The Nineteenth Century, Walt Whitman, and other gay male pioneers round out the end of the film, "Before Homosexuals", and this very book was used in researching the film. 

Just in time for the holidays! Our sister company, Pride of the Ocean's first DVD compilation of short films.

Neil McKenna appears towards the end of our film and recites the very moving letter that Oscar Wilde wrote from his prison cell to his love, Bosie Douglas.

Neil explores their relationship and the tragic end of Oscar Wilde's life in his very informative and entertaining biography, which served as a great inspiration for the film, "Before Homosexuals".

You can own one of the actual books used in the making of the film Before Homosexuals!

CP Cavafy figures prominently in the film Before Homsexuals, with his poem "Brigade of Pleasure" ending the film, and the memorable quote, "One day, someone made just like me, is sure to appear and act freely."

Your donation represents the price paid by the film to acquire the book, plus a $25 contribution to our Seed&Spark  campaign. 

Thank you for your support!

EVERY FRAGMENT COUNTS MUG SERIES - As Bernadette Brooten says in "Before Homosexuals,"

"It depends upon each fragment being saved." With your contribution, you will receive a stylish coffee mug, printed with one of five different historical LGBT artworks used in the film.

As Maria Margaronis says in the film, "The Warren Cup is a silver drinking cup, made in the first century common era, by a Greek craftsman, In Rome for a Roman patron. The cup itself has lovely silver relief carvings, relief work on both sides, showing sex between two men."

EVERY FRAGMENT COUNTS MUG SERIES - As Bernadette Brooten says in "Before Homosexuals,"

"It depends upon each fragment being saved." With your contribution, you will receive a stylish coffee mug, printed with one of five different historical LGBT artworks used in the film.

 As Janet Afary says in the film, "In Shiran in society there are two types of marriage: formal and temporary. A temporary marriage is called a cierte. We’ve found now there were also same-sex cierte. These were called “brotherhood cirte” and “sisterhood cirte.” This mug depicts a frame from the animated sisterhood cirte, designed by our own motion graphics artist, David (Cubby) Hall.

EVERY FRAGMENT COUNTS MUG SERIES - As Bernadette Brooten says in "Before Homosexuals,"

"It depends upon each fragment being saved." With your contribution, you will receive a stylish coffee mug, printed with one of five different historical LGBT artworks used in the film.

"Fab Jesus" is the name we gave an untitled and uncredited mosaic we discovered in the Aquila cemetery in Italy where Karl Heinrich Ulrichs is buried and where a scene in "Before Homosexuals" was filmed.

EVERY FRAGMENT COUNTS MUG SERIES - As Bernadette Brooten says in "Before Homosexuals,"

"It depends upon each fragment being saved." With your contribution, you will receive a stylish coffee mug, printed with one of five different historical LGBT artworks used in the film.

With the Logo mug, you can be reminded of the Before Homsexuals film every morning as you have your coffee or tea in our mug with the opening motion graphics displayed in the film, which were designed by our motion graphics artist David (Cubby) Hall, inspired from ancient Greek pottery. 

You can own a piece of history; one of the books used in the making of the film, "Before Homosexuals". Learn something new while helping us recoup our research costs. 

"Before Homosexuals" not only includes a substantial chapter on Africa, but spans the globe and spans history, covering not just Europe, but also Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

You can own one of the actual books used in the making of the film Before Homosexuals!

Indigenous cultures, including Hawaiian culture, are an integral chapter in Before Homosexuals. This book was purchased by the film for a field expedition to Hawaii, where native Hawaiian culture was studied and footage for the film was shot on location.

Your donation represents the price paid by the film to acquire the book, plus a $25 contribution to our Seed&Spark  campaign. 

Thank you for your support!

Own one of the actual books used to make the film, "Before Homosexuals", while learning about how the silent letter in LGBT was more accepted in the ancient world than it is today! 

