Biographies of Man/Boy Love

Biographies of Man/Boy Love

Bill Duckett and Walt Whitman on an outing The record of personal lives of men and boys in mutual man/boy relationships can serve as a powerful tool in discovering the nature of the relationships and their participants, and the role of man/boy love in society. The substantial number of famous and influential figures who have been in such relationships is a reflection not of some special genius on the part of man/boy lovers, but of the truly widespread nature of the phenomenon, and its permeation of all strata of society, including those who make and record history. The individuals profiled in the articles linked below include not only noteworthy man/boy lovers, but also a woman whose relationships with her female students took place in the context of a society that largely approved of man/boy love relationships.  She is perhaps the most famous lesbian of all time, but today would be considered a "sexual predator" by self-annointed guardians of morality.

Walt Whitman and Bill Duckett: Man/Boy Lovers Boy as Muse: Benjamin Britten Sappho Was a Right-On Girl-Lover! The House of Kanze - book review by hakim bey The Magic of Wilhelm Von Gloeden O Tribe That Loves Boys: Poetry of Abu Nuwas Whitewashing Whitman Harry Hay and the Roots of the Gay Movement The Trial of Oscar Wilde: Culture Wars, Round 1 Allen Ginsberg: NAMBLA Member 15 Famous Men Who Loved Boys

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