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Kristen Bjorn's Manly Beach,
vintage Gay Porn from 1991

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Although pornography has usually represented the heterosexual orientation of the dominant culture, gay explicit material has a long history, reaching back to Greek Antiquity, if not to prehistory. Practically every medium has been used to represent all-male sexual acts. Nowadays, however, the gay porn industry is mostly concentrated in the making of home videos,DVDs cable broadcast and emerging VOD and wireless markets, as well as images (still and moving) for viewing on the Internet. Gay porn constitutes a disproportionately large part of the pornography industry.^[1] It has also attracted much less attention from the anti-pornography movement than has its straight counterpart. ^{[citation needed]} Porn redirects here. ... Heterosexuality is a sexual orientation characterized by esthetic attraction, romantic love or sexual desire exclusively for members of the opposite sex or gender, contrasted with homosexuality and distinguished from bisexuality and asexuality. ... Ancient Greece – an Indo-European culture spanning much of the Mediterranean and Black Sea basins and lasting for close to a millennium, until the rise of the Roman Empire, is considered by most historians to be the foundational culture of Western Civilization. ... A recording medium is a physical material that holds information expressed in any of the existing recording formats. ... The home video business rents and sells videocassettes and DVDs to the public. ... Size comparison: A 12 cm Sony DVD+RW and a 19 cm Dixon Ticonderoga pencil. ... A sign outside an Adult store. ...

History

Early modern gay pornography in the United States

Homoeroticism has been present in photography and film since their invention. During much of that time, any kind of sexual depiction had to remain underground because of obscenity rules. In particular, gay material might constitute evidence of an illegal act under sodomy laws in many jurisdictions. (This is no longer the case in the United States since such laws were ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 2003 in Lawrence v. Texas.) An example of lesbian erotica by Édouard-Henri Avril. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Obscenity in Latin obscenus, meaning foul, repulsive, detestable, (possibly derived from ob caenum, literally from filth). The term is most often used in a legal context to describe expressions (words, images, actions) that offend the prevalent sexual morality of the time. ... A sodomy law is a law which makes certain sexual acts into sex crimes. ... It has been suggested that Matthew Limon be merged into this article or section. ...

These restrictions meant that early gay porn primarily consisted of pictures of individual men either fully naked or wearing a g-string. Pornography in the 1940s and 1950s focused on athletic men or body builders in statuesque poses. They were generally young, muscular, and with little or no visible body hair. Those pictures were sold in physique magazines, also known as Beefcake magazines, allowing the reader to pass as a fitness enthusiast. Since most gay men of this time were deeply "in the closet", actual depictions of sexual activity were rare. Although now considered quite tame or soft-core, this type of pornography still exists today. See Thong for other meanings. ... Professional Bodybuilder Gustavo Badell posing Bodybuilding is the process of maximizing muscle hypertrophy through the combination of weight training, sufficient caloric intake, and rest. ... Young Physique magazine, vol. ... The expression being in the closet has been used to describe keeping secret ones sexual behavior or orientation, most commonly homosexuality or bisexuality, but also including transgender and transsexual people, paedophiles, and pederasts. ...

The Athletic Model Guild (AMG) founded by photographer Bob Mizer in 1944 in Los Angeles, California, was arguably the first studio to commercially produce material specifically for gay men and published the first magazine known as Physique Pictorial in 1951. Tom of Finland drawings are featured in many issues (* Tom of Finland -wikipedia source). Mizer produced about a million images, and thousands of films and videos before he died on 12 May 1992. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, the advent of 16mm film cameras enabled these photographers to produce underground movies of gay sex and/or masturbation. Sales of these products were either by mail-order or through more discreet channels. Some of the early gay pornographers would travel around the country selling their photographs and films out of their hotel rooms, with advertising only through word of mouth and magazine ads. The Athletic Model Guild was an old organization founded by gay pioneer Bob Mizer in the mid-1940s. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... A typical Tom of Finland hunk Tom of Finland (May 8, 1920 – November 7, 1991) (born Touko Laaksonen in Kaarina, Finland) was a fetish artist notable for his stylized homoerotic art and his influence on late twentieth century gay culture. ... (Redirected from 16mm film) 16mm film was initially created in the 1920s as an inexpensive amateur alternative to the conventional 35 mm film format. ...

