Gay Thursday: Before we were gay

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J.J. Belanger military portrait at age 17 1/2 as a member of the
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps (RCA). June 1942.


Block and J. J. Belanger cheek-to-cheek in a photo booth.
The album caption reads: "PGE exhibition, Hastings Park." Circa 1953.


Block and J. J. Belanger kissing in a photo booth.
The album caption reads: "PGE exhibition, Hastings Park." Circa 1953.


J. J. Belanger (left) and Daryl Mutz on the hood of a car
in Stanley Park, Vancouver. September 1953.

Images from the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives Photograph Collection

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