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Gay men

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Photographs of Gay Life in Communist Czechoslovakia, 1939-1979

 Collection
Identifier: MS208
Abstract

This collection contains 267 photographs depicting the life of a group of gay men in Czechoslovakia from 1939 to 1979, where same-sex sexual activity was decriminalized in 1962. Photographs show the men either clothed, in various stages of undress, or completely nude. Images are taken at the beach, on vacation, indoors, and exploring unidentified places.

Dates: 1939-1979
Found in: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections / Photographs of Gay Life in Communist Czechoslovakia, 1939-1979

Macho Tips Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS195
Abstract

Macho Tips Letters (MS195) consists of letters dating from January 1987 to April 1990, predominantly in Spanish, with some wholly or partially in English, and some sexually explicit, mostly from men in Mexico (as well as in Spain, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Brazil, and the United States). The letters are written in response to an ad seeking pen pals placed in Macho Tips, a Spanish-language gay magazine published in Mexico City, Mexico.

Dates: 1987 January 8-1990 April 2 and undated
Found in: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections / Macho Tips Letters