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About Dom Orejudos
- Domingo Stephen "Dom" Orejudos (July 1, 1933 – September 24, 1991), also widely known by the pen names Etienne and Stephen, was an openly gay artist, ballet dancer, and choreographer, best known for his ground-breaking masculine gay male erotica beginning in the 1950s.
- Along with artists George Quaintance and Tom of Finland (with whom he became friends), Orejudos' leather-themed art promoted an image of gay men as strong and masculine, as an alternative to the then-dominant stereotype as weak and effeminate.
- With his lover and business partner Chuck Renslow, Orejudos established many landmarks of late-20th-century gay male culture, including the Gold Coast bar, Man's Country Baths, the International Mr.
- Leather competition, Chicago's August White Party, and the magazines Triumph, Rawhide, and Mars.
- He was also active and influential in the Chicago ballet community.
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