Halifax, Hello Sailor!
Talk to any gay man about Halifax and the conversation is bound to steer toward sailor watching and strolling in the harbour to check what ships have docked.
From today there will be no stopping the boys: for the next five months they will be able to view the shenanigans of gay sailors in a new exhibition opening in Halifax.
Hello Sailor! Gay Life on the Ocean Wave makes its North American debut at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in the Halifax harbour.
The exhibition – like its subjects – has been shipped across the sea from the Merseyside Museum in Liverpool, England. It was inspired by a book, Hello Sailor!: Gay Life for Seamen, which was co-authored by Jo Stanley in 2003. After Halifax, the exhibition will return to its permanent home in Liverpool.
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