Bisexuality in the Ancient World by Eva Cantarella is a fascinating read with some gorgeous illustrations of ancient art, some of which appear in the film, including the Paestum frescoes, appearing on the book's cover.

Bought in the gift shop in Pompeii during the final European filming trip, from which many scenes in the film arose, this beautifully illustrated book contain many high resolution photographs of frescoes from the baths and brothels of Pompeii.

One of our many fabulous premiums is a limited edition "Before Homosexuals" t-shirt. They come in S, M, L, XL, 2XL sizes. Aren’t they neat?

On the front, you will see our lovely “Before Homosexuals” logo, and on the back is a quote from one of our interviewees, Bernadette Brooten. “Without preserving this, our lives are totally wiped out… it depends upon each fragment of information being saved…”

Delivered just in time for the holidays, the original prop used in the C.P. Cavafy dream sequence in the film, mounted on foamcore, and ideal for framing, to remind you that, "...someone else made just like me is certain to appear and act freely."

The book's translator, Michael Lombardi-Nash, is interviewed in the film about the life of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs.

Written by the first person to publicly "come out" as a homosexual, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs is a central character in "Before Homosexuals" and scenes were filmed at his birthday celebration at his gravesite in Aquila, Italy.

One of a kind 24"x 36"Barbara Gittings poster from the 1999 After Stonewall publicity campaign, memorializing her now iconic statement, "I was in a room with twelve other lesbians for the first time in my life and oh what a thrill it was."

One of a kind 24"x 36"Audre Lorde poster from the 1999 After Stonewall publicity campaign, memorializing her now iconic statement, "Everything we do has got to contribute to the struggle, because everything they do is grinding us into dust. And we will not be ground!"

One of a kind 24"x 36"Dorothy Allison & Rita Mae Brown poster from the 1999 After Stonewall publicity campaign, memorializing their now iconic statements:

"The Women I came from weren't victims, they kicked butt! So I'm going to kick some too, you little Yankee girls. Let me show you how this works." - Rita Mae Brown

"I was not a monster, I was not alone, and I had the possibility of preventing what happened to me from happening to other people." - Dorothy Allison

One of a kind 24"x 36"Larry Kramer poster from the 1999 After Stonewall publicity campaign, memorializing his now iconic statement, "We're all going to go crazy, living this epidemic every minute, while the rest of the world goes on out there, all around us, as if nothing is happening..." - Larry Kramer

Signed by the artist, Gilbert Baker, who passed away earlier this year, this rainbow flag is made of separate pieces of colored fabric sewn together, instead of silk screened onto a single piece of fabric. A real collector's item!

The Nineteenth Century, Walt Whitman, and other gay male pioneers round out the end of the film, "Before Homosexuals", and this very book was used in researching the film. 

Just in time for the holidays! Our sister company, Pride of the Ocean's first DVD compilation of short films.

Neil McKenna appears towards the end of our film and recites the very moving letter that Oscar Wilde wrote from his prison cell to his love, Bosie Douglas.

Neil explores their relationship and the tragic end of Oscar Wilde's life in his very informative and entertaining biography, which served as a great inspiration for the film, "Before Homosexuals".

You can own one of the actual books used in the making of the film Before Homosexuals!

CP Cavafy figures prominently in the film Before Homsexuals, with his poem "Brigade of Pleasure" ending the film, and the memorable quote, "One day, someone made just like me, is sure to appear and act freely."

Your donation represents the price paid by the film to acquire the book, plus a $25 contribution to our Seed&Spark  campaign. 

Thank you for your support!

EVERY FRAGMENT COUNTS MUG SERIES - As Bernadette Brooten says in "Before Homosexuals,"

"It depends upon each fragment being saved." With your contribution, you will receive a stylish coffee mug, printed with one of five different historical LGBT artworks used in the film.

