Eldergays, did you... advertise?

Did you find love.. or a good time, at least?

Were you nervous about putting it all out there?

Tell us about it!

[quote]No Greek, drugs or far-out scenes. Plain sex and fun is my wish.

"No Greek"? As in Grecians? No... must have been slang, but, for what?

When are these from OP? The sixties or seventies?

OP, where did you get these?

French? What’s that?

French in this context refers to oral sex performed on a man.

Greek refers to anal sex performed on a man.

French = oral, Greek = anal.

R8 & R9, thanks. Absolutely fascinating stuff. How long ago was that?

I was still hearing it used in the mid-90's.

The first photo- the guys look a hell of a lot older than their ages.

[quote]OP, where did you get these?

r6 - Your dad sent them to me.

(They were just random Twitter find, no attribution, I'm afraid)

Yep, Google lens search yielded nothing. :/

hilarious that you whippersnappers need "greek" and "French" explained ever.

I'm 55 and I have never heard either term used for sexual preferences R15. I read the ads and thought - gee Greek and French men must have been highly sought after prizes in the 1950s or whenever these ads are from.

you were a lot dumber than I was and yes, they used them in the 1980s when I was advertising

My 90s room mate "advertised" and let me tell you it was not all fun and games for ME. My roommate was a sociable queen, and after service was complete he would offer his clients a drink! A few times I awoke to him and his clientele yukking it up after sex.

Go fuck yourself R17 you rude cunt.

She's been blocked for a long time, r19. This tracks.

I, for one, am glad younger people don't know this world.

Hello, Bloomington Illinois!

I never saw this particular publication but I *am* old enough to remember seeing similar things in print in the local gay paper as well as various porn magazines. (Online stuff really kicked in about 5-6 years after I came out.)

I'm 64 (Australian too) and knew what Greek and French referred to but haven't heard it for years. I'm guessing "safe sex" replaced them.

The terms were also used by prostitutes negotiating with straight men and also included Spanish... Which gay men can't do.

r20, sorry that you feel that way but I simply was more sexually active younger than you, apparently

I thought French in the ads referred to an uncut man who did not bathe often and used tons of cologne to cover up their horrible body odor.

Did I advertise my ass? NO.

Were you are ugly as the guys in those ads are R24?

[Quote]Did I advertise my ass? NO.

Smell her!

Most of the guys that advertised in those days were kinda fuggo, though. Or just weird.

I answered an ad in my local gay rag and the dude ended up being truly weird, and then crank called me at all hours until I changed my number.

No, but the personal ads in the back of the Village Voice and ads for gay theaters were a source of many hours of fantasies in my teen years.

In the day. Weho call boys advertised in Frontiers. The gay personals were in LA Weekly They were an inch thick. Met several BF's and a friend of 40 years there. Had a gay assistant who would walk thru our offices passing out a stack hot off the presses. He'd put a paper on my desk. Wondered why he only gave a copy to the young guys. Found out he had an ad in the personals he highlighted every copy with a marker. How it was done PG (pre Grindr) Era.

I remember finding an uncle's stash of these in the 70s -- they were mixed if I recall, straight and gay, and lots of swingers. They were in magazine form, newsprint, thick, and may have come out weekly.

I miss the days of sleazy porn theaters, peep shows (sometimes with live sex shows), public toilets and cruising areas. Somehow you knew how to find them and, if you weren't look, knew by some sort of 6th sense that you had stumbled upon one.

Oklahoma bestiality alert at R3.

I feel sad for people from this era who can only associate seedy sex with pleasure.

R34 Ugh, that is vile. Not terribly surprising for that era, but vile nonetheless.

French and Greek (combined with active, passive and mutual) were still in the personal ads when I was a gayling in the early 80s.

Greek active meant top. French passive meant I’ll let you suck me. Mutual=versatile.

We were so demure in those days.

My asshole has its own X page

I had a friend who worked at a lab printing photos for all the drug stores in the area and his boss made him make copies of the sex pics. Someone's sitting on a horde, maybe.

Men certainly were a lot less attractive in those days judging by the pics.

they were hornier

[quote]Someone's sitting on a horde, maybe.

Mongolian, perhaps?

That would be quite uncomfortable.

R35, seedy sex was only one form of pleasure available back then, if one chose. Seedy sex venues barely exists now.

I was a bartender in a small gay centric lounge in Toronto in the mid-eighties. I frequently got to watch people meeting there for the first time over a drink after responding to ads in the local alternative weekly. Is was fun to see men who obviously didn’t know each other try to see if they were interested in each other in a public place. It would start with a handshake and then I would be able to tell fairly quickly if the experience would be successful or not.

