Sometime around 1966, a US court ruled that nudist magazines showing full male frontals
were not obscene unless sexually explicit. Typical for us Americans, someone was ready
to make a buck. One such was an outfit called Wyngate & Bevins which began publishing
"nudist" magazines that were really nothing more than gay beefcake with lots of frontal nudity.
Until full liberalization two or three years later, they had a near monopoly
on legal male frontal nudity. So today is Wyngate & Bevins day.
Although contrived to comply with the "nudist magazine" ruling, I always find the slight air of innocence rather delightful. Cute buff guys hanging out..
ReplyDeleteThey often appeared to really be having fun.
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