Affectionate Handsome Men - Vintage Photographs

[@David-ei1fs]

When you're young , theres nothing better than having a "best" friend.

[@juancarlos9592]

So true David

[@charlesprice925]

I had a friend in high school that was a muse for fifty years. We joined the Air National Guard during the Viet Nam War draft, thinking we would leave together. We did not. His mother had a going away party for him the night before he left. I stayed to the end. His mother told me he said he could hold it all together until I was gone. Then he sat down in a dining room table chair and cried. I didn't know until then that I had as big an impact on him as he had on me. No one ever replaced him.

[@billyhndrsn4542]

As I have long suspected, photograpic evidence of male feelings of love to eachother to live on after them. We today stand on the shoulders of mighty brave men and women who dared to live their life.

[@sarjane62]

Love and affection. Check out my new video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYTCo3Whn7pjl9E

[@jerrylee8261]

Billy, we owe them a lot. We must keep fighting to conquer the homophobic hatred against something perfectly natural

[@juancarlos9592]

Hello Billy Perfectly said.....thank you

[@73malaki]

Its the "teva" That illogical urge to love 💘 "To be fruitful & multiply" :/

[@michaelmcgee8543]

This is a proper perspective. Affection

[@TaxTheChurches.]

Men and women were much more physically affectionate in those days. My mom and I walked hand in hand together once I got out of the self conscious teen years. Women still aren't afraid to hang all over their friends in selfies.

[@markgordon5387]

God bless my friends from childhood. They were nice. Grant each one only happiness.

[@BellaFirenze]

Bellissime fotografie. Tante grazie per questo tesore. Saluti da Firenze, Italia.

[@hrh4961]

Quite a few comments here about men being freer with each other in times gone by. They still are in places. The further south you go in Italy the more you see it still. Guys embracing, holding hands while walking, kissing. Perfectly normal and natural. By the time you get to North Africa, those Muslim boys are even freer with their affection. Saw a beautiful vignette in San Gimignano one evening. A father and son (young teen) walked into the piazza hand in hand. The father gave the boy some money and he went into the video arcade. The father sat on a bench; had a cigarette.When the kid came out they walked off hand in hand. My late partner, a very proper, uptight New Englander, was flummoxed. Still wouldn't walk around the towns holding hands with me. I was crushed. But on a solo trip to Tunisia, things were very different.

[@GIguy]

I was talking to my father about this (after watching several other videos of pics of gay men taken 80 or more years ago up to the 50’s). He is 88 years old, and I asked him if men were actually that affectionate towards each other in a strictly platonic way back then, and he told me most definitely. My father was in the Royal Canadian Navy for 30 years. He retired, after reaching the rank of admiral, but he has literally hundreds of photos of him and his shipmates, usually when they were drunk, with their arms all around each other, many of them far more provocative than the guys in these pictures. So the question is, how do you tell which photos are just men that were very good friends/family, men that were very drunk, as opposed to men that were actually a gay couple? I am gay myself, and I always thought that in the old days people didn’t show affection, especially straight men, but my father put those theories to rest after I looked through his photo albums from his time in the Navy. There’s a few pictures of my father and his buddies, shortly after they came out of a bar, with their arms wrapped around each other to the point where you’d swear to God they were boyfriends! Now, my father regrets showing me those photos, because I am tormenting him constantly about it, saying “like father, like son!” My mother doesn’t like it when I do that, she’s 90. I’m now 54 and they’re both still alive, and now I finally have some really good ammo against dad! He was always a very loving father, but beyond that, he was your typical man’s man, a tough guy, who beat the crap out of a lot of people, the kind of man you didn’t wanna mess with. But when he was young, joining the Navy, when he was only 17, lying about his age to get in, those pictures make him look like a flaming queen! So that’s what I call him now, my mom gives me a really dirty look, and my father tells me to shut the hell up as I laugh my ass off! These are the same two people he told me when I was 16 years old, after I came out, that it was just a phase! I’ve been with my husband for 34 years now, I don’t think it’s a phase anymore! Lol! straight men can be so stupid sometimes! Lol!

