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QueerClick Open Forum: Racial Diversity (or the lack of) in Gay Porn

Not all of us are white, and not all of us only get off on white men, so why is gay porn so, well, white?
It seems sometimes that you really have to search for non-white men in gay porn, indeed, there’s entire studios that don’t feature any models of non-European backgrounds at all. And often, when you find some racial diversity in gay porn, it’s often framed inside cartoonish and stereotyped boundaries: hung black guys who are ultra-macho and dominant, or pliant Asian men, who are 100% passive.
And this is quite odd, really, since many of us live in racially mixed environments where we have sex with all comers, and interracial relationships are so common that it seems dated and odd to even note that they are “interracial”.
What’s your view? Does the racial mix of gay porn match your reality? Do you want it to – does it need to? And what do you think drives it? This great speech from Diesel Washington gives some insight into an interesting possibility:

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