Mars Magazine 1965

Before  we had rights.  When even tame magazines like this skirted the law, and were harassed by the judgemental.

Lord of the Rings

 The remarkably handsome and sexy Viggo Mortensen.  

Here's an interesting article about him.  He seems to be a nice bloke.

Nathan Buckley

 Ozzie rules ('footy') player.  Still just as handsome as ever, despite his age.

He's straight as far as I know, but hey, no harm in us just looking!

Still in working order

 

Cowboy

I wonder why cowboys are so sexy.  Is it because they are seen as manly?  And is that because of internalised homophobia, that we somehow see 'manly' men as more 'valid' than us homos?  Is it because they are all men together in nature, forced into a rough male companionship because they need each other out there in the bush? 

When I was a boy I used to read westerns avidly, and I still remember, all these years later, a story which reached a soaring romantic pitch for me.  A man and his friend are escaping from a town having been in a gunfight.  The man is bleeding from a gunshot wound, and can only ride slowly.  His friend refuses to leave him to his fate, but rides by his watching over him, waiting for the inevitable.  For a lonely, bullied, queenie boy at school this summed up my hope for a friend in my life, long before I had any idea of my sexuality.  Someone who loved me despite everything, someone strong and manly who was my friend, despite me being effeminate and not at all manly, someone who would stick by me through thick and thin. 

I've moved on from that, I think.  I hope.  After all, friends come in many guises.  But there is still a romantic frisson when I see a real cowboy and remember.

Sexy older blokes

Who says being old means you're not hot? Just take a look at these two and repeat that!

Winter combinations

Bloke du Jour

Bloke du Jour

Blogger may have fixed its "adult content warning".  We'll see.

Anyway, resuming posting here.

Bloke du Jour

Beautiful and erotic

Wet

So handsome!

Steve Smith, captain of the Ozzie cricket team.

Any time.

Patriotic

Bloke du Jour

Cutie

Bloke du Jour

Poor straight guys!

They can't even have ice-cream.

Bloke du Jour

Bloke du Jour

Samuel Kneen, former Mr Gay UK