I am 74 I remember growing up gay in the 1950s I was lucky my Father's mother accepted it and encouraged my parents to.
@jamesrobiscoe1174
2 ай бұрын
Your story is one of familiar elements in a specific context which adds dimensions to the growing panorama of the subject. Years of repression and silence allowed a false narrative to hover over American culture, and the window you opened allows us to see a little more clearly. Thank you for taking the time and effort.
@sherryab3964
2 ай бұрын
Thank-you very much for your channel. These stories and histories need to be told.
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci
2 ай бұрын
I am 86 years old born in 1938 and I you are telling my story it's amazing I feel like I lived your life except you lived out in the west and I lived in Milford New York State it's amazing I wish I could talk to you.. listening to more of your story I guess it wasn't that much like yours because I knew what I was from a young age and fooled around with a lot of boys in high school I wasn't particularly religious I always knew I was gay and like boys. I hope I get to see the second episode that may be closer to your experience to mine. I hope I'll be able to find it. Thank you
@hughhagius725
2 ай бұрын
thanks for the comment, roderick! adolescence is a confusing time for everybody, but especially for us
@crabstick250
2 ай бұрын
This was really wonderful, you paint such a perfect picture of life in this period. Thank you!!
@67psych
3 ай бұрын
Beautiful and powerful film. All the photos ect. I’m so glad you can share your personal stories from this time. It means so much to hear you talk about it and show us all your old photos ❤❤❤ . I’m sure i remember liking other boys at age 4 or 5. It took me until 2017 to come out to myself and my family age 42. My family could not have cared less, i was lucky. Thanks .Marc , Edinburgh
@MichaelYoder1961
Ай бұрын
It's so important that you've documented these stories - young people now don't know any of the past. If we don't tell out stories our past disappears.
@hughhagius725
Ай бұрын
yes, that's true. on the other hand i'm a talkative old man and if no one stops me, i just go on and on...anyway i'm glad you liked the stories. i'm posting another one today about an event in 1966
@dalemoss4684
Ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing your story.
@A808K
Ай бұрын
Born in bible-belt, small town PA in '51, your thoughtful reminisce is appreciated. Sure wish someone had told me I wasn't "the only one" though. 🤣 Thanks Hugh.
@timbohp
2 ай бұрын
This was fascinating. Thanks so much for sharing.
@cobuck4007
2 ай бұрын
Love the stories! Thanks!
@Trojan4u
2 ай бұрын
Thanks for your channel. I can relate to your story.
@musicalityrush
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for posting this - you paint a great picture of your life during this time.
@hughhagius725
4 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@garyinspringhill8175
2 ай бұрын
Another great story, Thanks... Same story about pellet gun shooting my first and only bird, never picked up a gun again and at that moment I realised I was different from my older brothers. Fortunately even as a small gay boy I was VERY independent and managed without anyone except my mom ,she taught me how to be generous with what little material goods I own and respectful and also to not take any s*it from anyone and as self employed from 18 yrs old I didn't. Hi from Nova Scotia, Canada
@akrenwinkle
2 ай бұрын
I've never told this little anecdote to anyone. (I'm a senior, and I don't mean high school.) I was maybe 8 or 9, playing with other boys, and we came across a large caterpillar, wending its way around leaves on the soil. Someone yelled, "Let's squish it!" The others got their shoes ready; I had to think fast. I said something like, "No, I want to take it home and boil it, see what happens." (Or an equally gruesome idea.) They let me put it in my pocket and run off with it. I liberated it in a safe place far from them. Over 60 years ago, but I remember thinking, "I am not like them; I am different." I didn't know exactly what that difference was; I would find that out later. But it was a stark realization.
@garyinspringhill8175
2 ай бұрын
I think we both have a bit of Schindler's dna in us.I'm a senior also, glad I grew up where/when I did. @@akrenwinkle
@RichardBarnett-hs1qy
2 ай бұрын
Thank you for an evocative account from your life.
@DenaProEnglish
4 ай бұрын
I very much enjoyed your story and the insight into your life! Thank you for all your work! I would have loved MORE about how you felt at different times, and not just the travel stuff or day to day. The info on when you were 3 and where the boy taught you to masterbate is great... but more of a feeling different or longing or attraction that you did not understand???? I so commend you on your project here. I would love to understand what the thoughts that went through a boy's head who discoveres he is not like other boys who like women. Fantasies or difficult conversations with friends or father. Great video - thank you !!!
@hughhagius725
4 ай бұрын
thanks, dena!
@67psych
3 ай бұрын
When the 60’s and 70’s kicked in i hope you enjoyed yourself more. i’ve not watched all your videos yet ❤
@67psych
3 ай бұрын
Your experiences at school sound familiar to me and i was born in 1975, in Scotland, i was called poof (Uk slang /or slur for a gay man) a few times by two older boys in primary 7 age 11 or 12 because i was no good at football or sports or throwing a ball like you said . By the time i went to high school age 13 it was never an issue again. I avoided sports and either the kids turned a blind eye or never noticed me i’m not sure. Looking back at my time at high school in Scotland between 1987-1992 in Scotland. i now think back to other guys i think were definitely like myself. You need to read all about Margaret Thatchers government introducing the section 28 clause in the UK in 1988, this has had a huge impact on my generation of gay men here in Scotland and all of the UK. It was only repealed in Scotland in 2003 when i was 28 years old . Disgusting. It was repealed in the rest of the UK in 2000 , 3 years earlier. Your videos here on youtube need persevering and taught at schools around the world. Young people need to be taught about how they are never alone in there experiences growing up.
@sherryab3964
2 ай бұрын
I'm a year older than you and I agree 100%
@nickmat3153
2 ай бұрын
Womderful stories; very enlightening!
@yessumyecrad
2 ай бұрын
That Carnegie library looks like our Carnegie library all the way over here in central NH! What a fun little connection they provide between across the entire country from each other!
@hughhagius725
2 ай бұрын
when i was a little kid i thought 'carnegie' meant library. i didn't know there were other kinds of libraries
@akrenwinkle
2 ай бұрын
22:25 Had to chuckle over the very apt heading "most costly priests." They cost a lot more than money. I have to disagree with the conclusion that there were two victims, Charvet and Schmidt. No, there was only one victim.
@guygrip9634
2 ай бұрын
Wow nice to meet you. I was litle off about aresting photographers duren mags were allowed. But i do relate to your story here. I was born in 62. I knew i was atracted to men in 1966. I was called name. I went back hoden it. At 5. Though guys then were so eazy to get round. So many people compared now.
@hughhagius725
2 ай бұрын
hi guygrip, nice to meet you too! thanks for viewing my clips
@guygrip9634
2 ай бұрын
WHAT CORUPT FAMILYS THAT CAME FROM BIBLE SHOW TO HUNT. . THAT BIRD YOU FELT FOR IS TO TELL YOU. IT WAS WRONG. I TWO DID NOT KNOW BETTER THAT EVERY THING IS GOD.
@NoName-yf4zi
2 ай бұрын
Absolutely disgusting
@vrjunkkie6445
Ай бұрын
What the fuck thus is not what I expected. I really wanted a socal commentary but I just see a weird nostalgic pedophile
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