Queer Clicks: December 12 | Our Parents ran a Secret gay Porn Empire, I Have Cerebral Palsy and Just Shot my First Porn. Here’s why (and how) I did it., and Other Clicks

Our Parents ran a Secret gay Porn Empire

It wasn’t the most obvious career choice for Karen and Barry Mason, and not one they could talk about openly. But for years the couple ran LA’s best-known gay porn shop, and distributed adult material across the US. BBC

I Have Cerebral Palsy and Just Shot my First Porn. Here’s why (and how) I did it.

I desperately wanted to see my body reflected back at me ― so much so that I began to wonder what it would be like to perform in a porn myself. Not only would it be a new experience for me, but I believed I could help provide the kind of visibility I wanted for other disabled people like me. Huffpost

These Photos Capture the gay Heyday of 1970s San Francisco

The Castro embodied all that was fun about the 1970s,” writes Hal Fischer, the auteur of Gay Semiotics (1977), one of the most significant visual relics of those halcyon days. “The election of Harvey Milk gave the community a tremendous sense of empowerment. i-D

Puerto Vallarta Sheraton Tells ‘Mr. Gay Canada’ Josh Rimer and his Fiancé it Won’t Host a Wedding Between two men

Mr. Gay Canada 2019 Josh Rimer and his fiancé Heath wanted to have their wedding at the Sheraton Buganvilias Resort & Convention Center in the popular Mexican LGBTQ resort destination of Puerto Vallarta but the hotel told them that it won’t host a same-sex wedding. Towleroad