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Jun 26
2010
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I just went through my archive of photos from San Francisco Pride from 2003 through 2009. This time I pared it down to just the very best shots to give customers the best user experience possible. VIP Members can view them in the Paparazzi Pics/Streetfair Skin section.
All photos in the Lavender Lounge VIP Room are viewable as a slide show, too. I was surprised how many naked men and blatant sex was actually happening at the celebration that immediately follows the parade.
Today's sample photos are from San Francisco Pride 2005 and 2006, and I will be giving you a sample from each year over the weekend, leading up to NEW photos I will be adding from 2010 San Francisco Pride and Pink Saturday.
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In addition to several large purchases of vintage films, Lavender Lounge has also acquired hundreds of gay erotic magazines from the 1950's through the 1970's. "I've been scouring eBay and garage sales for the most obscure old porn. Gay imagery of any kind, even the most innocent or mundane was considered shocking at the time, so you can imagine how rare it was to find nudity or hard core gay sex in print. We've forgotten how secretive and underground the adult industry was at the time. As a result, most of the old magazines I've unearthed have no masthead, no contact address and no copyright information," says Kliem.
Sexuality is the core component that gay men share with each other and these films and magazines were often the only connections gay men had with other members of the tribe. Below the surface of mere exploitation of naked bodies, they are a time capsule of how we lived, how we dressed and how we connected when there were no rules, norms or precedent. "Building this site is a labor of love for me," says Mark Kliem. "I will be approaching the material from a somewhat historical perspective without being too scholarly and dull. The home page of 

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