100 Heroes

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100 Heroes

100 Heroes: Alan Turing

The gay man who was a war hero and one of the founders of modern computing.

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The Gay Gaze and Homomasculinity

Jack Fritscher reflects on a lifetime of piety, persuasion, prurience, and passion.

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100 Heroes: Jack Fritscher

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100 Heroes: John Beresford Fowler

The gay man who is credited with creating the art of interior design.

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100 Heroes: James VI and I

The gay man who ruled England and Scotland.

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100 Heroes: Carl Van Vechten

The gay man who became an important photographer.

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100 Heroes: Achilles

The gay man who became a legendary warrior.

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100 Heroes: Henry Cyril Paget

The gay man who brought some sparkle to Edwardian society.

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100 Heroes: Michael Llewelyn Davies

The lost boy who was the inspiration for Peter Pan.

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100 Heroes: Vicente Aleixandre

The gay man who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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100 Heroes: Fernando Pessoa

The gay man who became one of the greatest poets in the Portuguese language.

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100 Heroes: Henry Scott Tuke

The gay man who created iconic images of seaside boys.

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100 Heroes: Karlheinz Weinberger

The gay man who mastered the art of homoerotic photography.

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100 Heroes: Cole Porter

The gay man who showed the world that Anything Goes.

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100 Heroes: Thomas Mann

The gay man who wrote iconic queer stories.

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100 Heroes: John Swann

The gay man who became a pirate.

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100 Heroes: Edmund White

The gay man who helped shape contemporary literature.

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100 Heroes: John Maynard Keynes

The gay man who founded macroeconomic theory.

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100 Heroes: Federico García Lorca

The gay man who embodied the poetry of rebellion.

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100 Heroes: Allen Ginsberg

The gay man who helped define the Beat Generation.

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100 Heroes: George Quaintance

The gay man who helped shape our concept of male beauty.

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100 Heroes: Henry-Russell Hitchcock

The gay man who became one of the fathers of modern architecture.

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100 Heroes: Gilbert Baker

The gay man behind the iconic Pride rainbow flag.

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100 Heroes: Walt Whitman

The gay man who became one of the most influential American poets.

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100 Heroes: Countee Cullen

The gay man who helped shape American literature.