[@206-HoneyBadger]

I noticed a lot of these old pics were of guys being buds in pics and not gay. Sounds like you have cool parents tho! funny about your dad's history!

[@GIguy]

@@206-HoneyBadger thanks!

[@roberttrepagnier9149]

Dont know if all these men were gay but the pictures are awesome.

[@ivanhowe]

Did you notice how many Marines are in this video? When your soldierly life depends on a brother soldier, is a loving bond unreasonable? Do you know the background music? I think it fit the nostalgia perfectly.

[@sarjane62]

Hi Ivan, I'm glad you liked the video and the music. My dad was a Marine! in WWII. Here's his band of brothers. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXmWZpmqhNmff9k

[@johnirvin7880]

beautiful men :)

[@Socialsteve89]

COOL! I Love Some Of These Photos.

[@VANE-kr3bz]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@geoffdundee]

Steven McCoy........Yours is pretty nice too - keep smiling

[@andrzejmaranda3699]

Beautiful & romantic pictures!

[@juancarlos9592]

Hello Andrzej

[@andrzejmaranda3699]

@@juancarlos9592 : hello!

[@juancarlos9592]

@@andrzejmaranda3699 Hello Andrzej Wishing you a fantastic day

[@andrzejmaranda3699]

@@juancarlos9592 : thank you so much!

[@juancarlos9592]

@@andrzejmaranda3699 Where are you from?

[@justad5550]

Nice pictures, nice stories

[@sue9763]

Wow.. the two boys at 1.52...stunning..

[@calimeroernest4300]

Immense Merci. France,Nord. Thanks

[@otakarhoracek8332]

Beautiful pictures,love Is true!!!My prayer fór Sweet boys.Thak you.Best love.

[@rumpelppilz]

Nicht to see, I hope they all had or have a lang beautifull life. I love photo from earlier times, it's very intristing, I was born in 1956. Also long time ago.

[@petermelian6036]

This mystical, arcane, esoteric music describes the mystery, conundrum, inscrutability and puzzling perplexity of the homosexual nature in a way that reveals its inner and deepest enigme in a way that no man of science, psychologist, endocrinologist, philosopher, since times immemorial, has been able to explain it, including the homosexuals themselves.

[@heinmolenaar6750]

All the guys in this video are straight. Their love for each other is very natural and has nothing to do with sexual attraction. Their minds are not disfigured by a sick society and a bigoted and neurotic religion.

[@joseluisvirgen9072]

¡¡¡¡¡ hermosas!!!!

[@patcomerford5596]

"Affectionate" and "Handsome", subjective terms. Thanks for the upload.

[@robertbench5187]

Some of them are probably grangpha age now but when I die I will meet this handsome boys. 😌

[@sensibleone3268]

What's the song called Also why's nearly everyone in this my type of guy😂. Nearly all of them are very cute lol

[@sarjane62]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video! KZbin offers music to add to the video that won't cause a copyright infringement. So I actually don't remember which one I picked.

[@hooverguy6072]

desperation for love !!!!!!!

[@andersliljevall2946]

Nice to see men together - but why is it always labeled gay?

[@sarjane62]

I’m glad you enjoyed the photo montage. The title and description allow the viewer to enjoy without judging and without any labels. Beauty is in the eye the beholder.

[@michaelgaynor6866]

@@sarjane62,so true, so true!

[@hooverguy6072]

You have to remember that men being affectionate to each other wasnt always considered gay. Then it wasnt really considered before the war years, it was only after when homosexuality was coming out that made straight men stop what came natural to them in case they were considered gay. Thats a shame.

[@johnmackey3937]

Men became self conscious at some point and feared not appearing masculine if showing affection.