As Maria Margaronis says in the film, "The Warren Cup is a silver drinking cup, made in the first century common era, by a Greek craftsman, In Rome for a Roman patron. The cup itself has lovely silver relief carvings, relief work on both sides, showing sex between two men."

EVERY FRAGMENT COUNTS MUG SERIES - As Bernadette Brooten says in "Before Homosexuals,"

"It depends upon each fragment being saved." With your contribution, you will receive a stylish coffee mug, printed with one of five different historical LGBT artworks used in the film.

 As Janet Afary says in the film, "In Shiran in society there are two types of marriage: formal and temporary. A temporary marriage is called a cierte. We’ve found now there were also same-sex cierte. These were called “brotherhood cirte” and “sisterhood cirte.” This mug depicts a frame from the animated sisterhood cirte, designed by our own motion graphics artist, David (Cubby) Hall.

EVERY FRAGMENT COUNTS MUG SERIES - As Bernadette Brooten says in "Before Homosexuals,"

"It depends upon each fragment being saved." With your contribution, you will receive a stylish coffee mug, printed with one of five different historical LGBT artworks used in the film.

"Fab Jesus" is the name we gave an untitled and uncredited mosaic we discovered in the Aquila cemetery in Italy where Karl Heinrich Ulrichs is buried and where a scene in "Before Homosexuals" was filmed.

EVERY FRAGMENT COUNTS MUG SERIES - As Bernadette Brooten says in "Before Homosexuals,"

"It depends upon each fragment being saved." With your contribution, you will receive a stylish coffee mug, printed with one of five different historical LGBT artworks used in the film.

With the Logo mug, you can be reminded of the Before Homsexuals film every morning as you have your coffee or tea in our mug with the opening motion graphics displayed in the film, which were designed by our motion graphics artist David (Cubby) Hall, inspired from ancient Greek pottery. 

You can own a piece of history; one of the books used in the making of the film, "Before Homosexuals". Learn something new while helping us recoup our research costs. 

"Before Homosexuals" not only includes a substantial chapter on Africa, but spans the globe and spans history, covering not just Europe, but also Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

You can own one of the actual books used in the making of the film Before Homosexuals!

Indigenous cultures, including Hawaiian culture, are an integral chapter in Before Homosexuals. This book was purchased by the film for a field expedition to Hawaii, where native Hawaiian culture was studied and footage for the film was shot on location.

Your donation represents the price paid by the film to acquire the book, plus a $25 contribution to our Seed&Spark  campaign. 

Thank you for your support!

Own one of the actual books used to make the film, "Before Homosexuals", while learning about how the silent letter in LGBT was more accepted in the ancient world than it is today! 

Bisexuality in the Ancient World by Eva Cantarella is a fascinating read with some gorgeous illustrations of ancient art, some of which appear in the film, including the Paestum frescoes, appearing on the book's cover.

Bought in the gift shop in Pompeii during the final European filming trip, from which many scenes in the film arose, this beautifully illustrated book contain many high resolution photographs of frescoes from the baths and brothels of Pompeii.

One of our many fabulous premiums is a limited edition "Before Homosexuals" t-shirt. They come in S, M, L, XL, 2XL sizes. Aren’t they neat?

On the front, you will see our lovely “Before Homosexuals” logo, and on the back is a quote from one of our interviewees, Bernadette Brooten. “Without preserving this, our lives are totally wiped out… it depends upon each fragment of information being saved…”

Delivered just in time for the holidays, the original prop used in the C.P. Cavafy dream sequence in the film, mounted on foamcore, and ideal for framing, to remind you that, "...someone else made just like me is certain to appear and act freely."

The book's translator, Michael Lombardi-Nash, is interviewed in the film about the life of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs.

Written by the first person to publicly "come out" as a homosexual, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs is a central character in "Before Homosexuals" and scenes were filmed at his birthday celebration at his gravesite in Aquila, Italy.

