Tag: Tom of Finland

There was a lot more to the artist than just drawings of bulging biceps. The trailer for the biopic of gay erotic artist Touko Laaksonen, better known as Tom of Finland, is finally here. Starring Pekka Strang as the activist, artist obsessed with the hypermasculine and sexualization of uniforms and masculinity had a fascinating life apart from the drawings of bulging biceps. The son of Finnish schoolteachers in 1920, he was drafted during World War 2 and was made to serve alongside...