(Photo credits: nito from Shutterstock)
Love always wins!
A married gay couple named Richie and Duane is going viral for recreating some photos of themselves that they’ve accumulated during the 42 years they’ve been together, especially those that were taken in the ‘80s. The aforementioned clip was posted on Instagram last June during Pride Month, but it continues to garner the attention of the netizens.
Why ever not, the photos ranged from cute to funny, sweet to unabashedly lovey-dovey not to mention the photos clearly showed how unapologetically queer they were. The caption of the post reads, “#gaypride is visibility & we’ve been visible for 42 years. Thank you all for tens of millions of views of this series. We still have lots of photos left to recreate!”
Cuteness overload, wouldn’t you agree?
The netizens not only noticed the love they have for each other then and now but also their sense of style and their hair. One user wrote, “Ok but like no one is going to talk about how fucking stylish you were in every freaking decade,” while another said, “You know how brave they had to be back then to be out in the open! I love this for them…. love wins every time.”
We couldn’t agree with you more.
Another netizen observed (and I’m sure many of you will share the same sentiment), “OMG, this is so CUTE! This is what people should be making movies on in the Queer community. Not tragedy and death because of toxic queer relationships.”
Meanwhile, someone said, “As a queer historian (sort of lol), it’s really nice to see gay people who survived the 80s and it’s nice to see gay people in long-term relationships. It’s also just really important for younger gens IMO and on top of it all, you two are adorable!!!”
And if I may add to all these, Richie and Duane had just shown us that contrary to popular belief, love (and romance) does last forever!
If you wish to view more of their other photos, you may check their Instagram account here and please don’t forget to follow Adam4Adam on Instagram for more hotties like Richie and Duane!
Happy viewing!
Yesterday,
it was “Keep A Diary
&
Someday, it’ll Keep you”!
Today,
it is “Keep The Pictures
&
Someday, They’ll keep you!
Only those with active Instagram accounts can see the photos. This article, is an ad, really, for Instagram.
I’ve sampled several social media sites over the years, including Instagram. Have discontinued several due to the high levels of rampant netizen insanity exhibited by too many of their frequenters.
It’d be great going forward if A4A would obtain the necessary permissions to show content like the photos referred to in this article instead of leaving members out in the cold.
My supposed interest in and need for “cuteness” as a Gay man will remain unfilled.
Cute, neither is!
Cute, prior was!
What is so disarming is how badly they have aged? I understand the aging process but, they,
individually and collectively, do not look even reasonably like their former selves!
Reminds me of the old adage: burning the candle at both ends and what the middle melt!
Tweedledee and Tweedledum!
Lucky them! They’re just like celebrities! Looking at pictures of some of them in their youth vs. later ages, the differences can be astounding.
You have brought about the bitter truth!
They did not age well and that is not sorely indicative of them but the general public as
well.
Sometimes, demonstrating the bare truth, is actually conforming the bare truth!
There’s a word that comes to mind “wholesome” I absolutely loved seeing this! This was my era; having moved away from home and coming out, simultaneously, what an exciting time it was then self-discovery coming out at 19yrs old in 80′!
So wonderful to see how they looked so different from each other, then over time, morphed, lmao, looking like each other!
This was like a breath of fresh air, from the past, thanks for posting! This is what “the cream of the crop” of gay relationships are made of real old fashion love!
Wow, would’ve expected more responses. This is awesome. I envy them, but at the same time, very happy for them. I was a freshman in High School in 1981 and had to be told by classmates that I was a gay. I had no clue!