Archive for the ‘Competitions’ Category
In which The Gay Recluse holds a contest. Sort of. Today reader Scott LaPierre sends in this from Georgia, as in the former Soviet Socialist Republic. Scott writes: i don’t know exactly what’s supposed to be going on in this mural/statue, but there seems to be a lot of innuendo here…it’s in Gori, Georgia (the […]
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Tags: Gay Statues, Georgia, Gori, Hot Gay Statues, Proletariat, Stalin, Tom of Finland, USSR
In which The Gay Recluse holds a contest. Sort of. Last week our newest correspondent The Blind Architect filed this report: You may be interested in this statue of George Washington I saw last week in Seattle. No musculature, but he does have a big sword. I have been watching the HBO John Adams series, […]
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Tags: Abraham Lincoln, David Morse, Gay Statues, George Washington, Hot Gay Statues, Seattle, Washington DC
In which The Gay Recluse posts news and analysis from our U.K. correspondent, The London Eye. Today we received this missive from The London Eye: Dear Gay Recluse: Here are a few more London statues… Even though we’re not eligible for awards, we want the United States to know that our statues are HERE, our […]
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Tags: Anonymous Sex, Anteros, Belgrave Square, Eros, FDR, Gay, Gay Statues, Hot Gay Statues, Leonardo da Vinci, London, Old Bond Street, Picadilly Circus, The London Eye, Winston Churchill
In which The Gay Recluse holds a contest. Sort of. Today we present a submission from Seth Tisue, who sends in an entry from the 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. Let’s check it out, shall we? Hot or not…? Are you kidding!!? This is seriously gay and smokin’ hot. Nicely done, Philadelphia! You have not […]
Filed under: Architecture, Capitalism, Communism, Competitions, Gay, Government, Hot Gay Statues, Infrastructure, Resignation, Ruins, The Gay Recluse | 5 Comments
Tags: 30th Street Station, City of Brotherly Love, Gay Statuary, Gay Statues, Hot Gay Statues, Louise Bourgeois, Philadelphia
In which The Gay Recluse holds a contest. Sort of. For those of you who haven’t heard of it, Los Angeles is kind of like New York City except it’s in California, and instead of subways you have to drive everywhere! Crazy, right? But that said, like New York City, there are LOTS of gay […]
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Tags: Gay Statues, Hot Gay Statues, Immigration, Los Angeles, The Getty Museum
In which The Gay Recluse holds a contest. Sort of. Let’s face it: when it comes to gay rights hot gay statues, Europe is miles ahead of the United States. Reader Anthony Goriainoff, a journalist and photographer based in Madrid, writes: “Madrid these days is really into its art and it takes itself very seriously. […]
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Tags: Gay Statues, Hot Gay Statues, Igor Mitoraj, Madrid, Spain
In which The Gay Recluse holds a contest. Sort of. Today we received this submission from Ed, a reader in Murray Hill who writes: Dear Gay Recluse: Since you launched your competition I have kept my eye open for hot gay statues in Murray Hill, which is my neighborhood (32nd and Lexington, to be exact). […]
Filed under: Architecture, Competitions, Gay, Hot Gay Statues, Letters, New York City, The Gay Recluse | 4 Comments
Tags: Eagle, Gay, Gay Statues, Hot Gay Statues, Irving Marantz, Murray Hill, New York City, Park Avenue, Peace Obelisk
In which The Gay Recluse holds a contest. Sort of. Today we are extremely honored to present another hot-gay-statue submission, this one a joint effort from Jeff Weinstein/Out There and John Perreault/Artopia. Jeff writes: I sent partner John to shoot Garibaldi in Washington Square Park and instead he came back with [a fuzzy shot of] […]
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Tags: Bronze, Gay Statues, Hot Gay Statues, Louis-Leon Cugnot, The Park Avenue Armory, Young Jupiter
In which The Gay Recluse holds a contest. Sort of. On the topic of hot gay statues, one of our readers — David from Queens — writes with an important observation/challenge: Great contest, Gay Recluse. But it would be virtually impossible for our splendid nation to top the statue of Hercules and Cacus (attached) in […]
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Tags: Contests, Firenze, Florence, Gay Statues, Hercules and Caucus
In which The Gay Recluse — with help from our United Kingdom correspondent, The London Eye — examines life abroad (instead of just dreaming about it all the time). Today, this exclusive analysis from The London Eye: “These [statues of Antony Gormley] seem to be naked, and possibly gay, but not necessarily hot …” (Photo […]
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Tags: Antony Gormley, Construction Workers, Hot Gay Statues, London, Naked Statues, Woof
In which The Gay Recluse runs a contest. Sort of. We are extremely pleased to announce that we’ve already received our first hot-gay-statue submission, from Andrew of 801a.info, who tells us: “This is in Washington D.C., directly across from the White House. The pictures could be taken to look more salacious, I guarantee.” Really? We’re […]
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Tags: 801a, Contests, D.C., Gay Statues, Military Instruction, Washington, White House
In which The Gay Recluse sponsors a competition. Sort of. After our recent post about the smokin’ hot statuary on Audubon Terrace in Washington Heights, a reader wrote to ask if we were aware of other such collections, particularly in the United States, where — in case you haven’t noticed — the puritanical impulse runs […]
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Tags: Audubon Terrace, Competitions, Homoerotic, Photography, Sculpture, Statuary, Statues
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