George Stambolian

George Stambolian (1938-1991) taught French at Wellesley College and was editor of the ‘Men on Men’ collection of gay fiction. His interviews with gay men frequently appeared in Christopher Street.

March 1980 George Stambolian

The Art and Politics of the Male Image

George Stambolian and Sam Hardison discuss the importance of the male image in twentieth-century art, and the struggle to overcome taboo and homophobia in the art establishment.
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February 1983 George Stambolian

Interview with a Hot and Handsome Man

George Stambolian gets naked with a hot man to talk about beauty, narcissism, and the aesthetics of gay sex.
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New York Native George Stambolian

Our Daily Dose of Admiration

There is an art of attracting admiration and an art of dealing with it.
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New York Native George Stambolian

Paris and Poppers

After having entertained a romantic myth about the French, it was startling for an American to learn that just being from New York or San Francisco could make one hot in Paris.
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New York Native George Stambolian

Crisscross

A classic ritual of cruising, I thought, cut short in their case by bad timing.
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July-August 1980 George Stambolian

This Time Around I Belong to Him

George Stambolian interviews a gay masochist about pain, pleasure, trauma, and race.
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