Reddit reviews Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade

I've heard of an extremely slutty gay man who got scale-correct inch marks tattooed on his hand to measure other men's dicks.

AIDS blew up in New York and San Francisco, cities that had neighborhoods where you could cruise down the sidewalk any time of day and find a guy to hook up with, just by signaling with a turn of your head and an inviting raised eyebrow. Every major city had gay bathhouses and bars in the 1960s or earlier — NYC had them in the late 19th century. In smaller cities you could answer personal ads in the back of a newspaper or low-budget "homosexualist" zine you got in the mail. Or you could find cocks to suck in the park late at night, at a truck stop, the bathroom in the university library, the mezzanine at the opera house, etc.

You sound like you need a history lesson. Go read Secret Historian, a great biography about a gay man who obsessively documented his sexual adventures across the country from the 1930s through the days of gay liberation.

I have a Goodreads account, but I never post to it. I have this person and this person bookmarked for purchasing inspiration, but I don't follow them per say.

I haven't read that book, but it's in my queue now. Have you read this one: Secret Historian, the biography of the man behind Phil Andros? It was great, but also really heavy.

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