I wonder how long before "the Portland bi-guy but wife lets me play" relationship ended in a bitter, acrimonious and "scandalous" divorce.

A Greek, a Frenchman and a Spaniard walk into a bar...

[quote] I had a friend who worked at a lab printing photos for all the drug stores in the area and his boss made him make copies of the sex pics. Someone's sitting on a horde, maybe.

I had a friend who worked at a Fotomat that did the same. Saw a few nice dick shots, including someone from my HS, as well as a shirtless photo of the lead male newscaster in our city. He was RIPPED as fuck, but you'd never know it from his suits.

"I have 11 inches! Can anyone help me with my problem?"

LOL

I speak five languages. Mostly French and Greek.

Be best, gay boys

This guy was really cute. Like, you wouldn't think he'd be advertising cute.

[quote]I thought French in the ads referred to an uncut man who did not bathe often and used tons of cologne to cover up their horrible body odor.

No, that’s Indian.

R52 Dot, or feather?

We call you an asshole because your racism smells like one, r52.

Just trying to fit in with the poster I quoted, you know.

Okayyyyyyyyy......

Yuuuppppp…..

It’s true! R52 is a racist. Everyone knows Indian men don’t smell like cologne!

[quote] This guy was really cute. Like, you wouldn't think he'd be advertising cute.

Sex addict?

Of course.

Nah, I just joined the gay chorus.

Then I quit after I met the man who became my own for over 40 years.

R35 like today’s Chemsex methheads and Onlyfans prostitutes are a picture of wholesomeness ?

Genz self-righteousness 🙄

I’ll never forget Eunice Higgins rendition of “Feelings”

[quote]also included Spanish... Which gay men can't do.

What's Spanish?

r62, don't hang your bullshit ragefest on me by making up a heap of bullshit. Might be time to get away from the keyboard before you harm yourself with these incorrect conclusions.

Doo you take the answer from lady?

Murdoch NY Post backlinks give SEO and clickdollars to people who hate gays and love Trump.

Ah, shaddup.

Never. The block button's there for you if you don't like it and still want to post your shallow Trumpy links.

What do you mean, “did you?” I *still* do. I run my ad in the back of “Manpower!” faithfully. I always say, no magazine is finer than a Colt Studios magazine.

R65 R36 “feel sad for people from this era who can only associate seedy sex with pleasure.”

Are you writing from Gilead?

No, but your shame is. Seedy sex has it place and there's no shame in that, but not having access to the other kinds of sexual joy is sad. I wasn't blaming these people as much as I was blaming the world, and it's even sadder that you you came for me instead of the world.

its*

r63 wrong thread, dear, I think you meant to post that in the Top 20 of 1975 thread

I adored those back pages of our weekly “TV Guide” magazine deliveries, didn’t everybody!?

Holy fuck the angry, angry scolds. They radiate misery and loneliness.

R72 But you came for their harmless world and you’re now pivoting like Liam Payne on an Argentine balcony.

(PS I didn’t make the wrong grammar correction at R73).

R76 There's always a few of those sad, fat old cunts in every DL thread.

No, fucker, I'm not. You can't read my mind. Take the L, your incorrect similies (he jumped feet first thinking he'd land in the pool, which is not a pivot), and your weird attachements and fuck right off off.

Those bold guys weren’t in need of testosterone supplements that’s for sure

What were their pronouns?

R79 Classy.

PS: It’s:

Similes Attachments

And it’s just one “off” in “Fuck off”.

Cutie from Kansas. I hope he found some fun and connection back then...

The Bi Jersey dude @R4 holding an elaborate Christmas tableau while claiming “I can take it” won my heart.

R84 - He would 100% be a Datalounger were he still alive! I mean....

[quote]I am bisexual, over 45 but look pretty young and have young ideas.

The 23 yr old from Brooklyn, also seen at r4, looked HOT (from behind)

Men that love Dogs and other four legged friends that are horny.

Sounds like a DL thread waiting to be written by at least one brave animal lover here.

R20

[quote]I, for one, am glad younger people don't know this world.

Of course, we have a faster, more technologically efficient version of this exact world. Others can decide if it’s an improvement.

[quote] French? What’s that?

You've never heard the old saying that was attributed to Winston Churchill...

"The French they are a funny race; they fight with their feet, and fuck with their face!"

I'm not 'gay'. I simply like a BBC in the bedroom when I have sex.

Grandad!

And Cousin Roger!

Ms. Arkansas is awfully high-ridin’. “No S&M and no fats.” Awful picky for someone livid’ in a parish.