Listing of all blog posts written by Victor at Men of Color.
Victor has been writing about porn, sex and their intersection in culture since 2004 on his own blog Men of Color. He has been a regularly columnist for Fleshbot and Paul Morris's Treasure Island Media under the nom de guerre "The Pornographist." He has also contributed to Unzipped Media, The Huffington Post, XBiz, Flava Life and Adult Video News and has interviewed some of the most well-known names in the sex industry.
Two big names in ethnic content - DawgpundUSA and Dunkin's Playground - have announced that they are joining forces, creating what may be a first in the gay porn industry: Be A Director For A Day.
"Imagine this: The Blatino Oasis Erotica Awards have ended and Sarge has just won the award for "Top Bottom." A violent storm has shut down the city and the airport. You and Sarge are stranded together for the night sharing a hotel room. What fantasy do you have about this One Night With Sarge?"
After all the submissions have been received (no word yet on when the deadline is), Dunkin will select the top three finalists. The finalists will then be submitted to Sarge who will then select the winner. The finalist will be flown to New York City, all expenses paid, to film whatever fantasy he (or she) has created.
The contest couldn't come at a better time as gay porn studios try to figure out new and exciting ways to involve their viewers in the process and we look forward to seeing the final clip.
All serious entries will be considered. You can email Dunkin at: your_dp_fantasy@hotmail.com.
(Ed. note: In my recent column on the Grabby's, I mistakenly noted that there was no award for the writers of gay porn. Boy, was I wrong.)
As faithful readers of my column here on Gay Demon know, I'm not a huge fan of an awards ceremony that sounds like something that was named during a bender by a bunch of Sloe Gin Fizz-slurping retirees in Palm Springs. (Nor am I fan of an awards show that not only ignores men of color but gives the prize for "Best Ethnic" picture to a white-owned and operated studio - Raging Stallion Studios* - while ignoring the dozens of well-made movies by and for the very people the award is meant to represent.)
But I am glad that my colleague, J.C. Adams of GayPornTimes.com, took home the prize for "Best Porn Blog." First of all, he deserves it. J.C. has been covering the industry since 1995 and has done so in the sort of journalistic fashion that one wouldn't expect from an industry known less for its cultural contributions and more for double penetration and its variations of urethral stimulation.
What J.C. does - clearly, informatively and, most importantly, unbiasedly - is present industry news in a straightforward and evenhanded manner without so much of the snarkiness prevalent on some of the other top gay porn blog/news sites. He doesn't hold grudges, demean others, let his biases affect him and base his decisions on what to write about on his own personal preferences like, ahem, I do. Further, his comment threads are known for their intelligent discussions on topics that are important to his readers.
J.C. has repeatedly been passed over in recent years by people of lesser talent and whose understanding of gay porn history is all but absent. So it is with great pride that I and the staff of Gay Demon congratulate the man who, day after day, week after week and month after month, provides a forum for industry goings-on.
Congratulations, J.C.!
(*For the record, I happen to really like the work from Raging Stallion Studios.)
In keeping with what appears to be a micro-trend with me lately, I will, without the help of wires, ropes, brambly fruit-scented lube or deception of any kind, weave together a tale of Asian sexuality married to technology.
When I last posted, I mentioned that the Chinese had finally put forth an answer to the age old conundrum: Is there a better way to collect semen? Today, one of my favorite people in the whole world after Santa and everyone and anyone in Division I college wrestling - Mister Peter Le - has begun the hard work of scientific inquiry to find out exactly where you stand on anal sex.
That's right. Gay or straight. Male of female. Ass or assless. It's your turn to participate in one of the largest full-scale studies every conducted by a gay porn star on the hows, whys and whats of the anal connection.
I'm not sure what the results will bring or how the information will be used - Peter assures us that all of the answers are completely confidential - but there is one thing I'm absolutely certain of: If there is one person on the planet who is supremely qualified to lead us in that all-important discussion of anal sex, it's the ass master himself, Peter Le.
There is a lot of talk of "efficiency" in this rather unusual tale from the weird world of medical technology but - finally! - Chinese inventors may have perfected what has eluded sperm collectors for ages: a semenless seamless way to extract man's love juices from the organ of life without all the messiness you've come to associate with wanking off into a cup.
