Michael Lynch by Richard Giard c 1984 Courtesy the ©️ Estate of Richard Giard

‘Man on motorcycle’ by Robert Giard Courtesy ©️ The Robert Giard Foundation

Inaugural edition of Folsom Street Fair, San Francisco c 1984 📸 by Robert Pruzan (scans from Drummer magazine c 1984 v 9 no 79)

CMC Carnival San Francisco c 1975, the predecessor to the Folsom Street Fair 📸 by William Gedney, all courtesy ©️ Duke University Archives

Hard Lessons (for Zeus), Mach Quarterly No 5 v2 1983 (a Drummer Publication)

Photography by Crawford Wayne Barton Courtesy and from the archives at GLBT Historical Society San Francisco

A stolen outtake. Burt Reynolds for Cosmopolitan magazine by Francesco Scavullo c 1972

Unknown man, Westside Piers, NYC c 1979 Photography by ©️ Peter Hujar

If you have a mustache, I automatically assume you’re gay.

Wolfgang Tillmans - Rein ne nous y préparait (Centre Pompidou, ete 2025)

‘Das ist ja zum PEEPen’ (which is a play on words and translates to ‘That’s Hilarious’ in German) by Elisabeth B., pub. 1983. In 1980 photographer Elisabeth manages to get a hidden camera and herself into a notorious Times Square peep show booth and was able to document the punters.

Shirtless man, Harvey Milk’s Birthday, Castro Street, San Francisco 1982 Photography by Robert Pruzan Courtesy the GLBT Historical Society San Francisco (Robert Pruzan Papers)

Days of Hope (70’s Gay San Francisco) by Crawford Barton (1943 - 1993), published posthumously by Aubrey Walter in 1994

From ‘Come Out (Protest & Pride 1985-1995)’ by Sunil Gupta, published 2024

I collect Honcho magazine so I ordered a large archival plexiglass magazine display box from Gresswell, a specialist archive/library supplier. I added an extra to my work order. I’m an archivist by day. This issue is May 1994 and was my introduction to the publication.

🍒 Cherry Grove, Fire Island NY Photography ©️ 1977 Meryl Meisler

Scan from ‘Fire Island Pines: Polaroids, 1975-1983’ book by Tom Bianchi, published 2013

Dave and the Duster 1977 Photography by Al Shorpy

London is VERY warm. I can’t remember which book I scanned these from and if I ever remember I will delete and repost. These two scans were originally deleted by Instagram back in the day.

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Drummer party at Trocadero Transfer San Francisco CA circa 1980 Photography by Stan Walker Courtesy White Heat Productions and Remember the Party

Banner by Mike Kelley c 1987 When ever I am asked “Tell me about yourself” this pops into the brain.

Photography by © 1983 Marius Senekal Scanned from 'Photographs of Guys'

Dabney Coleman in ‘Modern Problems’ (1981) A boyhood crush. 😻

Rocky Graziano by Stanley Kubrick circa 1949

🐸 Toad Hall 18th Street @ Castro, San Francisco CA Photography by Crawford Barton circa 1977 Courtesy the GLBT Historical Society San Francisco

‘I Give Good Foot’ Photography by ©️ 1991 Rick Castro

Artwork by Ernest Rumbarger AKA Lady Bright circa 1980 Scan courtesy Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis Library Archives

🇫🇷 David Hodo and Glenn Hughes, Paris, November 1979 Courtesy Alamy

Ramrod From ‘Male Burlesk: Times Square NYC 1980-1981’ Photography by ©️ Vivienne Maricevic

Flamingo discotheque NYC circa 1975 Photography by Sal Traina Courtesy Fairchild Archive/WWD/Penske Media

Treat Williams NYC 1981 Courtesy Life Magazine Archives/Alamy

⚡️ FRONT Nightclub Hamburg DE Photography Rüdiger Trautsch Courtesy of Klaus Stockhausen and Boris Dlugosch © 1983 Schwules Museum Berlin

‘Shirtless onlookers leaning on Cadillac’, West Village NYC 1977 Photography by Leonard Fink Courtesy The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center NYC

I’m posting this cos every time I see this pop up it’s in a shitty resolution. Badlands San Francisco by Crawford Barton circa 1977

Sunil Gupta for Beauty Papers June 2023 🏳️‍🌈

Folsom Street San Francisco CA Photography by ©️ 1984 Nicholas Blair

New Year’s crotch hug, Studio 54 Photography by ©️ 1979 Allan Tannenbaum

Edmund White sucking interviewer’s (Gert Jonkers) toe Photography by Gert Jonkers Butt no. 17 Autumn 2006

Cadet Carey Mahoney c 1984

RIP Edmund White. What adventures you had, thanks for sharing them with us. #EdmundWhite

RIP Edmund White. Thanks for sharing your adventures and living absolutely your best life. And what a life. #EdmundWhite photographed in September, 1985 by Robert Giard.

‘Star 80’ publicity photo circa 1983 Eric Roberts as Paul Snider

📼 Christopher Street West Los Angeles Gay Pride Celebration 1987 West Hollywood Park Photography courtesy the Alan Light Gallery via Flickr

🇨🇦 Kake in Canada - Dirty Talktape circa 1982

Provincetown, MA 1983 Photography by ©️ Nicholas Blair

Belmont Rocks, Chicago IL Courtesy Owen Keehnen

Two Men on Couch, circa 1978. Color photograph, 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm) Photography by © Anton Perich

Young moustache by Andy Warhol c 1977

A small selection of photos I took from ‘Disco, I’m coming out’ @ Philharmonie de Paris