The 1960s were also a period where many underground art film makers integrated suggestive or overtly gay content in their work. Kenneth Anger's Scorpio Rising (1963), Andy Warhol's My Hustler (1965), or Paul Morrissey's Flesh (1968) are examples of experimental films that are known to have influenced further gay pornographic films with their formal qualities and narratives. Tyler Gajewski is probably the most noted actor and model of the period; he appeared in Warhol's and Morrissey's films, as well as in Mizer's work at the AMG. Kenneth Anger Kenneth Anger (born February 3, 1927 in Santa Monica, California as Kenneth Wilbur Anglemyer) is an underground avant-garde film-maker and author. ... Scorpio Rising is an avant-garde, experimental film by Kenneth Anger, author of Hollywood Babylon, starring Bruce Byron as the biker Scorpio. ... Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 — February 22, 1987) was an American artist who became a central figure in the movement known as pop art. ... Paul Morrissey (born on February 23, 1938 in New York City) is a film director. ... Flesh or Andy Warhols Flesh is a 1968 film directed by Paul Morrissey. ... Experimental film, or experimental cinema, is a term that describes a range of filmmaking styles that are generally quite different from, and often opposed to, the practices of mainstream commercial and documentary filmmaking. ...

The sexual revolution

During the 1960s, a series of United States Supreme Court rulings created a more liberalized legal environment that allowed the commercialization of pornography. Wakefield Poole's Boys in the Sand, starring Casey Donovan, can be considered one of the first gay porn feature films along with the works of filmaker's such as Pat Rocco and the Park Theatre, Los Angeles, California, circa - 1970. "Boys in the Sand" opened in a theater in New York City in December 1971 and played to a packed house with record breaking boxoffice receipts, preceding Deep Throat, the first commercial straight porn film in America, which opened in June 1972. This success launched gay pornographic film as a popular phenomenon. The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C., (large image) The Supreme Court of the United States, located in Washington, D.C., is the highest court (see supreme court) in the United States; that is, it has ultimate judicial authority within the United States... Wakefield Poole is a American pioneering film director in the gay pornography industry from the 1970s and 1980s. ... Boys in the Sand is a landmark 1971 gay pornographic film. ... For other people with the same name, see Casey Donovan Casey Donovan (2 November 1943 - 10 August 1987) was a male porn star of the 1970s and 1980s, appearing primarily in films and videos catering to gay male audiences. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Deep Throat is an American pornographic movie released in the summer of 1972, written and directed by Gerard Damiano and starring Linda Lovelace (the pseudonym of Linda Susan Boreman). ...

The production of gay porn films expanded during the 1970s. A few studios released films for the growing number of gay adult theatres, where men could also have sexual encounters. Often, the films reflected the sexual liberation that gay men were experiencing at the time, depicting the numerous public spaces where men engaged in sex: bathhouses, sex clubs, beaches, etc. Most of the productions used a cast of youthful, muscular and hairy men, which would become a hallmark of the gay erotic aesthetic of the decade. ^{[citation needed]} This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... It has been suggested that Duration of sexual intercourse be merged into this article or section. ... Gay bathhouses, also known as (gay) saunas or steam baths (and sometimes called, in gay slang in some regions, the baths or the tubs), are places where men can go to have sex with other men. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Beaches is a 1988 movie adapted by Mary Agnes Donoghue from the novel Beaches by Iris Rainer Dart. ... In the performing arts, casting is a vital pre-production process for selecting a cast (a meaning of the word recorded since 1631) of actors, dancers, singers, models and other talent for a live or recorded performance. ...

The 1970s also saw the rise of gay publishing with After Dark and Michael's Thing. During this time many more magazines were founded, including In Touch, Blueboy, and Playgirl, (ostensibly produced for women), was purchased and enjoyed by gay men featuring full frontal nudity. (The posing straps and fig leafs, i.e., were removed.) Blueboy is a gay pornographic magazine, with pictures of men in various states of undress, first published in California in 1975. ... Playgirl is a monthly lifestyle magazine published in the United States that features seminude or fully nude men. ...

