Vintage queer

Vintage photographs of gay and lesbian couples and their stories.

April's background-image nostalgia.

sir! magazine, may 1957

Gay Power (1969-1979) was the self-styled “New York’s first homosexual newspaper’. “Variety is the spice of life and Gay Power is by and for all people,” ran the Gay Power mission statement. “A people is what we shall exemplify first not in any ‘half see how far we can get’ subtle way, but in … Continue reading "Gay Power – The Hip Radicalism of ‘New York’s First Homosexual Newspaper’"

1. The inventor of modern butter sculpture Caroline Shawk couldn't afford marble, so she started making butter sculptures to raise money at local fairs. Her butter sculpture became a runaway hit at Centennial exhibition, which allowed her to open her own studio and work with marble.

Photographer Chloe Sherman captured her own world of femmes and butches, punks and studs.