http://speakitsname.wordpress.com Gay Historical Fiction Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:10:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/f6766690915a0f63a21fa3a359a63f2b?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://speakitsname.wordpress.com http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/speak-its-name-advent-calendar/ http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/speak-its-name-advent-calendar/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:10:12 +0000 Erastes http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/?p=1299 ]]> http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/speak-its-name-advent-calendar/feed/ 7 Erastes http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/write-queer-london-2010-a-writing-competition/ http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/write-queer-london-2010-a-writing-competition/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:35:54 +0000 Erastes http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/?p=1568 ]]> http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/write-queer-london-2010-a-writing-competition/feed/ 0 Erastes http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/review-one-man-drowning-by-steph-minns/ http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/review-one-man-drowning-by-steph-minns/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:10:29 +0000 Alex Beecroft http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/?p=1552 ]]> http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/review-one-man-drowning-by-steph-minns/feed/ 8 alexbeecroft http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/review-the-world-is-a-stage-by-gail-sterling/ http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/review-the-world-is-a-stage-by-gail-sterling/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:00:08 +0000 Hayden http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/?p=1543 ]]> http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/review-the-world-is-a-stage-by-gail-sterling/feed/ 0 Hayden worlds a stage http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/review-for-the-boys-by-j-m-snyder-from-some-gave-all/ http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/review-for-the-boys-by-j-m-snyder-from-some-gave-all/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:00:13 +0000 Erastes http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/?p=1536 ]]> http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/review-for-the-boys-by-j-m-snyder-from-some-gave-all/feed/ 0 Erastes http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/review-islands-by-samatha-kane/ http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/review-islands-by-samatha-kane/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:00:47 +0000 Erastes http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/?p=1505 ]]> http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/review-islands-by-samatha-kane/feed/ 6 Erastes http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/review-soaring-with-a-hawk-by-ken-dahll/ http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/review-soaring-with-a-hawk-by-ken-dahll/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:00:07 +0000 Erastes http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/?p=1489 ]]> http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/review-soaring-with-a-hawk-by-ken-dahll/feed/ 2 Erastes http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/review-pacific-nights-by-lynn-lorenz/ http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/review-pacific-nights-by-lynn-lorenz/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:17:00 +0000 Erastes http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/?p=1482 ]]> http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/review-pacific-nights-by-lynn-lorenz/feed/ 0 Erastes http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/review-cabin-fever-by-b-a-tortuga/ http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/review-cabin-fever-by-b-a-tortuga/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:00:24 +0000 Leslie http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/?p=1478 ]]> http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/review-cabin-fever-by-b-a-tortuga/feed/ 0 Leslie http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/review-american-hunks-by-david-l-chapman-and-brett-josef-grubisic/ http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/review-american-hunks-by-david-l-chapman-and-brett-josef-grubisic/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:00:14 +0000 Leslie http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/?p=1426 ]]> http://speakitsname.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/review-american-hunks-by-david-l-chapman-and-brett-josef-grubisic/feed/ 0 Leslie When Frank Leight was awarded the title of Mr. America, his photograph appeared on the cover of Strength & Health magazine. Two decades later, the artist Charles Jenkins Jr. converted the original photograph into this oil painting. Jenkins usually worked in black and white ink; this is his only known work in color. John Tristam on the cover of Physique Pictorial, photographed by Robert Mizer. This is the magazine that caught the author's youthful attention in 1959. Thanks to the easy availability of magazines like Strength & Health, many young men like Paul Gaza from Redford, Ohio, sent their photos into the magazine in the hopes of having them published and then reaping the instant fame. The photo was taken sometime around 1935. David L. Dowd was an early physical culture instructor. Using himself as a guinea pig, he invented several bodybuilding apparatuses. This photo of him, taken in 1880, shows his success. He later operated a “School of Scientific, Physical and Vocal Culture” in New York City. 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