Joannervej @joannervej.bsky.social · 10hThe “lost” gay issue of Confidential magazine. Pulled from the stands and pulped due to pending lawsuits, this one was allegedly unearthed many years ago at the Los Feliz estate sale of an über-flamboyant queen and former TV game show personality. 2312
Joannervej @joannervej.bsky.social · 10hHe was quoted as saying, "I am not a homosexual, I am a pederast." Saint-Saëns died of pneumonia in Algiers, at the age of 86, on December 16, 1921. 051
Joannervej @joannervej.bsky.social · 10hAfter abandoning his wife, Saint-Saëns traveled extensively. He began spending winters in French-speaking Algeria, which became a favored holiday spot for European homosexuals who enjoyed the adolescent male companionship easily available there. 150
Joannervej @joannervej.bsky.social · 10hparticularly his impersonation of Marguerite, the female soprano lead in Charles Gounod's opera Faust. He is reputed to have danced in ballerina tutus for the entertainment of fellow gay composer, Tchaikovsky. 140
Joannervej @joannervej.bsky.social · 10hSaint-Saëns was solitary and secretive, prone to disappearing for weeks at a time. He could also be a remarkable host, often entertaining friends lavishly at his Paris home, where his performances in drag were well-known among his circle, 130
Joannervej @joannervej.bsky.social · 10hAndré, aged two, fell from a fourth floor window, and soon afterward his baby brother Jean became ill and died. Saint-Saëns blamed Marie for the children's deaths, and a short time later he walked out on her in the middle of a holiday trip. Though there was no divorce, Marie never saw him again. 130
Joannervej @joannervej.bsky.social · 10hThereafter the composer treated his wife with deep disdain, until the arrival of children brought out a more sympathetic side. But tragedy intervened when both children died within six weeks of each other in 1878. 130
Joannervej @joannervej.bsky.social · 10hHowever in 1875, at the age of almost 40, he began an affair with nineteen year old Marie-Laure Truffot, which led to marriage. Immediately after their wedding, Saint-Saëns declared that he was too busy for a honeymoon and took Marie straight home to live with his mother. 130
Joannervej @joannervej.bsky.social · 10hThe private life of Camille Saint-Saëns was filled with turmoil. He was homosexual but realized how much marrying would bolster his reputation. Understandably, he showed little outward sign of wanting to marry. 2262
Joannervej @joannervej.bsky.social · 12hSchneider advocated for body culture, nudism (Freikörperkultur), and the artistic depiction of the male physique. He established the institute in Dresden, combining physical training and gymnastics with artistic study 090
Joannervej @joannervej.bsky.social · 12hThe text on the right directly references Professor Sascha Schneider and describes the concept of Kraft-Kunst ("art of strength"), linking the harmonious physical development of the human body to the ideals of Classical Antiquity. 180
Joannervej @joannervej.bsky.social · 12hThe pages of this book feature photographs of nude young men alongside a German text introducing the Kraft-Kunst, an institute founded by the German Symbolist painter and sculptor Sascha Schneider in 1918–1919. . 1431
Joannervej @joannervej.bsky.social · 12hHow to picture race? The use of photography in the scientific practice of the Swedish State Institute for Race Biology 0280
Joannervej @joannervej.bsky.social · 12hPrinted in Munich by Dr. F.P. Datterer & Cie., the book represents a historical source for studying the development of racial theory and physical anthropology during the interwar period. 040
Joannervej @joannervej.bsky.social · 12hIts contents cover population characteristics, physical measurements, hair and eye colour, geographical distribution and the historical classification of human types. 130
Joannervej @joannervej.bsky.social · 12hThe book examines contemporary racial and anthropological theories concerning the so-called 'Nordic race; with particular emphasis on Norway and Scandinavia. 110
Joannervej @joannervej.bsky.social · 12hGerman book 'Der nordische Mensch' by Norwegian anthropologist Halfdan Bryn, published by J.F. Lehmanns Verlag in Munich in 1929. The complete subtitle reads 'Die Merkmale der nordischen Rasse mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der rassischen Verhältnisse Norwegens! 1231
Joannervej @joannervej.bsky.social · 09/10/20261910s Russia Nude Wrestler World Champion Georg Lurich fighting with Karl Pospeschil. Postcard signed by Georg Lurich. Photo: Karl Bulla 0550
Joannervej @joannervej.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Vanessa Bell. Black and white negative of a naked Duncan Grant sitting on the lawn outdoors at Asheham, Beddingham, Sussex 012713
Joannervej @joannervej.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Vanessa Bell. Black and white negative of Duncan Grant posing naked in a studio at 46 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, London 0844
Joannervej @joannervej.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856-1931). A muscular naked man, in front of a rock. Catalogue number: 1651. An annotation on the envelope of the negative glass gives the model's name as "Andrea", 1890 0471
Joannervej @joannervej.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Male (possibly John Wright) nude, posing for George Reynolds. Thomas Eakins (1844-1916), ca. 1885 0530
Joannervej @joannervej.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Edmond Desbonnet. Study of a male nude in profile, circa 1910 0603
Joannervej @joannervej.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Douglas Juleff - Doug of Detroit. Mike Dubel, 1949 0552
