I took a look at five mainstream gay porn sites: Men.com, Sean Cody, BelAmi Online, Randy Blue and Helix Studios. Luckily, I moved past those feelings, but as mainstream gay porn ventured into the digital era, little has changed, and I find myself I asking… where are the Black performers in mainstream gay porn? The absence of Black men made me question if non-Black men thought of us as sexy or desirable, or if Black men were even present in the gay community. When I finally got home to watch it, my life changed forever: I finally saw what gay sex looked like, and trust me, it was mind-blowing.īut as I got inundated with gay porn in my college years, I didn’t see any Black porn performers until I was 22. The video sleeve had two hot, shirtless guys, and judging by the knowing look of the video clerk, I knew I’d struck gold. Then one day at the video store, I stumbled upon an interesting looking video called, Cousins.
It was 1991, a small town in Tennessee I was 17 and knew literally nothing about gay sex. The first time I saw gay porn proved a true awakening.
