Photo Vintage_Queer (playgirl model then and now)

I loved his pictorial! So hot. For some reason his current pic hit me unlike any of the others.


Was obsessed with him in my closeted days. Late night walking into a convenience store, I’d
purchase a Playgirl along with a Playboy and was sure to let the cashier know my girl asked me to get her a Playgirl when I pick up my Playboy. God the stress. And drama haha.
Priceless ha ha! I am seriously thinking of proposing a book that chronicles the relationship that closeted gay men from the 1970’s to the 90’s had with Playgirl magazine. Particularly the incredibly fraught negotiations we did with ourselves around perusing, purchasing or in some cases the out and out shoplifting of them from convenience stores. The helpless lust, the sweating, the terror and the gamble. The giddiness! And the relief and joy of actually getting one home!

I’ve heard countless anecdotes like yours on the Internet over the last 20 years or so. I certainly have my own embarrassing stories to tell.I think it could be hilarious and poignant and fascinating reading!
 
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Anyone know what Twin models Tito and Santi Ponce look like now? They first appeared in the June 1999 issue I believe with two other sets of twins for a photo spread and then had some of those photos appear in a spread featuring just them and there were photos printed not seen in their first spread. They also appeared in one of the International Models Special Issue around 2004. I’ve been wanting one o see what they look like now. They were two of my favorite Playgirl models ever.

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I found Tito. No luck finding a Santi, but they're twins so...
 

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I've been a member of PlaygirlPlus for about two years now. I am very satisfied with the content. There is a centerfold each month with twenty or so pictures full-frontal pictures of him. These models tend to be very fit, very handsome, and what I like most of all, the majority of them have full bushes. The creator of the site used to work at the print magazine; she said she wanted to bring back the masculinity of the models of the 70s through 90s.

There are plenty of archived issues to look at, including some of the earliest ones in the mid-70s. There is also a full section of monthly centerfolds over the years. It brings back a lot of memories of my teenage and college years.

One of the centerfolds about a year ago played high school football in a small town about half-an-hour from where I live. I remember his name from the local sports broadcasts; he was quite good.

I appreciate the risk they are taking in this day and age. Many of the centerfold photos are freely spread online within a matter of days. I am bothered by that. They own the copyright to those photos, and people are blatantly not honoring it. After a while, subscribers will stop paying for the images, which results in lost revenue for the website and a real hit on their profit margin. They may go out of business if this continues. It's too bad.

I do recommend the membership. I have never had a problem with its delivery and the content is great.
the problem with the PlaygirlPlus site is,
1/. when we get retro spreads it's NOT IN HIGH RESOLUTION and there's never any EXTRA shoots or even background stories like how the model was cast or not to mention any BTS of the 90s shoots, thus the frustration for us fans cause there's literally no fun stuffs we can get OR EVEN LOOK FORWARD TO apart from the low resolution digital scan in which most HUGE 4 fold centerfold we already got hanging in our studies. ;)
2/. the site is pretty slow and difficult to navigate. not like other sites like rick days' which is fast and slick and enjoyable, in which me boys were happily paying 25 dollars every month for weekly new shoots.
3/. the man of the month photography were pretty standard not really eye openers but sometimes u can tell they don't have enough shoots to choose from so they had to chop the feet off just around the ankle, stuffs like that.
and to think they have such a huge legacy to mine from but not delivering it's just sad they should really step up i think....sigh
 
the problem with the PlaygirlPlus site is,
1/. when we get retro spreads it's NOT IN HIGH RESOLUTION and there's never any EXTRA shoots or even background stories like how the model was cast or not to mention any BTS of the 90s shoots, thus the frustration for us fans cause there's literally no fun stuffs we can get OR EVEN LOOK FORWARD TO apart from the low resolution digital scan in which most HUGE 4 fold centerfold we already got hanging in our studies. ;)
2/. the site is pretty slow and difficult to navigate. not like other sites like rick days' which is fast and slick and enjoyable, in which me boys were happily paying 25 dollars every month for weekly new shoots.
3/. the man of the month photography were pretty standard not really eye openers but sometimes u can tell they don't have enough shoots to choose from so they had to chop the feet off just around the ankle, stuffs like that.
and to think they have such a huge legacy to mine from but not delivering it's just sad they should really step up i think....sigh
4/. and talking about fans involvement or interaction, one of those rock pamplin (?) 31 x 24 inches poster was selling for 200 USD on ebay so there just might be market for archive print posters like that too ? ^_-
 
I know some of them who turn out to be gay
Such as
Keith Munyon Playgirl December 1995
Then now

The ironic part is, he is one who got the part of treesome photoshoot with a female model, instead another straight pornstar or model i that time.
Oh, wow - my old friend Keith! I haven’t seen him in over 20 years. Still looks great.