Hommes pour Hommes publishers archive, circa 1989-2003.
Collection Number: 7816

Real desires/fantasies and the end of an era in the world of print, Hommes pour Hommes was a magazine that catered to gay men who were looking for sexual partners. It started in 1990, and in 1996 was renamed Le Nouveau HH: Le magazine gay des rencontres. The magazine went out of business in 2003, apparently due to the move of this activity to the Internet, which happened in France several years later than in the United States.

Publisher's Archive: Hommes pour Hommes, #7816. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

The business records, submissions of erotic-narrative letters, and submissions of and responses to personal ads for Hommes pour Hommes, covering the period from 1990 until it ceased publication in 2003. In addition, a file of materials from a swinger's magazine from the same publisher and a number of personal-ad letters from couples seeking a third sexual partner for bisexual activities. Also, a poster advertising the posting of announcements and contacts via Hommes pour Hommes using Minitel, a precursor of the World Wide Web. The collection provides a window into French gay men's desires and fantasies in the 1990s, as well as into the final years of the era of print media as the setting for arranging sexual contacts.

For 75 years from the date of any correspondence, personal narratives and other writing, researchers may not reveal the names of the private individuals who wrote or were mentioned therein. All users of the collection will sign an agreement to abide by this restriction.