinclair-Stevenson Books, 1995

Members of Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence by Eve Arnold, San Francisco, 1981 

From In Retrospective, Sinclair-Stevenson Books, 1995

Tagged: 1980sdrageve arnoldnunsphotographyqueersisters of perpetual indulgencein retrospective

12th August 2012

Photo with 41 notes

Girls Too by Veronika Bromová, 1994
Also

Girls Too by Veronika Bromová, 1994

Also

Tagged: photographylegsqueerveronika bromova1990sgirls toosurreal

2nd July 2012

Photo reblogged from Slightly Narrowed Eyes with 371 notes

calyx, the-seed-of-europe:

Berlin cabaret poster, 1920s.
“The idyllic gay portrait of dapper German officers in capes and peaked caps transfixed by demure Line-Boys (teenage male prostitutes that worked Berlin’s fancy hotel lobbies, gay clubs, and bars in the Tiergarten in gangs of 4 or 5) on Tiergarten benches disappeared from view in 1919. It was beggars who retained the combat dress of the defeated army. Berlin’s gay community at the beginning of Weimar adopted a different wardrobe, the sailor’s blouse and cap (alongside the tailored morning-coat of the perfumed dandy). In homosexual Dielen, middle-aged Sugar-Lickers (nighttime gay patrons), Coolies (older Gymnasium or university students who hired Line-Boys and frequently claimed to be straight), Doll-Boys (youngest and penniless gay hustlers that worked solely for food, lodging and cigarettes), even crotchety waiters wore the crisp blue-and-white insignia of jaunty marines on shore leave. The change of uniform had various meanings. Partly, it was a matter of identification - straights didn’t wear them - and they were a Wilhelmian echo of adolescent androgyny. More significantly, Berlin’s core homosexual community had expanded beyond the units of the Potsdam garrison.”
-Mel Gordon, Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin.

calyxthe-seed-of-europe:

Berlin cabaret poster, 1920s.

“The idyllic gay portrait of dapper German officers in capes and peaked caps transfixed by demure Line-Boys (teenage male prostitutes that worked Berlin’s fancy hotel lobbies, gay clubs, and bars in the Tiergarten in gangs of 4 or 5) on Tiergarten benches disappeared from view in 1919. It was beggars who retained the combat dress of the defeated army. Berlin’s gay community at the beginning of Weimar adopted a different wardrobe, the sailor’s blouse and cap (alongside the tailored morning-coat of the perfumed dandy). In homosexual Dielen, middle-aged Sugar-Lickers (nighttime gay patrons), Coolies (older Gymnasium or university students who hired Line-Boys and frequently claimed to be straight), Doll-Boys (youngest and penniless gay hustlers that worked solely for food, lodging and cigarettes), even crotchety waiters wore the crisp blue-and-white insignia of jaunty marines on shore leave. The change of uniform had various meanings. Partly, it was a matter of identification - straights didn’t wear them - and they were a Wilhelmian echo of adolescent androgyny. More significantly, Berlin’s core homosexual community had expanded beyond the units of the Potsdam garrison.”

-Mel Gordon, Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin.

Tagged: illustrationposterposter artcabaretweimarqueer1920svoluptuous panicmel gordon

Source: the-seed-of-europe

21st January 2012

Photo with 186 notes

Albert Harlingue / Roger-Viollet - Le Monocle, a special cabaret for women in Montmartre, Paris, 1930
From Paris, une capitale au-dessus du volcan (1910-1940) by Nicolas Chaudun, 2011

Albert Harlingue / Roger-Viollet - Le Monocle, a special cabaret for women in Montmartre, Paris, 1930

From Paris, une capitale au-dessus du volcan (1910-1940) by Nicolas Chaudun, 2011

Tagged: 1930salbert harlinguecabaretle monoclemonoclesphotographyroger-violletqueer

21st September 2011

Photo with 23 notes

Jack Smith, Untitled, c.1958-1962/2011
From Jack Smith: A Feast for Open Eyes exhibiton at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London
Via Art Blart

Jack Smith, Untitled, c.1958-1962/2011

From Jack Smith: A Feast for Open Eyes exhibiton at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London

Via Art Blart

Tagged: jack smithfilmphotographyqueerexhibition

21st September 2011

Photo reblogged from ZEIGARNIK EFFECT with 18 notes

Jack Smith, Untitled, c.1958-1962/2011

From Jack Smith: A Feast for Open Eyes exhibiton at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London)
(via zeigarnik, m-memeng)

Jack Smith, Untitled, c.1958-1962/2011

From Jack Smith: A Feast for Open Eyes exhibiton at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London)

(via zeigarnik, m-memeng)

Tagged: photographyjack smithfilmqueerexhibition

Source: artblart.wordpress.com

7th February 2011

Photo reblogged from Nikola Tamindzic on Tumblr with 1,048 notes

homeofthevain:

Luigi & Luca, Union, 2008
Thanks to chooseyourshoes for positively identifying the authors of this photo earlier today. And also thanks to billyjane, unkool, and hardwired for their suggestions. (TinEye led most of us to Mariano Vivanco, but crowdsourcing beats algorithms yet again.)

homeofthevain:

Luigi & Luca, Union, 2008

Thanks to chooseyourshoes for positively identifying the authors of this photo earlier today. And also thanks to billyjane, unkool, and hardwired for their suggestions. (TinEye led most of us to Mariano Vivanco, but crowdsourcing beats algorithms yet again.)

Tagged: luigi & lunaphotographyqueer

26th January 2011

Photo reblogged from queerest of them all with 518 notes

queering:

Chéri Herouard, aka Herric
from jennydreadful

queering:

Chéri Herouard, aka Herric

from jennydreadful

Tagged: cheri herouardillustrationqueerfetishbondagewhip

Source: flickr.com