[@petemavus2948]

​@@sarjane62But the bottom line says "Gay Interest". The majority of these photos don't imply as much as you do. Somewhere it was even suggested that if the man was alone it was taken by another male as if coupled. Many of the pictures could have just as easily have been taken by women. Either way doesn't matter to me as love and affection has many tints, tones and shades just as much as degrees of understanding and appreciation whether platonic, sexual or otherwise. Being(s) no need to read anything more into it other than worthy of remembrance to others. ✌️

[@diegomonteo]

Cool

[@raulalberto6705]

Muchas gracias....

[@silverfoxnva]

Nice pics beautiful. Noticed alot of guys in uniforms was there a dont ask dont tell back then also? Lol. Didnt realize being out in the open was accepted either. Just curious.

[@sarjane62]

I think there was less of a stigma about men being affectionate back then. Less stereotyping people.

[@richarddamico5639]

Can’t help but feel sad for the 15 people that gave this a thumbs down.

[@SarahJWells-qj7cb]

It is sad that there is so much negativity these days. Live and let live. Love and let love.

[@billhosko7723]

@@SarahJWells-qj7cb JFC... U 2 Karens just posted 'negativity. Sanc. ideats (sic)

[@williamstovall8142]

Best looking couple from this list 1:52

[@geoffdundee]

william stovall .......i like the cheeky one @3.23 licking his ice cream.........he,d get well licked lol

[@mariannelabatut]

NICE

[@Magnetron33]

No wonder so many had trouble fitting back into life as the rules suggest it should be. The only rule is do no harm! The rest is up to the individual. Humans are mercurial multi faceted beings living in a rapidly changing world. The old song says Love the one your with! Why not?

[@sarjane62]

Yes, I don't understand why some people are so afraid of other human beings! Live and let live. Love and let love.

[@VANE-kr3bz]

👍👍👍👍👍💙💙💙💙💙

[@danielteegarden8982]

Sad.........Lot Love.......

[@mactavares3869]

there were some intriguing WWII army snapshots my dad had kept that made me wonder what all was going on back then... always felt he was pretty popular- everywhere but at home. all lost in a house fire; along with him (a likely suicide).

[@sarjane62]

Thanks for sharing. They were so young when they went off to war. And came back with no instructions on how to be a good dad...Sorry about your experience. I can kind of relate....

[@michaelgaynor6866]

@@sarjane62 ,Know your not alone!

[@williamsoles9617]

ABSOLUTELY, NOT ALONE!!! I'M SORRY ABOUT YOUR DAD. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR SOME OF THESE STORY'S!!! IT WAS A HUSH HUSH THING WAY BACK THEN!!!!

[@billhosko7723]

@@williamsoles9617 Gettagarip Karen.

[@ultracool9782]

❤❤❤❤

[@baref1959]

dont know how to send you a pic of WWI. i am sure it has never been published. let me know if you want it.

[@sebastiaofigueiredo3455]

Love handsome

[@edshoaff3055]

The Masters & Johnson sex study said that most men are not 100% straight because there are varying degrees of same sex attraction….that information combined with the fact that WW2 men were away from females for long periods of time makes their bonding important even if it was not sexual. There was a documentary about gays during WW2 and a former soldier said that he got drunk with two buddies and they put their hands down each other’s pants and basically had sex….he said they were later killed in action and was glad that they found some pleasure before dying.

[@sarjane62]

Thanks for sharing this.

[@billhosko7723]

JFC... what a disgraceful post.

[@billhosko7723]

@@sarjane62 Two old gossips...

[@juancarlos9592]

Some of those photos are not affectionate at all

[@sarjane62]

Hi, I will continue to look for more photos of affectionate men. I hope you like this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYTCo3Whn7pjl9E Thanks for your feedback.

[@juancarlos9592]

@@sarjane62 Thank you for all your work

[@VANE-kr3bz]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@heinmolenaar6750]

All guys in this video are straight. Their love for each other is very natural. And has nothing to do with sexual attraction.

[@hrh4961]

@@heinmolenaar6750 And your evidence for this is........?