One of a kind 24"x 36"Barbara Gittings poster from the 1999 After Stonewall publicity campaign, memorializing her now iconic statement, "I was in a room with twelve other lesbians for the first time in my life and oh what a thrill it was."

One of a kind 24"x 36"Audre Lorde poster from the 1999 After Stonewall publicity campaign, memorializing her now iconic statement, "Everything we do has got to contribute to the struggle, because everything they do is grinding us into dust. And we will not be ground!"

One of a kind 24"x 36"Dorothy Allison & Rita Mae Brown poster from the 1999 After Stonewall publicity campaign, memorializing their now iconic statements:

"The Women I came from weren't victims, they kicked butt! So I'm going to kick some too, you little Yankee girls. Let me show you how this works." - Rita Mae Brown

"I was not a monster, I was not alone, and I had the possibility of preventing what happened to me from happening to other people." - Dorothy Allison

One of a kind 24"x 36"Larry Kramer poster from the 1999 After Stonewall publicity campaign, memorializing his now iconic statement, "We're all going to go crazy, living this epidemic every minute, while the rest of the world goes on out there, all around us, as if nothing is happening..." - Larry Kramer

Signed by the artist, Gilbert Baker, who passed away earlier this year, this rainbow flag is made of separate pieces of colored fabric sewn together, instead of silk screened onto a single piece of fabric. A real collector's item!

The Nineteenth Century, Walt Whitman, and other gay male pioneers round out the end of the film, "Before Homosexuals", and this very book was used in researching the film. 

Just in time for the holidays! Our sister company, Pride of the Ocean's first DVD compilation of short films.

Neil McKenna appears towards the end of our film and recites the very moving letter that Oscar Wilde wrote from his prison cell to his love, Bosie Douglas.

Neil explores their relationship and the tragic end of Oscar Wilde's life in his very informative and entertaining biography, which served as a great inspiration for the film, "Before Homosexuals".

You can own one of the actual books used in the making of the film Before Homosexuals!

CP Cavafy figures prominently in the film Before Homsexuals, with his poem "Brigade of Pleasure" ending the film, and the memorable quote, "One day, someone made just like me, is sure to appear and act freely."

Your donation represents the price paid by the film to acquire the book, plus a $25 contribution to our Seed&Spark  campaign. 

Thank you for your support!

EVERY FRAGMENT COUNTS MUG SERIES - As Bernadette Brooten says in "Before Homosexuals,"

"It depends upon each fragment being saved." With your contribution, you will receive a stylish coffee mug, printed with one of five different historical LGBT artworks used in the film.

As Maria Margaronis says in the film, "The Warren Cup is a silver drinking cup, made in the first century common era, by a Greek craftsman, In Rome for a Roman patron. The cup itself has lovely silver relief carvings, relief work on both sides, showing sex between two men."

EVERY FRAGMENT COUNTS MUG SERIES - As Bernadette Brooten says in "Before Homosexuals,"

"It depends upon each fragment being saved." With your contribution, you will receive a stylish coffee mug, printed with one of five different historical LGBT artworks used in the film.

 As Janet Afary says in the film, "In Shiran in society there are two types of marriage: formal and temporary. A temporary marriage is called a cierte. We’ve found now there were also same-sex cierte. These were called “brotherhood cirte” and “sisterhood cirte.” This mug depicts a frame from the animated sisterhood cirte, designed by our own motion graphics artist, David (Cubby) Hall.

EVERY FRAGMENT COUNTS MUG SERIES - As Bernadette Brooten says in "Before Homosexuals,"

"It depends upon each fragment being saved." With your contribution, you will receive a stylish coffee mug, printed with one of five different historical LGBT artworks used in the film.

"Fab Jesus" is the name we gave an untitled and uncredited mosaic we discovered in the Aquila cemetery in Italy where Karl Heinrich Ulrichs is buried and where a scene in "Before Homosexuals" was filmed.

