homoerotic
adjective
ho·mo·erot·ic
ˌhō-mō-i-ˈrä-tik 
: of, relating to, or involving sexual activity between people of the same sex
specifically
: marked by, revealing, or portraying sexual desire between people of the same sex
homoerotic photographs
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The photos, taken by Hardwick and creative directed by Isaacs, take inspiration from the canon of classic homoerotic photography books — where the artists felt a noted absence of trans bodies.
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El Hardwick, Them., 23 Oct. 2025
Some scholars have suggested that the boys were prized for their looks and conscripted into homoerotic pageants created by Christopher Marlowe.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
In his photographs of young men of the RAF, Beaton finds a slight homoerotic lens — there’s men sharing cigarettes, bunked together in the trenches and mending clothes on a sewing machine.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
And other than ignoramus Slovacek, the recruits seem an unusually tolerant bunch with no qualms about leaning into the naturally homoerotic.
—Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2025
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El Hardwick, Them., 23 Oct. 2025
Some scholars have suggested that the boys were prized for their looks and conscripted into homoerotic pageants created by Christopher Marlowe.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
In his photographs of young men of the RAF, Beaton finds a slight homoerotic lens — there’s men sharing cigarettes, bunked together in the trenches and mending clothes on a sewing machine.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
And other than ignoramus Slovacek, the recruits seem an unusually tolerant bunch with no qualms about leaning into the naturally homoerotic.
—Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Homoerotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homoerotic. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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homoerotic
adjective
ho·mo·erot·ic
ˌhō-mō-i-ˈrät-ik
: of, relating to, or involving sexual activity between people of the same sex
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