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#FleetWeek: A Memorial Day Celebration of Sexy Seamen

By Trey Speegle on May 27, 2016 3:24 pm

Photo by Andy Cohen

Photo by Andy Cohen

Jim French

Jim French

It’s the last day of Fleet Week in New York City and these visuals tend to skew toward male camaraderie that months at sea must induce. There’s a book called Hello Sailor! The Hidden History of Homosexuality at Sea, from 1945 to 1985 British merchant ships were ‘gay heavens.’ Passenger, cargo and Royal Fleet ships were the main workplace where men could be out (and camp). Who knew? The visual history here runs the a specific gamut from vintage pics to Bruce Weber to Tom of Finland. Happy Memorial Day weekend, seamen or not!

Vintage photo booth picture

Vintage photo booth picture

Vintage photo booth

Vintage photo booth

A gay stewards welcome gay stewards, photographer unknown

A gay stewards welcome gay stewards, photographer unknown

Vintage photo

Vintage photo

Tom of Finland

Tom of Finland

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Vintage tattooed sailor

Vintage tattooed sailor

Sailor tattoo by Geir

Sailor tattoo by Geir

Stephen Tennant

Stephen Tennant

David LaChapelle

David LaChapelle

Ginch Gonch ad

Ginch Gonch ad

Wojciech

Wojciech

Pierre et Gilles

Pierre et Gilles

Pierre et Gilles

Pierre et Gilles

Bruce Weber

Bruce Weber

Richard Pier Petit

Richard Pier Petit

Brad Davis in Querelle

Brad Davis in Querelle

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