523. Yesteryear's Queers' Word of the day #59 -Bead Reading

Bead-Reading

To tell someone off,

preferably

with and audience

-1960s-

"Honey, I'd read your beads, but I know absolutely nothing about costume jewelry"

Ramon Navarro

King George V as Prince of Wales

Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence

Harvey Keitel, The Duellists, 1977

Winston Churchill at 21

Emperor Franz Josef of Austria and King of Hungary colorized by Mario Unger

Czar Nicholas II of Russia, first cousin of George V, colorized by Mario Unger

83. Yesteryear's Queers' Word of the Day - #6 Playing Checkers

Playing Checkers

Moving from seat to seat

in a darkened movie theater

in search of interested sex partners

1920s

"I went to see Ben-Hur at the Rialto Tuesday, and during the Roman warship rowing scene, I got up and went to the back row and played a game of checkers with a few of the other lads who were there"