1980s: Videotapes, AIDS, and gay for pay

The 1980s were a period of transition for gay porn film. On one side, the development of video technology would radically change the gay and straight adult industry. The proliferation of VCRs made porn videos easily accessible. As the prices of video players fell during the decade, the market for home videos aimed at adult viewers became more and more lucrative. By the mid-1980s, the standard was to shoot porn movies directly on video, which meant the wide disappearance of porn theaters. Furthermore, video recording being more affordable, a multitude of producers entered the market, making low-budget porn videos. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The video cassette recorder (or VCR, less popularly video tape recorder) is a type of video tape recorder that uses removable cassettes containing magnetic tape to record audio and video from a television broadcast so it can be played back later. ... The home video business rents and sells videocassettes and DVDs to the public. ...

This shift from watching pornography as a public activity to doing so in private was also influenced by the discovery of the HIV virus and the subsequent AIDS crisis. Public spaces for sex, such as theatres, became less attended when in the early 1980s it became a much riskier behavior. Masturbatory activities in the privacy of the home became a safe sex practice in the midst of this health crisis. Species Human immunodeficiency virus 1 Human immunodeficiency virus 2 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS, a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections). ... Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ... Woman masturbating, 1913 drawing by Gustav Klimt. ... Safe sex (also called safer sex or protected sex) is a set of practices that are designed to reduce the risk of infection during sexual intercourse to avoid developing sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). ...

Gay movies of the 1970s had contained some exploration of novel ways to represent the sexual act. In the 1980s, movies seemed all to be made under an unwritten set of rules and conventions. Most scenes would start with a few lines of dialogue, have performers engage in foreplay (fellatio), followed by anal penetration, and ending with a visual climax close-up of ejaculating penises, called a "money shot" or cum shot. Video technology allowed the recording of longer scenes than did the costly film stock. Scenes were often composed of extended footage of the same act filmed from different shots using multiple cameras. The quality of the picture and sound were often very poor. This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Fellatio is oral sex performed upon the male human penis. ... , Cameo perfume bottles, ca. ... Close Up is a half hour long New Zealand current affairs program produced by Television New Zealand. ... This article is about male ejaculation. ... The penis (plural penises, penes) is an external male sexual organ. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Film stock is the term for photographic film on which films are recorded. ... In film and video, footage is the raw, unedited material as it has been recorded by the camera, which usually must be edited to create a motion picture, video clip, television show or similar completed work. ... In film, a shot is a continuous strip of motion picture film, created of a series of frames, that runs for an uninterrupted period of time. ...

Big directors like Matt Sterling, John Travis, and William Higgins set the standard for the models of the decade. The performers they cast were especially young, usually appearing to be around the ages of 22 or 23. Their bodies were slender and hairless, of the "swimmer's build" type, which contrasted with the older, bigger, and hairier man of 70s gay porn. Performer roles also evolved into the tight divisions of "tops" and "bottoms". The "top" in anal sex is the penetrating partner, who would typically have a more muscular body and the larger penis. The "bottom," or receiver of anal sex, would often be smaller and sometimes more effeminate. The stars of the decade were almost always tops, while the bottoms were interchangeable (with the exception of Joey Stefano, a popular star, who was more of a "bottom".) In the context of human sexual behavior, especially anal sex among gay men, a top is an insertive partner, or a person who prefers the insertive role. ... In the context of human sexual behavior, especially anal sex among gay men, a bottom is a receptive partner (i. ... Effeminacy is character trait of a male showing femininity, unmanliness, womanliness, weakness, softness and/or a delicacy, which contradicts traditional masculine, male gender roles. ... Joey Stefano (January 1, 1968 - November 26, 1994) was an American pornographic actor (porn star) who appeared in gay adult films. ...

