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"Girls Love Gay Male Porn"
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I just got back from a weekend at the University of California at Santa Barbara, where I attended "Console-ing Passions: An International Conference on Television, Audio, Video, New Media, and Feminism. It was three days of geeking out with academics about TV, the Internet, and various kinds of media studies—who knew that people are getting their Ph.D.'s in Battlestar Galactica and The Hills these days? Naturally, the first panel I went to was all about porn, with four scholars presenting papers on lesbian identity politics and pornography, the 1980s cult hit Café Flesh and its '90s sequel, the industry in Vietnam, and bad-boy director/current Justice Department target Max Hardcore, that last topic featuring the best title ever: "Scrunchies, Braces, and Throat Fucking: Performances of Girlhood in Gonzo Porn."
A bunch of women stuck around afterwards to continue the discussion that the panel had, um, stimulated, and we began talking about the kind of porn we all watched. Someone brought up the work of Shine Louise Houston's Pink and White Productions (pinkwhite.biz), a San Francisco–based company that describes its mission as creating "adult entertainment that exposes the complexities of queer sexual desire . . . dedicated to producing sexy and exciting images that reflect today's blurred gender lines and fluid sexualities." She thought it was amazing; I chimed in and said, "Yes, it's diverse, radical, and I totally applaud Houston's vision."
Another person chimed in: "Do you like fag porn? All my queer female friends do." Hers wasn't a surprising question. I know lesbians who dig it more than any other kind of hardcore fare. I briefly dated a genderqueer dyke who just loved gay male porn: She ran out and got the newest title from her favorite company the day it came out. In this case, she adored movies from Bel Ami (belamionline.com), which feature young, hairless European lads (think the boy-on-boy version of the straight barely-legal genre). The boys are very pretty and androgynous, and some of them could definitely be mistaken for dykes with their clothes on. But other girl-loving girls love über-butch men, leather daddies, and big hairy bears, so it's not always about androgyny. By now, I think it's commonplace to accept that queer women love queer male porn, but what is that all about?
First, let's acknowledge a practical reality: There isn't a whole lot of lesbian porn produced by and for lesbians, or that feels authentic to lesbian viewers. Some dykes can get their fix of queerness—both the lust and the cultural aesthetics—via gay porn, even though it features people of a different gender than those they fuck in real life. Queer is often attracted to queer first and foremost, like when the guy I lusted after in high school turned out to be gay—it makes sense in some way.
And speaking of gender, plenty of lesbians identify with various forms of masculinity: Their own gender expression may be at the masculine end of the spectrum, or they may like to fantasize and play with gender and sex. Gay porn gives them a range of masculine desires to relate to or lust after. For those dykes who themselves identify as fag—or who like butch/butch, boi/boi, or transman/transman sex—they can see a hyper-masculine version of their own sex lives and/or fantasies performed on the small screen.
The phenomenon of straight women who love gay male porn has been documented and was discussed plenty when flocks of females gushed over Brokeback Mountain. When women came out of their fag-loving closet, it illustrated the flip side of a common theory: Plenty of straight men love girl/girl porn because they want to see lots of who they lust after. The same is true for het women: They like to look at hot naked men fucking, and it doesn't really matter that they're fucking each other. I think it may also be true that while pornos full of romance and mood lighting are marketed to women, some prefer a sweaty, get-right-down-to-it romp in the locker room any day. Wired.com columnist Regina Lynn, author of Sexier Sex: Lessons from the Brave New Sexual Frontier, writes that it's not always about identifying with someone in a scene: "For me, gay porn has always been arousing because of its masculinity. The strength and power, plus the double dose of raw male drive and sexuality, add up to more than the sum of their parts."
On Nerve.com, journalist Kera Bolonik admits that she gets off with men onscreen, but not in real life: "Nothing makes me hotter than watching two men going at it. There is something really admirable about gay male porn, at least in principle: it's egalitarian. Everyone gets a turn at the top as well as at the bottom. Everyone comes, and often they do it together." I'm not sure this concept of equality is attractive to everyone (I personally like a hefty dose of power dynamics with my sex), but it supports the notion of seeing some kind of sameness, something non-heterosexual represented. And it also raises the issue that many women, regardless of their orientation, have with porn: their ambivalence or discomfort with seeing female performers when issues of consent, enjoyment, and pleasure are unclear. Somehow, our concerns and feminist politics don't overshadow the sex when women are absent (as if a man could not degrade or coerce another man, which is obviously flawed logic).
