In the early years of porn videos, they were far less choreographed. The producers collected a few sexy guys who turned each other on and let them go in front of the camera. Today, reams of credits precede the nitty-gritty: for screenwriters, hairdressers, lighting consultants, costumers, make-up artists…
MoreThe following passage is excerpted from the author’s introduction to his new translation of a book written in 1525 by Antonio Vignali (1500-1559), a young Italian nobleman from Siena, entitled…More
IT’S JUST PAST NOON on an April Sunday in Washington, D.C. A friend and I are waiting for a third friend to join us for a bicycle ride along…More
A somewhat larger proportion of the women—about two-thirds—specified their preference for a butch or femme partner in their ads, but a substantial majority (66 percent) were silent on this matter.
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With a seventy dollar webcam, a few dozen gay porn photos easily pinched off other porn sites, and a basic knowledge of HTML programming, I could build my own webcam site where the producer, director, and ostensible “star” would be myself.
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Ihimaera emerged as a writer in the 1970’s, a time of Maori renaissance in the arts. In 1972 he published his first book, Pounamu, Pounamu, a collection of short stories.
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Duane Michals may not be a gay household name like Mapplethorpe, Ritts, or Weber, but it should be, because his work goes beyond a focus principally on glorifying the perfect male physique.
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After a series of unfortunate construction delays, the long-awaited Museum of Sex opened its doors on October 5, 2002. The critics will have their say; the public will vote with their feet and their dollars.
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ANDY WARHOL and Keith Haring met in person in 1983, near the end of the senior artist’s career but still in the flowering of Haring’s all-too-brief life (he died in 1990). What seems to have excited Warhol most about the younger artist was his plan to open a retail outlet for the sale of his work.
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“Keep everyone afraid and they’ll consume.” — Marilyn Manson UNTIL LATE in the 20th century, gay men were almost as invisible in the media as lesbians. We began…More
