This essay of mine which originally appeared in The London Times, Nov 2008, effectively traces Tom as the grandfather of the spornosexual (though I didn’t actually christen my underdressed swole chap until 2014). I’m posting it now after reading a very long, very NYCentric essay titled ‘Gay Men Have Long Been Obsessed With Their Muscles. Now Everyone Is…
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