This strict division between "tops" and "bottoms" may have reflected a preference by some of the popular directors of the decade to hire heterosexual men for their movies. Heterosexual men who perform gay sex for monetary reasons (commonly labeled "gay-for-pay") are considered a rare commodity in the gay sex trade, but the biggest producers of the decade could afford them. Many critics attributed the conventionalization of gay porn of the 80s to this trend. Straight men performing gay sex in these movies often did not show as much passion as could be apparent in sexual acts between genuine homosexuals. They may have shown dynamic activity during anal sex, but often stood motionless as their co-star engaged in fellatio upon them, and rarely engaged in kissing or caressing. ^{[citation needed]} Gay-for-pay is the slang term accorded to male (and sometimes, but less frequently, female) actors, pornographic stars or prostitutes who identify as heterosexual but perform homosexual acts professionally. ... The Kiss by Francesco Hayez A kiss is the touching of the lips to some other thing; usually another person. ...

1990s: Explosion of the niche market

The gay porn industry diversified steadily in the 1990s. In 1989, director Kristen Bjorn started a porn company which would set a new standard for gay porn producers. He was a professional photographer, and the images in his videos had a high technical quality. Also a former gay porn performer himself, he directed his models with care, which helped improved the actors' believability. Other directors had to improve their technical quality to keep up with ever more demanding viewers. For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Kristen Bjorn born Robert Russell (born 12 October 1957 in London, England) is a director and producer of gay pornographic movies and a former pornographic actor (porn star). ... This is a list of notable photographers in the art, documentary and fashion traditions. ...

Another significant change during this decade was the explosion of the niche market. Many videos began to be produced for viewers with specific tastes (i.e. for amateur porn, Military (Men in Uniform) Porn, transsexual performers, bondage fetishes, performers belonging to specific ethnic groups, etc.), and this led to a huge diversification of the people involved in porn production and consumption. A niche market is a focused, targetable portion of a market sector. ... Amateur pornography is a category of pornography that features models or actors performing without pay, or for whom this material is their first or only paid modeling work. ... A transsexual (sometimes transexual) person establishes a permanent identity with the opposite gender to their assigned (usually at birth) sex. ... A model in bondage cuffs with a leg spreader In the context of BDSM, bondage involves people being tied up or otherwise restrained for pleasure. ...

The gay porn industry grew substantially in popularity during the 1990s, evolving into a complex and interactive subculture. Professional directors (like Chi Chi LaRue and [[John Rutherford (director)- technicians or deck operators during the U-matic phase of video technology- as well as performers started to engage in pornography as a career, their work sustained by emerging porn media and influential critics (like Mikey Skee.) In sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, a subculture is a set of people with a set of behaviors and beliefs, culture, which could be distinct or hidden, that differentiate them from the larger culture to which they belong. ... Chi Chi LaRue (born Larry David Paciotti on November 8, 1959 in Hibbing, Minnesota, United States) is a highly-regarded director of gay and bisexual pornography. ... Sony U-matic VTR BVU-800 A U-matic tape U-matic is the name of a videocassette format developed by Sony in 1969. ... A critic (derived from the ancient Greek word krites meaning a judge) is a person who offers a value judgement or an interpretation. ...

Perspectives for the 21st century

Today, gay pornography has become a highly profitable enterprise, ranging from the "straight-guy" porn of Active Duty and Sean Cody, to the 'twinks' of Bel Ami. In the United States military active duty refers to military members who are currently serving full time in their military capacity. ... A twink The label of Twink is used in gay slang to describe an attractive young or young-looking gay male (usually 18-22) with a slender build, a slight muscular physique, and little or no body hair. ... Bel Ami is a Bratislava-based pornographic film company established by George Duroy, who is Slovak (Duroy is a pseudonym based on the main character of Guy De Maupassants novel Bel Ami). ...

Some controversy currently exists regarding studios that produce condomless, or bareback videos, such as Treasure Island Media, Hot Desert Knights, Spunk Video, Cobra Video and TipoSesso. Mainstream companies, such as Falcon Entertainment, Hot House Entertainment, Lucas Entertainment, Raging Stallions, and Titan Media claim that condomless videos promote unsafe sex and contribute to the continuing HIV problem, both in the industry and in the gay community as a whole. Bareback is a term that originated in gay slang to describe acts of unprotected anal sex. ... Treasure Island Media is a San Francisco-based gay pornography studio founded by director Paul Morris and specializing in bareback and raunchy sex videos and DVDs. ... The Cobra Video logo Cobra Video is an American company specializing in the production of gay pornographic films. ... Falcon Entertainment (better known as Falcon Studios), based in San Francisco, California, is one of the worlds largest producers of gay pornography. ... Hot House Entertainment is a San Francisco-based gay pornography studio founded by director Steven Scarborough in 1993. ... Titan Media is a gay pornographic film company founded by Bruce Cam in 1993. ... Species Human immunodeficiency virus 1 Human immunodeficiency virus 2 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS, a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections). ...