"The patient stands before the machine and puts his penis, flaccid or erect, into the tube-shaped protrusion, whereupon it moves forward and back automatically like a piston. The inside of the tube is lined with a soft silicon material that provides gentle stimulation until ejaculation is reached."
The machine - part Stairmaster, part Fleshjack - was a response to patients who felt that the old tried-and-true methods - you know, magazine, lube, cup - where just a little too 20th century.
Many have long considered Long Beach Pride the unofficial start of the of the Summer Pride season - which includes Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle and all the other s's - but I'm sure it has nothing to do with its date on the Gregorian calendar which happens to fall on the weekend before the all-important Memorial Day holiday. For those of you unversed in American custom, it's the weekend when Americans cook hot dogs, eat hamburgers, do a lot of praying and once again show the world that if we still do one thing right, it's par-tay while increasing our dependency on Zocor.
But it also just so happens that Club Papi, a name synonymous with the anti-circumcision movement, exploded onto the scene this past weekend, and they've recently posted their pictures up on their site.
So let's take a looksee, shall we, and find out why something happened with the earth's gravitational pull last weekend in Long Beach:
Example A:
Now here's something who is fashion forward. I actually like the grey with yellow ,and am willing to overlook the way-tired white-framed sunglasses because, well, the outline of his cock is pretty and he's got more confidence than a bookie on Obama's prospects in 2012.
Exampe B:
Of course we know why you're smiling. It's because you're the first, proud owner of 1993 Schwinn Classic bikechain, an expression that means nothing in light of that cock he appears to have in his undies.
This Latin god seems to have been designed to answer one of life's vexing questions: When is suicide justified?
Example C:
Oh, sure, just parade around on a stage and look fabulous, why don't you? Well, the jokes on you because I already bought a pair of those chartreuse Speedos last summer, although I will say the only heads I turned were already put on the stretcher that way before being rushed off to the emergency room.
Finally, Example D:
Lady, take your golden, glittering unitard-y self out of the way;. Can't you see there is a hot guy standing behind you, for the love of the Virgin of Guadalupe??
It reads like a cross between a royal wedding and what Lady Gaga can accomplish on a toilet break: Three days, three events and those fucking Grabbys. Starting off on Thursday, May 26th, Chi Chi LaRue will appear at the Official Grabby - there's that word again - Weekend Kickoff Party called Skin Trade 2011 which is presented in part by - surprise! - Channel 1 Releasing. It's a schlongfest of gay (white) pornness featuring CR1 Exclusives Brent Everett and Jimmy Durano and featuring Dean Monroe, imminently fuckable Tony Buff, Steven Daigle and Cameron Adams.
Theeen...on Saturday, May 28th, Chi Chi will continue to lead the weekend's festivities by once again serving as host for the Grabbys, the most painfully-named awards show in painfully-named awards show history. I mean, at least the Razzies give awards out for, from as the name implies, the worst of something. (Here's the Wikipedia link.) But the Grabbys? That sounds like something some Benson-and-Hedges chain-smoking queen would come up with as a punchline after slurping down one too many Tuesday night specials.
But I digress.
Meanwhile, just before your head explodes from liquor, pot and tampons, the Chi Chi Chicago train heads over to Spin nightclub at 800 West Belmont to help you dance so hard your feet will cross over to the other leg!
If you're gay and in Chicago, this is your weekend, baby. Make mine a double!
Our friends at ThugSeduction.net sent over the latest pics from their newest clip, "Ride Out", and we can say with a certain degree of confidence that it rocks! It's a Kawasaki love story (meaning there is a Kawasaki in the clip and I love it) and it stars Drama and John Doe, perhaps one of the best names I've ever heard of for gay porn, any porn for that matter. In fact, I'm pretty sure that anything with Drama is bound to be pretty damn hot because John Doe has a penis that, if it were any longer when erect, would need some sort of, I don't know, crane mechanism to help keep J.D. from falling over and conking his head.
And watching Drama take that weapons-grade monster of a cock in, all the while writhing in celestial pleasure, makes me want to, I don't know, redo my garage (which is what appears to be the case on the set here). And, actually, since we're on that subject, "Ride Out!" has to be the best answer to a gay porn trivia board game ever. For example: Answer: Drywall, a Kawasaki, some sort of makeshift massage table/fuck center, the "Usher" look and some of the hottest sex in gay porn today. Question: What are five good reasons you should check out ThugSeduction.net?