EVERY FRAGMENT COUNTS MUG SERIES - As Bernadette Brooten says in "Before Homosexuals,"

"It depends upon each fragment being saved." With your contribution, you will receive a stylish coffee mug, printed with one of five different historical LGBT artworks used in the film.

With the Logo mug, you can be reminded of the Before Homsexuals film every morning as you have your coffee or tea in our mug with the opening motion graphics displayed in the film, which were designed by our motion graphics artist David (Cubby) Hall, inspired from ancient Greek pottery. 

You can own a piece of history; one of the books used in the making of the film, "Before Homosexuals". Learn something new while helping us recoup our research costs. 

"Before Homosexuals" not only includes a substantial chapter on Africa, but spans the globe and spans history, covering not just Europe, but also Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

You can own one of the actual books used in the making of the film Before Homosexuals!

Indigenous cultures, including Hawaiian culture, are an integral chapter in Before Homosexuals. This book was purchased by the film for a field expedition to Hawaii, where native Hawaiian culture was studied and footage for the film was shot on location.

Your donation represents the price paid by the film to acquire the book, plus a $25 contribution to our Seed&Spark  campaign. 

Thank you for your support!

Own one of the actual books used to make the film, "Before Homosexuals", while learning about how the silent letter in LGBT was more accepted in the ancient world than it is today! 

Bisexuality in the Ancient World by Eva Cantarella is a fascinating read with some gorgeous illustrations of ancient art, some of which appear in the film, including the Paestum frescoes, appearing on the book's cover.

Bought in the gift shop in Pompeii during the final European filming trip, from which many scenes in the film arose, this beautifully illustrated book contain many high resolution photographs of frescoes from the baths and brothels of Pompeii.

One of our many fabulous premiums is a limited edition "Before Homosexuals" t-shirt. They come in S, M, L, XL, 2XL sizes. Aren’t they neat?

On the front, you will see our lovely “Before Homosexuals” logo, and on the back is a quote from one of our interviewees, Bernadette Brooten. “Without preserving this, our lives are totally wiped out… it depends upon each fragment of information being saved…”

Delivered just in time for the holidays, the original prop used in the C.P. Cavafy dream sequence in the film, mounted on foamcore, and ideal for framing, to remind you that, "...someone else made just like me is certain to appear and act freely."

The book's translator, Michael Lombardi-Nash, is interviewed in the film about the life of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs.

Written by the first person to publicly "come out" as a homosexual, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs is a central character in "Before Homosexuals" and scenes were filmed at his birthday celebration at his gravesite in Aquila, Italy.

One of a kind 24"x 36"Barbara Gittings poster from the 1999 After Stonewall publicity campaign, memorializing her now iconic statement, "I was in a room with twelve other lesbians for the first time in my life and oh what a thrill it was."

One of a kind 24"x 36"Audre Lorde poster from the 1999 After Stonewall publicity campaign, memorializing her now iconic statement, "Everything we do has got to contribute to the struggle, because everything they do is grinding us into dust. And we will not be ground!"

One of a kind 24"x 36"Dorothy Allison & Rita Mae Brown poster from the 1999 After Stonewall publicity campaign, memorializing their now iconic statements:

"The Women I came from weren't victims, they kicked butt! So I'm going to kick some too, you little Yankee girls. Let me show you how this works." - Rita Mae Brown

"I was not a monster, I was not alone, and I had the possibility of preventing what happened to me from happening to other people." - Dorothy Allison

One of a kind 24"x 36"Larry Kramer poster from the 1999 After Stonewall publicity campaign, memorializing his now iconic statement, "We're all going to go crazy, living this epidemic every minute, while the rest of the world goes on out there, all around us, as if nothing is happening..." - Larry Kramer

Signed by the artist, Gilbert Baker, who passed away earlier this year, this rainbow flag is made of separate pieces of colored fabric sewn together, instead of silk screened onto a single piece of fabric. A real collector's item!