The number one reason straight men do gay porn is cold, hard cash, says David. So what’s the appeal for these actors and the viewers? And can the performers really call themselves straight?Ĭurtis says the fact he began enjoying the feeling caused him confusion about his sexuality. Calling somebody gay is often used as a derogatory comment.” “It’s interesting because there’s such a stigma against LGBT people in many places. “A lot of the main studios’ producers are straight men or women,” he said. He realised this was increasingly reflected in both mainstream movies ( Brokeback Mountain, Dallas Buyers Club) and porn. “It’s not only subconscious cues, it’s promoted as this by the studios: ‘Look at these straight guy f**k!’”ĭavid became aware of the trend for heterosexuals to “go gay” for parts after he appeared in LGBT-orientated supernatural soap Dante’s Cove in 2004 and discovered he was the only “out” gay actor on set. “You’re seeing hypermasculine situations or sometimes professions, a construction worker and so on,” David told. Popular gay porn websites including (where Curtis works), Men.com, and all offer movies proudly featuring straight actors. I’m a Porn Star: Gay4Pay, which is released internationally on Tuesday, explores why straight men would have sex with other men, and why there’s such a huge market for it.
At least half of all male gay porn stars identify as straight, according to Charlie David, a director from Montreal, Canada, who’s made a documentary on the subject. They’re not doing that much any more.”Ĭurtis’ experience may sound extreme, but it’s a common phenomenon.
“They let me top the first sex scene I did just to ease me into it. “I thought about it a bit, experimented at home and was like, well that ain’t too bad, I can do that and come back with a pocketful of money, that’d be great.
But soon enough, the chance to make even more money became too enticing. Pretty much just like jerking off at home is what it turned out to be.”Ĭurtis was emphatic that he would not do a sex scene. when you have three or four people with cameras, it’s pretty nerve-racking. I’d never been naked in front of anybody other than me and a girlfriend. “It was just, come back here, here’s the studio, get naked. “They made it real comfortable,” he says. “We talk every day, and he knows more about my life than many people I grew up with.THE offer came through Curtis’ MySpace account: masturbate on camera for a gay porn film, and earn some quick and easy cash.Ĭurtis was straight, but as a struggling new graduate in fast-paced San Diego, it was a tempting idea. One guy has even become a pseudo-brother. That was a really great surprise,” he says. “Twitter not only brought me a wider audience, but also some true friends. For instance, Canadian porn blogger Topper couldn’t reach 500 followers on Tumblr, but on Twitter, he’s garnered nearly 11,000 followers in under a year. “The gay porn Twitter community is - for the most part - very uplifting and powerful,” Cock4Cocks says, adding that it’s also easier to interact with his followers on Twitter than Tumblr, and that the porn that appears on his timeline is a little more diverse, too.īetter yet, old Tumblr accounts are finding more followers than they ever did in their old stomping grounds (even if they’d been established there for a decade or more). ” (This all makes sense as Twitter has always been a place where anything goes - including, unfortunately, all forms of hate - while Instagram and Facebook are quick to censor any queer content, even queer history foundations. He hasn’t changed his formula either, still sharing content he finds “SO HOT” or “UGH always worth a retweet. “I wouldn’t go back honestly.” Meanwhile, already has 115,000 followers since moving over from Tumblr. Case in point: Nearly a year later and now fully on Twitter, Cockdays goes by and doesn’t miss a thing. Twitter, in fact, has been erected as its new go-to home, serving as a melting pot of Tumblr refugees, OnlyFans stars and horny-on-main users. But worry not, because the world of amateur gay porn is chirping once again.