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Tragic (and true!) love story from the Roman Empire
Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite YourcenarIn the early 2nd Century of the Common Era, one of the most powerful Roman Emperors, Hadrian, met and fell in love with a young Greek boy called Antinous (pronounced: An-TIN-o-uss), who would become the only ...
Sacred documents of the ancient Cult of Antinous
The Sacred Antinous by Shawn PostoffThe Sacred Antinous is a fictional account of the story of Antinous's life, the Greek boy who became the lover of the Roman Emperor Hadrian.The story is told through an imagined series of letters, documents, origin...
Historian's take on one of history's great gay love stories
Beloved and God: The Story of Hadrian and Antinous by Royston LambertIf you read the novel by Marguerite Yourcenar in the previous post and want to know more about Hadrian and Antinous, this is the only book ever written on the subject that is not in...
Secrets Of A Gay Marine Porn Star
Secrets of a Gay Marine Porn Star by Rich MerrittDuring the height of Clinton's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, Merritt led two secret lives. Marines serving under him didn't realize their captain was a closeted gay man, and his small group of gay fr...
Fraught romance between jock and a nerd
Caught Running by Abigail Roux and Madeleine UrbanTen years after graduation, Jake "the jock" Campbell and Brandon "the nerd" Bartlett are teaching at their old high school and still living in separate worlds.When Brandon is thrown into a coaching jo...