I like gay porn for the hot dudes, the overflow of testosterone, and the unapologetic sexual desire. I also like straight porn. But that's a subject for another column.
just wondering but what does this article have to do with henry cavill?? he's hot!!!
Henry Cavill has nothing, nothing and, wait, more nothing to do with this.
WTF, Perez?
Damn! this is genius…
Re: NO! – hey dumbass…u can also get AIDS by taking dick up your twat!!!
haha! i thought i was the only one. hot guys making out is definitely hot!
Henry Cavill is straight!
I AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT 100%. IT'S TRUE,STRAIGHT GIRLS DO LOVE GAY GUY-0N-GUY PORN!.
Perez! Henry is not gay….leave him alone. Just because you want him doesn't make him gay. He has a girlfriend.
I think men are unattractive to watch… I don't know I love have sex with men but in terms of getting off to porn as soon as a man enters the picture it turns me off. Lesbian porn is the only porn for me thanks.
(I'm a straight female).
haha wow
I'm sorry, but there is nothng hotter than two gorgeous sexy men toogether. Absolutley fucking deeelishhh! I love men, I love to have sex with men, watching two men together gets me hot.
Re: nicole – I totally agree with you're saying. I actually told my boyfriend about my love for gay porn and he understands the concept behind it and my logic behind why I like it. Lesbian porn and heterosexual porn is geared towards straight men. Most women cannot get turned on by this. It's just not raw and real. You know when a man has an orgasm and to see two men having one at the same time is hot.
My boyfriend and I don't go into great detail about it, but we agree that it shouldn't be taboo for a woman to like gay porn.
Omg, I love the porn from Bel Ami. It's hot, hot, hot. Yeah, male-on-male sex is the best thing evah. Way better than hetero or female-on-female sex. I dunno why I find male-on-male porn better, maybe it is just the sexuality. I mean there's only so many gyno shots one can take, especially when you got your own vanjayjay, but two guys spanking their monkeys together, damn, it's hot.
I'm straight and love male on male porn!!!!!!!!!!!
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look up "henry cavill magic man" on youtube. mmmmmm
Sure, i hope this is gonna become the next trend in porn, it's still a taboo these days, that's why such scenes are not included in the usual mainstream porn.
i hate fags they are wrong
the bible forbids it
that is so true. i am straight and i like to watch gay porn is my guy bff. hes gay of course. its not really a turn on, but its HOT! girl on girl is not really a turn on for me.
fuckin true! omg i have a gay brother and i sometimes watch his secret stack in his p.c. when he's not around. lol!
Totally true- I'm a straight girl and love hot gay porn.
i'm bi/queer/not exactly straight myself and gay porn is like awwwwwwesome haha
go team gay!
well… thanks for the newsflash perez…(!)
I'm straight and I don't watch straight porn: it's hideous and humiliating for women. Those stupid, yelling women!
I love gay male porn: two lovely guys together, two great male bodies: I don't care if they're fucking each other!
Re: KRKRKR –
"It's because straight porn is basically horrible for normal girls to watch…. it's all aggressive banging style fucking which is what most women HATE!! "
Wrong assumption. that is the only type of porn i watch. and gay porn can be really hard core as well.
I'm not into porn of any form- it embarasses me ( I guess I'm old school) but gay porn is a definite no.
Corbin Fisher all the Way!~
I am so glad you posted this article. I thought I was the only one! I have been getting off on gay porn and even gay shows like "Queer as Folk" for years. I have had my moments with women; however, I am married to a very manly man. I am a regular old catholic school soccer mom (albiet a liberal one). Who knows, if I did not meet my husband, I may have ended up with a woman. My husband knows about my little fantasies, and he does not mind. I have realized as I have gotten older, only people who are not secure in thier own sexuality seem to have a promblem with someone else's.
This is seriously the most disgusting article I have ever read on this website, and I don't think I will ever make a trip back here again.
Anyone who supports porn is uneducated and contributing to a corrupt industry, which hurts many people, including yourself.
