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“Even as conversations about sexuality and homosexuality were expanding in the press, gay materials only circulated on the fringes in the mid-twentieth century. Most mainstream discussion of homosexuality presented men as perverts or criminals; at best, they were sad victims,” says Dr Justin Bengry, a history lecturer at London’s Goldsmiths, and course convenor of the university’s Queer History MA programme. “Men who wanted to find gay materials could do so in pulp novels and under-the-counter magazines, but none of this was mainstream. However, the kinds of physique magazines where Tom Of Finland’s art was published had a wide distribution among gay men, surpassing by far the reach of activist publications.” This meant that American titles like Physique Pictorial – an early proto-porn title to which Finland contributed – were a way to explore intrinsic desires under the heavy cloud of national censorship.
Muscle alone did not make Tom Of Finland’s brand. It was the clothing. Of course, certain artefacts are still largely shackled to parts of gay cultures: black leather biker caps, for example, and police shirts so tight they pose an occupational hazard. We don’t see them much in heteronormative spaces (which is why the parades of Pride are so important). But is there an element of Finland’s cartoonish fixation in the , of oversized glutes crowbarred into suffocating denim? Of men that fawn and gush over the gains of their fellow gym goers? Is Tom Of Finland’s refurbishment of masculinity now a lead for men at large? And, are the oversized frames of porn – heterosexual or otherwise – now the norm? It’s tempting to connect the dots.
Men.com’s tribute to the work and legacy of legendary gay porn visionary Tom of Finland continues as director Matt Lambert ventures into the territory of the postmodern with , , , , and . The nude twinks hang out at the Pleasure Park, shooting the breeze, challenging each other to self-suck, and bonding over the question, “What would you do if the world was ending tomorrow?”



















