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Works from European publishing giant Bruno Gmunder chronicles expanse of LGBT culture
Tom of Finland. F. Valentine Hooven III. Jim French. Rex. Michael Stokes.
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Physique Pictorial reprint among German gay museum's archival holdings
Bob Mizer's works can be found in contemporary galleries and exhibits the world over. But dig a little deeper into a museum's archives and you'll...
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Bodybuilding brothers: 1968 Physique Pictorial issue had readers seeing double
What, exactly, is it about brothers that gets us so hot under the collar (and the pants)?
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Take a sneak peek at what we have planned for Physique Pictorial, issue 44
The Bob Mizer Foundation relaunched Mizer's groundbreaking male physique mag, Physique Pictorial, last fall to rave reviews. We're hard at work on...
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For 2018, Foundation looks to the future as it honors the past
The year 2017 was one of unprecedented growth for the Bob Mizer Foundation. Exactly a quarter of a century after Mizer's death, the organization that...
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Camera Porn: BMF receives donation of vintage cameras
While we are constantly cataloguing slides and photos at the Bob Mizer Foundation, the Foundation’s mission goes beyond just preserving his work....
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'Gay for pay' phenom common in modeling industry, both then and now
No one really knows the sexual proclivities of the thousands of models who appeared before Bob Mizer's still and video cameras, but one thing is...
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Physique Pictorial #43 ships next month. Here's what's inside...
Our winter issue of Physique Pictorial is hot off the presses and ready to ship at the beginning of next month.
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Foundation exclusive: Q&A with Michael Peacock
You might recall the name Michael Peacock from our article that was published a few weeks ago. Though we've received plenty of positive feedback on...
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Reagan-era report called for boycott of adult materials
Only 16 years after a presidential commission recommended loosening restrictions on the availability of adult materials, members of a second...
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Presidential report studied pornography in America
A 1969 U.S. Supreme Court ruling on obscenity, Stanley v. Georgia, ruled that people could view and read whatever they wished in the privacy of their...
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The fig leaf drops: 1969 issue of Physique Pictorial quietly heralded arrival of nudity
Only mere months after the U.S. Supreme Court declared nudity in art to be not obscene, Bob Mizer was among the first to feature nudity in his male...
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Before he was the 'Governator,' Arnold posed for Mizer
Before he traveled through time to save the world, before he became the most powerful man in California, Austrian bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger...
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'Not guilty' verdict in Peacock case was major stride forward for sexual liberty
Michael Peacock, quite simply, is a force to be reckoned with -- a fact that one prosecuting attorney learned the hard way.
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Unconventional beauty: In defense of Jim Grant, gingers, and normalcy
Though Bob Mizer’s Physique Pictorial gave its readers a glimpse of models who appeared the pinnacle of physical perfection, muscles and all, Mizer...
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Macfadden's beliefs about diet, exercise similar to our own
Author's note: This is the conclusion of a three-part series on bodybuilder and health advocate Bernarr Macfadden.