"Out in the Sticks": - Gay Cornwall :- Queer Cornish LGBT History : 2015 - Not quite Tom of Finland, but still Finland

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It became apparent to some lesbian & gay persons that aspects of Cornwall's LGBT social, gay health, equality & campaigning history were being re-written. Certain inconvenient truths about Cornish LGBT life of the late C20th & early C21st were being airbrushed out & erased entirely by those now in control & running the 'official'? recording of Cornwall's LGBT history. 'One Queer Gay Life' is a referenced record drawn from the Sprocket Trust small archive (press cuttings, documents, letters, photos, publications, etc.) of aspects of LGBT life in Cornwall others might prefer you simply did not know.

Wednesday 27 May 2015

2015 - Not quite Tom of Finland, but still Finland

2014 Just before Christmas Lidbury was asked by Finish author J Ahtola for permission to use some of Lidbury's paintings as cover illustrations to some gay novels, to be published in Finland in 2015.

The only thing Lidbury knew about 'gay + Finland' were the art work of Touko Laaksonen or

'Tom of Finland' as he was more widely known. Touko Laaksonen considered a national hero for his gay illustrations, even appearing on sets of the nations stamps.

The irony of Lidbury's non-pornographic male nude paintings for which Devon & Cornwall police had homophobically attempted to prosecute Lidbury for, coming out as published illustrations in a set of books in Finland, home of possibly the worlds best known homoerotic artist -Tom of Finland was quite sweet.

The published books (in Finnish) available here.

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