Ah, the gay ’70s. Post-Stonewall, pre-AIDS — it was a time of sexual liberation not to mention some seriously thick mustaches.
What better way to let off a little of that hyper-sexual steam in a world without the internet that with a little paperback pulp?
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The titles alone of the below smattering of pulp pleasures are enough to get us smirking — Saddle Buddy, Holler Uncle,The Big Pipe, The Meat Eaters, Jump Squad…
How about we take this to the next level?
Our newsletter is like a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.
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But it’s the covers we really love, showcasing the decade’s hottest trends, from turtle necks to fur-lined coats.
Scroll down for a trip to gays gone by…
h/t Dangerous Minds
Xzamilio
In this day and age, it takes a special kind of guy to pull off the 70’s porn ‘stache. Very few are able to complete this challenge
JoshinVA
“Mountain Stud” looks like Brad Garrett when they did flashback episodes on Everybody Loves Raymond.
bottom250
They look like old pictures of my Gandfather.
Rick Howcroft
I did 4 looks in one shoot once ,they only paid the day rate ,lol.
Glücklich
I swear to christ Queerty’s monitoring my internet activity. I was looking at Dangerous Minds just last night, these very covers, while I was getting ready to go to dinner.
If there’s a forthcoming post about zoophilia, I’ll know Queerty’s spying on me!
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/gay_pulp_paperbacks_of_the_early_1970s
Lvng1Tor
I love that all the faces are so serious then you get to the Navy guy and he’s all super happy…
Rodney Hom
So awesome. lol
Guy068
Is there a site that has the contents of these books? There’s a few I have great nostalgia for and wouldn’t mind comparing memory to reality…
DarkZephyr
@Glücklich: “The Chocolate Speedway”. OMG that is so gross. LOLOLOL I never was a fan of equating crap with chocolate. lol
Glücklich
@DarkZephyr:
So I shouldn’t mention the Hershey squirts?
Glücklich
@Guy068:
If you find it let me know. I bought a couple of these types of short novels in the “back room” of a comic shop in Berkeley eons ago.
Don’t know where you’re located but there’s a vintage magazine shop in SF with a similar back room of naughty mags and they may have some pulp-type books.
http://themagazinesf.com/THE_MAGAZINE/Welcome.html
Bob LaBlah
Loved it. These were the days when young’uns were referred to as chicken and older guys who liked them as chicken-hawks. The pie faced guy at the end really made me laugh.
Bauhaus
Still a kid in the 70s, but I knew what was what. I lusted after those guys in pants tight around their nether regions… Tight tight tight. Shirts generously unbuttoned, showing off a glory of chest hair; thick mustache and beard, and the beautiful, untamed carpet of body hair. “Tall Timber” and “Special Duty” any day, but they’re all hot.
Glücklich
@Bauhaus:
Buck. All night long.
Bauhaus
@Glücklich:
Ride ’em, cowboy! When I left home, I tossed my very impressive collection of 70s-80s porn (magazines). What a mistake! My parents knew I had the collection growing up, and they didn’t care at all.
martinbakman
Saddle Buddy.
🙂
charlie_jackpot
I miss the sauna, I need some hot sweat anonymous sex
Glücklich
@charlie_jackpot:
Join the Y.
Stache
@Bob LaBlah: Ha. I remember those terms even in the 90’s. Somewhere post 2000 it was dropped. Kind of insulting though but very descriptive. Somewhere between twink lover and pediphile I guess.
Stache
@Lvng1Tor: Yeah, these were the pre Andrew christian guys. Same look. Only thing that’s missing is them looking into their cellphones.
Josh447
Less preened. More natural. Love it.
Tracy Pope
@Rick Howcroft: Are you one of these models?
@Xzamilio: I’ve seen a few miserable attempts but when it’s good it’s real good!
Glücklich
Reminded of David Sedaris’ essay, “Next of Kin”. The writing in the above books is probably pretty silly and went through the most cursory proofreading.
“Next of Kin” excerpted here
https://books.google.com/books?id=cLJZ_kaBhRwC&pg=PT30&lpg=PT30&dq=ceck+in+her+pissy&source=bl&ots=au1wLJe4pP&sig=Gll4cNIs916uhmp_ALEyqzlUGPw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiGqdXNwtrJAhXCKGMKHYqMAugQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=ceck%20in%20her%20pissy&f=false
alphacentauri
@Xzamilio: I can and have had one before.
I own some of these books.
@Bob LaBlah: In those days chicken=underage, and chickenhawks=ped0s.
alphacentauri
@Guy068: You can find them as e-books on some sites but you have to search for them. I got mine from an older gay friend who was around in the 70s.
Desert Boy
“The Big Pipe”. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Great title.
Bauhaus
@Glücklich:
Enjoyed that! “Tight willin’ gasshole”. I’m very fond of Sedaris.
Matt1961
That last one looks like Nicholas Cage…eewwwwwww
Glücklich
@Bauhaus:
My tots have been left glistening with jasm more than once.
Pete
@Bob LaBlah: ‘Chicken hawk’ is actually a pan-sexual term that can be applied just as well to Subway Jared
Pete
the Marlboro man look is just vile
Bob LaBlah
@Pete: I guess in todays terms it could be but back in those days gay owned the term. I swear that guy at the end reminds me so much of what used to roam the streets of Santa Monica Blvd on Friday and Saturday nights after the bars closed. I can’t stop laughing at that face. I mean its just completely dead. No signs of life. Even the shotgun looks frozen in time all thanks to the “model”. lol
Its not easy to find people who look like that anymore.
David Alexander King
Moustache = +20 years = eww
Guy on the right tho ð??ð??ð??