[@NF-im1wq]

A lot of these guys in uniform did not know if they would ever come back from the war a lot of them didn't

[@sarjane62]

My dad was a Marine in WWII. He was an Ace Pilot. One story is that he and another pilot were flying their planes and they lost contact. The other buddy just disappeared. The squadron never found out what happened to their him. It haunted my dad for a very long time. Very sad.

[@timsmith5133]

Watch silent movies and see how affectionate men were. You can't convince me all those men or the men in these pictures are gay.

[@sarjane62]

This video is a collection of found photos featuring handsome men spending time together. Only they know the details of their relationship.

[@hooverguy6072]

Before the 1950s homosexuality wasnt in the public psyche, so men were more affectionate without the social sigma. After then, homosexuality brought along with it femine conitations to it so men stopped displaying affection for each other. Look at the film "Wings" 1927, men kissing.

[@timsmith5133]

@@hooverguy6072 Senator McCarthy hoped to build a political career by purging communists and homosexuals. Anyone could be accused of being homosexual and little "proof" was needed to ruin a career. My uncles stopped embracing for fear of ruining their careers.

[@hooverguy6072]

@@timsmith5133 Terrible !!! God bless America, Home of the brave and land of the Free.......

[@rumpelppilz]

Was spielt das schon für eine Rolle , alle mögen sich irgendwie, das ist allein wichtig und gibt einem ein saugutes Gefühl. Cp Could also tell in English, but I wan't. German is the better langsamer to speak about romance, Englisch is for it to poor.

[@jmajors5946]

Many of the comments here indicate to me how the gay liberation movement has distorted natural affections between men. Close friendship becomes suspect and frequently misread. War, often with its deep uncertainties, bonds men in a way that modern culture misunderstands. It’s best not to transfer one’s own needs into the photographs of others. . Obvious misinterpretation can occur.

[@sfreddy]

You are quite simply incorrect The opposite is the case.

[@heinmolenaar6750]

All the guys in this video are straight. Their affection for each other is very naturally. And their affection has nothing to do with sexual attraction. Their minds are not disfigured by a sick society and a bigoted and neurotic religion.

[@billhosko7723]

Pfft... Folks, another self-righteous Karen has appeared.

[@mud6866]

A man is hot, two men are super-hot🤷🏼‍♀️

[@206-HoneyBadger]

very few of these pics looked or resembled gay men. and i'm gay... so I can tell when I see an intimate pic of two bonding past friendship

[@umberceri1441]

I think with the gay marriage and LGTB whatever movement we tend to think this is all rather new NOPE, I am surprised however there is so much openness back then WHO KNEW?

[@guynorth3277]

There wasn't - It really wasn't until the Seventies that things begin to open up.

[@umberceri1441]

I know you are right, I am still surprised at the openness back then!

[@johnmackey3937]

As much as I want to think all were gay, Some of the military 🪖 pics could have been real friends posing together. These had to have been kept in secret especially the military. Wonder if the kids and grand kids are finding these.

[@reynaldourriola4156]

Mmmm son los gays 😍👬🌈

[@juancarlos9592]

Can't stand the music

[@sensibleone3268]

I actually like it lol would u happen to know the name by any chance?

[@juancarlos9592]

@@sensibleone3268 No

[@VANE-kr3bz]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@maxc3470]

You might want to change the music; rather depressing.

[@josietyner761]

It is moving, sentimental. tender...those young boys, those wonderful boys..some lovers, some brothers. Some friends...none are now alive to smile, to love, to feel the blessed bright sunshine on warm young bodies. I too was once young, and soon will I join these beautiful boys, in a silence where no song, however tender, May be heard.

[@Jess-k6q]

Atmospheric

[@hrh4961]

Not to me. And it's a damned site better than some twanger accompanying a constipated "folksinger."

[@PUAlum]

@@josietyner761 i can see why you would feel that way----but i loved it. Seemed fitting.

[@troysierra5228]

Max C. Don't be bitter. Find a companion.