The controversy dates back to the first few years of the HIV crisis, when nearly all gay porn production companies voluntarily required their models to wear condoms for anal sex. The premise on which some industry figures (notably Chi Chi LaRue) base their sometimes vituperative objections^{[citation needed]} to bareback porn is the claim that behavior of the performers serves as a model for viewer behavior. However there is only anecdotal evidence of this connection.^{[citation needed]} There are strong opinions on both sides of this debate. A condom is a device, usually made of latex, or more recently polyurethane, that is used during sexual intercourse. ... Roman men having anal sex. ... Chi Chi LaRue (born Larry David Paciotti on November 8, 1959 in Hibbing, Minnesota, United States) is a highly-regarded director of gay and bisexual pornography. ...

Audience

The primary viewers of gay pornography are gay and bisexual men, as well as some men who identify as heterosexual, but nonetheless have strong homoerotic drives. Some heterosexual women also have an interest in gay pornography that is analogous to some heterosexual men's interest in lesbian pornography. Yaoi comic books and slash fiction are both genres featuring gay men, but primarily written by and for straight women. Some lesbian and bisexual women are also fans of gay male pornography, specifically yaoi, for its feminine-styled men.[1] Typical lesbian pornography, features lesbian, bisexual, and/or heterosexual (so-called gay-for-pay) actresses, and is typically aimed at male consumers, which is why it is usually grouped with straight porn. ... Cover of Selfish Love by Naduki Koujima. ... The symbolic slash, used to separate the two names in a romantic pairing, from which slash fiction takes its name. ...

Notable movies

1970s

• Boys in the Sand (Wakefield Poole, 1971)

First feature gay porn film to achieve mainstream crossover success; helped usher in "porn chic." Said to be "a textbook example of gay erotic filmmaking" that was screened in film festivals all over the world.^[2]

• The Back Row (Jerry Douglas, 1972)

The first feature from award-winning director Douglas. Re-made by Chi Chi LaRue in 2001. Featured in Unzipped Magazine's The 100 Greatest Gay Adult Films Ever Made (2005).

• L.A. Plays Itself (Fred Halsted, 1972)

Movie by an influential director (read the chapter consecrated to it in Moore, 2004 for more.) Is archived at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York.

• Nights in Black Leather (Richard Abel and Peter Berlin, 1973)

Influential movie starring Peter Berlin.

• Falconhead (Michael Zen, 1977)

Is still acclaimed by cultural critics as one of a few gay porn movies that tried to bring complexity to the blue movie. Inspired many contemporary porn filmmakers (Morris, 2004). Featured in Unzipped Magazine's The 100 Greatest Gay Adult Films Ever Made (2005).

• Dune Buddies (Jack Deveau, 1978) Hand in Hand Films

Film by a prominent director and studio of the 1970s. Shot in Fire Island, the film (and others of the company) document well the sexual lives of New York City's gay men of the period. Excerpts displayed in the documentary Gay Sex in the 70s.

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• Kansas City Trucking Co. (1976)
• El Paso Wrecking Corp. (1977)
• L.A. Tool & Die (1979)

See article on Joe Gage.

• The Other Side of Aspen 1-5 (Bill Clayton (1-2), John Rutherford (3-5), 1979-2001) Falcon Studios

Some of Adult Video News' 10 Great Gay Movies^[3]

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1980s

• The Bigger The Better (Matt Sterling, 1984)

One of Adult Video News' 10 Great Gay Movies^[3]

• Les Minets Sauvages (Jean-Daniel Cadinot, 1984)

One of the biggest films of the influential French porn director (see article on him.)

