Touko Laaksonen, a decorated officer, returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II, but life in Finland during peacetime proves equally distressing. He finds peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of the homosexual and men around him even being pressured to marry women and have children. Touko finds refuge in his liberating art, specialising in homoerotic drawings of muscular men, free of inhibitions. His work – made famous by his signature ‘Tom of Finland’ – became the emblem of a generation of men and fanned the flames of a gay revolution.

A recreation a classic Tom of Finland comic book tale.

Tom of Finland's drawings have become icons in the gay community for their hyper-sexuality and exageration of all traits masculine. In this short documentary Tom himself (in voice over) describes his life and how he came to develop his own style of drawing. Included are many many samples of his work.

A visually stunning, sexually explicit and celebratory portrait of a group of friends and adult performers shot over one summer day at TOM House, the Tom of Finland Foundation HQ in Los Angeles and Tom’s former LA home.