Queer Clicks: February 08, 2017 | Gay Porn Gave Me The Sex Education That Real Life Didn’t, , Queer Art Pushes Boundaries: Why I Made My Explicit Gay Porn Music Video , & Other News

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Gay Porn Gave Me The Sex Education That Real Life Didn’t

“G Books, a gay used bookstore, was crouched at the garden level of a brownstone on DC’s U Street, back when the block was still snaggletoothed. I went there often in college, to browse videos and rummage through magazines from that golden age of late- ’80s gay porn. So often that, at a certain point, I exhausted their supply and was forced to choose something from the more sanitized stack of ’90s mags that I usually avoided. I liked the look of the cover model, his handlebar mustache a relic of a bygone era. But the model, when I opened up the centerfold, turned out to be a bait-and-switch. In the photograph — just a still from a movie, when I looked closer — he stood wreathed by text: a column that posed the question of whether gay men were in danger of OD’ing on porn.” BuzzFeed

Queer Art Pushes Boundaries: Why I Made My Explicit Gay Porn Music Video

“After causing a stir with his new video, Australian musician Brendan Maclean explains the thinking behind what he calls ‘a light-hearted, extremely explicit look at the world of gay semiotics’” The Guardian

Surfing Helped Gay Athlete Come To Terms With His Sexuality

“North shore of Oahu in Hawaii is where I seek solace. Before any surf session, I take a moment to harmonize with my life.

Dipping my toes into the white sand laced with seashells and sea glass, while gazing at the breaking booms of blue and white waves, fills me with nostalgic chills to the point where I can almost feel my pulse sync with the sets of waves.” Out Sports

Finland Honors Gay Erotic Artist Tom of Finland With His Own Emoji

“Finland, which is the first nation in the world to publish its own set of national emojis, yesterday released an emoji to honor the gay erotic art icon Tom of Finland. Said Durk Dehner, Cofounder & President, Tom of Finland Foundation: “First of all, it’s an official Finnish emoji, so for Tom to be a part of it is really exciting and wonderful. Usually, when people look at Tom’s work, they have a smile on their faces ­- they find it fun. That’s what Kake, Tom’s character, was all about.” ” Towleroad

Please Enjoy Zac Efron Wearing An American Flag Speedo In New Baywatch Trailer

“The latest Baywatch teaser may not delve into the film’s storyline or complicated character relationships, but it does give us something we thirstily need on this chilly Monday in February—or any day of any month for that matter – and that’s Zac Efron in a speedo. The film, like most things Dwayne Johnson touches these days, looks like it will be a sexy, explosive (literally) box office pleaser. ” Out