• My Masters (Christopher Rage, 1986)

One movie by a director that has influenced numerous gay artists^[4]

• Powertool (John Travis, 1986)

One of Adult Video News' 10 Great Gay Movies^[3]

• Big Guns (William Higgins, 1988) Catalina Video

One of Adult Video News' 10 Great Gay Movies^[3]

• Carnival in Rio (Kristen Bjorn, 1989)

See History, 1990s section above.

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1990s

• Idol Eyes (Matt Sterling, 1990) Huge Video

Movie with Ryan Idol. Read Dyer, 1994 for more.

• More of a Man (Jerry Douglas, 1994) All Worlds Video

Popular film with Joey Stefano (see History, 1980s section) also featuring Chi Chi LaRue in a non-sexual role. Read Burger, 1995 chapter for an extensive analysis.

• Flashpoint (John Rutherford, 1994) Falcon Studios

Award winning film by major director Rutherford. Featured in Unzipped Magazine's The 100 Greatest Gay Adult Films Ever Made (2005).

• Frisky Summer 1-4 (George Duroy, 1995-2002) Bel Ami

One of Adult Video News' 10 Great Gay Movies^[3]

• Flesh and Blood (Jerry Douglas, 1996) All Worlds Video

One of Adult Video News' 10 Great Gay Movies^[3]

• Naked Highway (Wash West, 1997)

The narrative and aesthetic qualities of this movie are representative of a new generation of porn film makers. (Thomas, 2000:66) One of Adult Video News' 10 Great Gay Movies^[3]

• Three Brothers (Gino Colbert, 1998) Gino Pictures

Popular movie by influential director Colbert, starring the real-life Rockland brothers (Hal, Vince, and Shane). Featured in Unzipped Magazine's The 100 Greatest Gay Adult Films Ever Made (2005).

• Descent (Steven Scarborough, 1999) Hot House Entertainment

Popular gay porn video with unfrequent artistic qualities, by a prominent director and studio. Created legal dispute in Canada when the government tried to forbid its distribution in the name of obscenity rules.^[5]

• Skin Gang (Bruce LaBruce, 1999) Cazzo Film

Famous film by art/porn director LaBruce. Aired in gay film festivals around the world.

• Fallen Angel (Bruce Cam, 1997) Titan Media

Major film by prominent director and studio. Featured in Unzipped Magazine's The 100 Greatest Gay Adult Films Ever Made (2005).

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2000s

• DreamBoy (Max Lincoln, 2003) Eurocreme

Spawned a whole series of similarly-titled films (for example, OfficeBoy, SpyBoy, and RentBoy)

• Michael Lucas' Dangerous Liaisons (Michael Lucas, 2005) Lucas Entertainment

Biggest production by this director and studio. Variously described as a film adaptation of Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1782), and a remake of Dangerous Liaisons (1988).

• Dawson's 20 Load Weekend (Paul Morris, 2004) Treasure Island Media

Major production by infamous director Paul Morris. Created huge controversy because it is mainly composed of bareback sex.

• Wrong Side of the Tracks (Chi Chi LaRue, 2006) Rascal Video

Largest production up to date by on of the most enduring porn directors of history.

• Wet Palms Season One (Matthew Moore, 2004-06) Jet Set Productions pioneered pornography made for online delivery, using an episodic narrative structure based on TV soap operas.
• Tranny and Me The Series (Patrik Mizer, 2004-06) Riverside Productions pioneered the insight to the life of loving a transvestite. He uses the film to illustrate his love of high heels on men.

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Further reading and information

Academic works

• Bronski, Michael (2003). Pulp Friction : Uncovering the Golden Age of Gay Male Pulps. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. 

• Burger, John R. (1995). One-Handed Histories : The Eroto-Politics of Gay Male Video Pornography. New York: Haworth Press. 

• Cante, Rich & Angelo Restivo (2001), "The Voice of Pornography: Tracking the Subject through the Sonic Spaces of Gay Male Moving-Image Pornography", in Matthew Tinkcom, Amy Villarejo, Keyframes, New York; London: Routledge

• Delany, Samuel R. (1999). Times Square Red, Times Square Blue. New York: New York University Press. 