I suppose, really, that in the end it shouldn't have come as too terrible a surprise that someone, somewhere in some gay porn laboratory would eventually have a "Eureka" moment and declare a gay porn massage site the answer to whatever question was asked. But like Republicans eating their own, we have RubHim.com from Hazecash, a premise-based hits factory that has already produced some of the biggest website franchises in gay porn in the last few years.
Sites like HazeHim.com, CollegeRules.com, the odious ThugHunter.com, the much-appreciated Trannyland.com and, of course, the gem of the necklace: ItsGonnaHurt.com. What these Hazecash sites have in common is the sort of irreverent fun and sexy content that gay porn was supposed to be all about from the start. Or at least the porn I liked to watch was.
So adding to this coat-of-gay-arms is the newest addition to the family, RubHim.com, a site that promises 'happy endings.' Well, I'm all for happy endings whether they come from the real life tales of real life people or the mound of some guy's cock as his masseur bangs him into submission, slathered in enough baby oil to grease the earth's tectonic plates.
Nico - aka Niko Reeves - is this week's subject in a clip simply called "Nice" and boy, that Niko never looks tired. And he clearly loves playing the submissive bottom as he writhes, moans and jostles around in a cocoon of oil fit for Italian peasant women and takes his rightful place in the canon of Hazecash creations.
A big shout-out goes to the hardest working man in (gay) show business, Rob Romoni, for bringing our attention to two delicious videos. The first one is part of a huge marketing campaign from the masters of vanilla retail: Abercrombie & Fitch. In this short, one-minute-or-so video, a bevy of perfectly sculptured, painstakingly glabrous male models parade the streets of Paris in anticipation of the newest A & F location in Paris. (You know, because what else is there to do when you're just that beautiful but walk around with your shirt off in order to be gawked at.) And while you'll certainly get no complaints from me, I'm finding the whole token-black-guy thing just a shaved pubic hair too Corbin Fisher for this men of color hound.
Our second video feature is a thirty-second spot for Tums. And while, no, we don't normally associate a remedy for indigestion with mustard-gooey hot-dog-on-a-stick as a fellatio metaphor, this ad has us wondering exactly what was up when the creative team behind it decide to invent a spot that basically uses a best-in-show cholesterol buster as a stand-in for an oversized, ejaculating cock. But, hey, if it sells.
The popular adult site CockyBoys.com announced this week that they're not just back. They're HD back. And their site is jam-packed with enough fresh anus to make you wonder just how true those rumors are - those so-called "expert rumors" we've heard about from those so-called enemies of hot anus. You know who you are. Don't make me name names. Meanwhile, the site promises 287 High-Definition Movies, 2852 High Res photos, six swans-a-singing and Elvis's first bonafide poop set to a lullaby by J-Lo.
Many of you, like I, associate the site with one of the most nefarious characters in gay porn history, Nicholay Petrov (I don't know if they are using his tapes mostly because, well, there is no search button). But I hope they are. What Nicholay Petrov did was indefensible (he robbed and beat up an elderly Florida couple he did not know), but he is still one of the sexiest God-damn motherfuckers to pass through this industry in a long, long time. I'm sorry, I can't help myself. It comes from somewhere within for which I have no, nor want, control. (I apologize, too, to the victim's family.) But still. There is something so unhinged about him sexually and it's enthralling. What can I say except that he channeled that energy darkly and now must live with those consequences.
We wish the new CockyBoys.com well and advise our readers to take advantage of their $9.99 trial membership while it lasts or before climate change comes to a city near you.
The 3rd Annual Hustlaball has been announced and they will shortly be accepting nominations on their website - Hustlaball.de - for their three main categories: 'Best Performer,' 'Best Movie,' and of course the only reason for flying into a world-class city like Berlin so that you can accept the award for 'Best Website.'
While it is still too early for the actual nominating process, I would like to suggest, if I'm not being too bold that is, I would like to address to the Hustlaball Executive Committee In Charge of The Nominations why they have no honor bestowed to those of us who write about gay porn? Considering who's won before, it's not like you couldn't find someone at a moment's notice.
Just sayin'. (The awards will be held on Friday, October 21, 2011.)
