One-time Mizer model killed actor from Hollywood’s Golden Age
Many types of men appeared throughout the pages of Bob Mizer’s "Physique Pictorial" over the years. The former all-American high school athlete. The...
Chuck Renslow 1929-2017
We learned yesterday of the death of Chuck Renslow. A friend and contemporary of Bob Mizer, Chuck was a larger than life part of gay history. He owned gay businesses in Chicago in the 1950s and 60s when owning gay businesses wasn’t popular. He was a photographer, club owner, publisher, politician and events producer. Prosecuted on a number of occasions, Chuck always won. He pushed the boundaries of the law for all of us.
His legacy will live on in his art, in the International Mr. Leather competition which he founded in 1979, and in the Leather Archives & Museum which he co-founded in 1991.
Rest well knowing you made a difference in the lives of so many.
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Babes in Dreamland: Masculinity in John Waters films, Part I
Author's note: This is the first in a two-part series on the portrayal of masculinity in the films of director John Waters. Part I covers "Pink...
Sticky Pages, A Tribute to Queer Pulp
While photographers like Bob Mizer and Bruce of LA were busy capturing the well-oiled bodies of off-duty military men and muscle beach bodybuilders,...
Beefcake Zombies of Mass Destruction
While hiding out from the zombie brain-crunchers in a red-neck church, a minister discovers that Lance and Tom are gay, and forcefully subjects them...