• Dyer, Richard (Spring 1994). "Idol Thoughts: Orgasm and Self-Reflexivity in Gay Pornography". The Critical Quarterly 36 (1): 49-62. 

• Dyer, Richard (2002 [1992]), "Coming to Terms: Gay Pornography", Only Entertainment (2nd ed.), London ; New York: Routledge

• Kendall, Christopher N. (2004). Gay Male Pornography : An Issue of Sex Discrimination. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press. 

• John, Elton (2005). Goodbye Yellow Dick Mold - The Control of AIDS in the Gay Porn Industry. Yerrinshire: Rock Hudson Liberace Museum. 

• Moore, Patrik (2004). Beyond Shame : Reclaiming the Abandoned History of Radical Gay Sexuality. Boston: Beacon Press. 

• Morrison, Todd G. (2004). Eclectic Views on Gay Male Pornography : Pornucopia. Binghamton, NY: Harrington Park Press. 

• Slade, Joseph W. (2001). Pornography and Sexual Representation : A Reference Guide. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. 

• Stevenson, Jack. (Fall 1997). "From the Bedroom to the Bijou: A Secret History of American Gay Sex Cinema". Film Quarterly 51 (1): 24-31. 

• Thomas, Joe A. (2000), "Gay Male Video Pornography: Past, Present, and Future", in Ronald John Weitzer, Sex for Sale : Prostitution, Pornography, and the Sex Industry, New York: Routledge

• Waugh, Thomas (2004). Lust Unearthed: Vintage Gay Graphics from the Johnson Collection. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press. 

• Waugh, Thomas (2002). Out/lines : Underground Gay Graphics from before Stonewall. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press. 

• Waugh, Thomas (1996). Hard to Imagine : Gay Male Eroticism in Photography and Film from their Beginnings to Stonewall. New York: Columbia University Press. 

• Williams, Linda (2004). Porn Studies. Durham: Duke University Press. 

Samuel Ray Delany, Jr. ... Richard W. Dyer is an English academic specialising in cinema. ...

Biographies

• Edmonson, Roger (2000). Clone: The Life and Legacy of Al Parker, Gay Superstar. Alyson Books. ISBN 1-55583-529-5. 

• Edmonson, Roger; Jerry Douglas (1998). Boy in the Sand: Casey Donovan, All-American Sex Star. Alyson Books. ISBN 1-55583-457-4. 

• Isherwood, Charles (1996). Wonder Bread & Ecstasy : The Life and Death of Joey Stefano. Alyson Books. ISBN 1-55583-383-7. 

• Larue, Chi Chi; John Erich (1997). Making It Big: Sex Stars, Porn Films and Me. Alyson Publications. ISBN 1-55583-392-6. 

Al Parker was chosen to appear in Falcon Studios iconic Other Side of Aspen - one of that studios ealriest full sound storyline films. ... For other people with the same name, see Casey Donovan Casey Donovan (2 November 1943 - 10 August 1987) was a male porn star of the 1970s and 1980s, appearing primarily in films and videos catering to gay male audiences. ... Joey Stefano (January 1, 1968 - November 26, 1994) was an American pornographic actor (porn star) who appeared in gay adult films. ... Chi Chi LaRue (born Larry David Paciotti on November 8, 1959 in Hibbing, Minnesota, United States) is a highly-regarded director of gay and bisexual pornography. ...

Documentaries

• Beyond Vanilla. (Claes Lilja, 2001)
• Gay Sex in the 70s. (Joseph F. Lovett, 2005)
• That Man: Peter Berlin. (Jim Tushinski, 2005)

See also

• List of gay porn stars
• List of gay pornographic magazines
• List of gay pornographic movie studios
• Gay pulp fiction
• Bisexual pornography (genre)

This is a list article of gay porn stars, i. ... Gay pornographic magazines, sometimes known as adult magazines or gay sex magazines, are magazines that contain content of a sexual nature, typically regarded as pornography, that relates to men having sex with men. ... This is a list of movie studios that produce pornographic (or adult) films. ... Cover of 1968 gay pulp fiction novel Midtown queen, by Julian Mark. ... Bisexual pornography is a genre of pornography which most typically depicts one woman and two men who all perform sex acts on each other. ...

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