Thursday night if you’re in London, be sure to make your way to the aptly named Swallow Street gallery for the opening of Tearoom, an exhibition of found footage of men having sex with other men in a public restroom in a Mansfield, Ohio restroom in 1962. It was created by policemen eager to catch and prosecute gay men under the harsh Ohio sodomy laws. Police set up a two way mirror and filmed men having public sex. Many of these men went to jail for terms ranging from one to twelve years. This footage was discovered by the artist, filmmaker, and BUTT contributor William E. Jones, and was included in the BUTT video show we presented at the Tate Modern a few years back. Read the rest...
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