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A rent-boy leans against a bar holding a glass with a message endorsing safe sex. Colour lithograph for the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V., 199-.

La prostitution contemporaine : étude d'une question sociale / Léo Taxil.

A rentboy at a railway station with a message emphasizing his right to safe sex. Colour lithograph by Alan Warren for the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.

A Spanish rent boy who insists on safe sex gives "perfect customer service"; advertising safe sex. Colour lithograph by Wolfang Mudra and Martin E. Kautter for the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.

A rentboy offers himself subject to use of a condom; an advertisement for safe sex by the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph by Martin E. Kautter and Wolfgang Mudra.

Poppy, Mandragora and the new sex / Colin Spencer.

Poppy, Mandragora and the new sex / a novel by Colin Spencer.

Male masseur Paul : well equipped good rates...

Male sex work and society / edited by Victor Minichiello and John Scott.

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Male prostitutes

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Poppy, Mandragora and the new sex / Colin Spencer.

Poppy, Mandragora and the new sex / a novel by Colin Spencer.

Male masseur Paul : well equipped good rates...

A rentboy offers himself subject to use of a condom; an advertisement for safe sex by the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph by Martin E. Kautter and Wolfgang Mudra.

Male sex work and society / edited by Victor Minichiello and John Scott.

Male prostitutes

Images from the collections

Images referencing Male prostitutes

Works from the collections

Poppy, Mandragora and the new sex / Colin Spencer.

Poppy, Mandragora and the new sex / a novel by Colin Spencer.

Male masseur Paul : well equipped good rates...

A rentboy offers himself subject to use of a condom; an advertisement for safe sex by the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph by Martin E. Kautter and Wolfgang Mudra.

Male sex work and society / edited by Victor Minichiello and John Scott.

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