Amidst all the over-sexed media there are few non-pornographic havens that capture an old innocent feeling. In the tradition of the 1950’s damsels in underwear distress, Paul Richmond’s Cheesecake boys are exactly that. A collection of sweet, clumsy, sexy men. Richmond is a fine artist and illustrator, a proud gay man and an activist. Inspiring and fun, go have a look at his online studio.

Tags: Paul Richmond, Cheesecake Boys, 1950's, Fine artist, Illustrator, online studio

After writing last week’s cheesecake article, I was challenged at Digg, to find the beefcake twins. Knowing how hard it is to find beefcake at all, I rose to the challenge.

Where’s the beefcake?!

Apparently there just isn’t as much demand for male twins as female twins. This sailor image is the only vintage image I could find and it’s quite uninspired. I mean, this photo is so asexual could have been taken by their mother!

Fear not, my beefcake twin hungry mongrels! I’ve managed to hunt down a few modern day beefcake. It seems that twins have more fun than regular male models. Maybe it’s in the already playful nature of a twin photo shoot? Who knows.


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Tags: Beefcake Twins, Male model twins, sailor twins, The Stoltzfus Twins, Bruce Weber, Aaron and Shawn Ashmore, Keith and Derek Brewer, Jason and Joseph Barbera, Jason and Jeremy London, Twin actors, 1980's, Latino twins, Lane and Kyle Carlson, Portugal, Pedro and Ricardo Guedes, Pedro and Ricardo Guedes, Brazil, Flávio and Gustavo Mendonça

Desperately looking for pinups in the undergrounds of Israel, I managed to completely overlook Nir Hod, part of the upper-ground art scene, in Israel.

Nir Hod is a young, yet established Israeli artist. His main visual focus is in dramatic, erotic kitsch, and his thematic focuses are life, death and beauty. Women and androgynous men are often represented in his art.

I’m not a fan of Hod’s, I don’t like his drama, nor his vain self-obsession, but I love a beautiful image and a job well done, and that’s something he produces in abundance.








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Tags: military bombshell, Nir Hod, Post Modern Pinups, Israeli artist, Forever, retro kitsch, narcissist beefcake, sexual icons, Erotic kitsch, Women in uniform, androgynous, sexualized female cadet, Israel Art Scene, effeminate soldier beefcake

Last time I saw The Rocky Horror Picture Show I was too young to understand all the delicate nuances of this film. But one thing was for sure: I adore Tim Curry! His opening song had every bit of influence on me, as Jessica Rabbit's. This is not just for my GLBT readers (though I did think of you ). Curry has the voice, body and poise to create a mesmerizingly sexy burlesque performance. See for yourself, the sweetest transvestite bombshell to ever grace the silver screen.

Tags: Tim Curry, Just a Sweet Transvestite, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, GLBT, Beefcake pinups

Between the 1930’s to the 1960’s Beefcake was at it’s hight. Very popular in gay circles and very much in the closet- sold as health pamphlets.

It’s not easy to find beefcake. Not even on the internet. And even when you find it, it lacks the luster and playfulness, found in it’s female pastry counterpart. I’ve searched high and low for male pinups and managed to find a few gold nuggets worth your attention.

Bob Mizer

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Tags: Gay men, 1930, 1960, 1970, Male Pinups, Bob Mizer, Athletic Model Guild, Tom of Finland, Beefcake Artist

Sexual art is usually underground or very niched. Because of this, artists throw all inhibition away and correct the politically incorrect. There are no holy cows in the pinup business, just beautiful pinup girls (and boys) of all shapes, sizes and sexes.

Hard to find but worth the effort

It's true that if you do a Google search of the term “male pinups” you wouldn't get much of that retro beefcake fun. Not to mention the poor results on “African American pinups”. But if you look deep and maybe throw in a couple of names, you will find Dorothy Dandridge and a handful of naked men (not together! )

Sexual art (A.K.A. “pornography” ) has never been subjected to the cultural snob's censorship. What's the point? Smut is smut, right?

Wrong!

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Tags: sexual Art, underground art, Duane Bryers, retro pinup art, Lesbian pinups, 1940, 1950, Hilda, Plus-size Pinup, Les Toil, The Toil Girls, Beautiful pinup girls, Diversity, African American Pinups, Masuimi Max, pinup boys, pornography, Beefcake, Dorothy Dandridge, naked men, Male Pinups