Jacobin Bosman
In the collection of #GayLiberation
texts that I'm reading at the moment, there's a piece on 'male chauvinism.'
Author talks about masc #gay subcultures, using leathermen (and bars) as an example in the US. Then remarks- apropos of nothing- that at the same time, (70s) #Japan had masc gay bars where men dressed up in "full 17th-18th century samurai dress".
Anyone heard of this? Was this an actual thing? An orientalist invention? An odd take on Mishima?
History student: colonial and carceral histories of sexuality and gender, 18th-19th century Australia. Queer archive volunteer. He/him. Avid reader. I cook, garden, and bake a mean loaf of bread. Photo: A white man with short, auburn hair looking into the camera. Header: A handwritten note on an eighteenth century pamphlet. Text reads: “This youngster was my client when he was tried and convicted. He was a great villain. This life is almost all lies.”
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