It's really sad that we have become a society built on images, not intimacy.
Porn is degrading to everyone - men and women.
This is just as degrading to homosexual men as straight porn is to both sexes.
I feel sorry for any person who has to use this to become sexually aroused.
This is just sick and pathetic.
I absolutely LOVE Henry Cavill, but what does his picture have to do with this article!!
i'm straight and i love gay male porn
Henry Cavill is so hot. Perez, you need to gossip more about him!!!
Porn is bad no matter what kind it is… It degrades people and children. It poisons the mind and soul. Real men should protect women, their sisters and mothers from the preverseness of porn. It is intended for one male and one female namely husband and wife. Go to myspacecrissymoran and find out the truth about porn. IT is BAD!!! It is not glamorous it is about disease abortion, abuse, alcoholism and drugs. So stop being so selfish by "turning yourself on" and looking at this GARbage from the pits of HELL
OHHH NOOOOO. Henry Cavil is my latest obsession ! I'v e been waiting for you to post about him. And now youre impling that he is gay . well, this sucks . the really hot ones usually are.
I definitely have to agree. I mean I'm all about Queer As Folk the US version. I mean it wasn't exctly hardcore porn, but it's definitely a look into gay male sexuality. For all intents and purposes it has and continues to replace my conventional porn on many a night. lol
God damn that Brian Kinney is a hot son-of-a-bitch!
*growls*
Straight girls can adore gay porn too!
To be fair what straight girl wouldnt want to watch naked sweaty men
GAY PORN IS FUCKING DISGUSTING!!! LESBIAN SEX IS HOTT.
why on earth is henry cavill on this, he's not in any way related to this article and it is beyond rude to incite that he is gay even if it is not said literally.
I like porn but not until recently I saw a gay male porn and I loved it. I find it even more stimulating and crative then straight porn.
About straight girls loving gay porn = SO. TRUE. I watch gay porn all the time on Xtube.com its just like youtube but porn haha! I recommend it to everyone because theres all kinds of real vids uploaded of gay couples and stuff.. Man on man is the only thing that reallyyyy turns me on and makes my whole body heat up. I realized I loved gay porn at first after seeing Brokeback Mountain in theatres, I was so turned on after the tent scene it was ridiculous. Straight porn can do it for me too sometimes, as long as the girl isnt really featured that much but they usually are so gay porn never fails to turn me on. I like everything from guys kissing to hardcore sex, lOVE all of it. Its so erotic and kinky..idk. It's the hottest fucking thing, its nice to know I'm not alone in this.
there is nothing that turns me off quicker than gay porn. gross
I like regular porn, I like lesbian porn, but something about men on men seems so wrong to me. It makes me uncomfortable and it's just not good
YESSSS!!!
i love gay porn, esp. the orgy ones.
HOT HOT HOT!!!
Perez needs to get on the fanfiction circuit if he hasn't already. There's a whole lot of Yaoi (gay) fictions that show the masculinity, the love and the general rawness that makes it all so… hot
GAY PORN RULES!!!
its so HOT. you never get to see STRAIGHT MEN in str8 porn enjoy themselves the way you do in gay porn. AND, we (men) have our gspot in our ass so..you totally get to see a REAL orgasm tje way a man should have one. its AWESOME. love to get fucked in the ass.
This is interesting and all, but I'm confused as to exactly why Henry Cavill's picture is attached to this story?
why is my love henry cavill associated with this article? What does it have to with him??
yeah they do!
Re: nicole –
AMEN SISTER!!!!
two guys fucking is hot!!
Two words——-Dano Sulik
Did they just find that out? Wow…
I think that what Perez is implying is NOT that Henry Cavill is gay, but that he has been in a gay porn movie.
why use henry cavill's picture?
i love him
Re: SondraT –
Nope. Try again. Perez just wants Henry to be gay because he is so hot. Sorry P. Better luck next time. Henry only likes the girls.
SO TRUE!!!! I love it and i'ma straight girl
Why would you do this to Henry? That's fucked up!
What this tells me is that i need to get into making really good lesbian porn. >:)
I'm totally a fag-hag! Yeah, I support the gays, and it's hot to watch 2 guys kissing, gay or straight. The more male hotties, the merrier.