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Pornography & Homosexuality (excerpts from Ch. 7: MSM Lifestyle) |
Pornography Use and Addiction
Pornography use is “a fact of life” for many homosexual men. Psychologist Joseph Nicolosi noted, “The easy availability of [homosexual] pornography and consequent addiction to it has reached epidemic proportions that the media continues to ignore.”
Pornography pushes the most dangerous “gay” sex practices, including barebacking (anal intercourse without a condom) and fisting (inserting one’s hand into the partner’s rectum). Porn is now so widespread in the homosexual world that a “bareback porn star” was featured in an ad for a “gaycentric underwear brand.”
Pioneers of the “gay rights” movement were heavily involved in the effort to mainstream pornography.
Frank Kameny was founder and president of the National Consumers Association for the Advancement and Protection of Pornography. He said, “Let us have more and better enjoyment of more and better and harder-core pornography by those to whom such viewing provides happiness.”
None of that history fazed current political leaders. In 2009, President Obama recognized Kameny in a White House ceremony, and the federal Office of Personnel Management gave him a prestigious award by way of “apologizing” to him for his firing fifty years earlier, connected to his homosexuality.
Pornography use is “a fact of life” for many homosexual men. Psychologist Joseph Nicolosi noted, “The easy availability of [homosexual] pornography and consequent addiction to it has reached epidemic proportions that the media continues to ignore.”
Pornography pushes the most dangerous “gay” sex practices, including barebacking (anal intercourse without a condom) and fisting (inserting one’s hand into the partner’s rectum). Porn is now so widespread in the homosexual world that a “bareback porn star” was featured in an ad for a “gaycentric underwear brand.”
Pioneers of the “gay rights” movement were heavily involved in the effort to mainstream pornography.
Frank Kameny was founder and president of the National Consumers Association for the Advancement and Protection of Pornography. He said, “Let us have more and better enjoyment of more and better and harder-core pornography by those to whom such viewing provides happiness.”
None of that history fazed current political leaders. In 2009, President Obama recognized Kameny in a White House ceremony, and the federal Office of Personnel Management gave him a prestigious award by way of “apologizing” to him for his firing fifty years earlier, connected to his homosexuality.
President Obama shakes hands with pornography advocate and “gay” activist icon Frank Kameny at White House awards ceremony, 2009.
V.P. Joe Biden, Congressman Barney Frank, and Senator Joe Lieberman join in the applause. (Photo: Getty images)
V.P. Joe Biden, Congressman Barney Frank, and Senator Joe Lieberman join in the applause. (Photo: Getty images)
Jack Nichols, a member of the Mattachine Society (“gay rights” group founded by communist homophile Harry Hay), edited and wrote for the pioneering pornographic magazine Screw. Nancy Tucker, who created the Gay Blade (a D.C. “gay” newspaper), was involved with lesbian pornography. Alyson Publications, known for Heather Has Two Mommies and Daddy’s Roommate – also GLSEN founder Kevin Jennings’ books – was primarily a “gay” and lesbian pornography outlet (and published pro-pedophilia books in its early years).
Researchers have documented the public health threat from “gay” porn. A column in the British medical journal BMJ, entitled “Bareback to basics: how gay porn undermines safe sex campaigns,” warns:
In the early days of the HIV pandemic in the 1980s, chilling advertisements included a tombstone-like monolith emblazoned with the AIDS acronym, while [British actor] John Hurt cautioned, “If you ignore AIDS it could be the death of you, so don’t die of ignorance.”
Such terrifying safe sex messages seem to have all but dried up, however. At the same time the depiction, indeed celebration, of unprotected anal intercourse in gay pornography has risen massively. The message this sends to young gay men that sex without condoms is OK is putting them at risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
The essence of today’s sexual health messages is that, because of advances in testing and treatment, people with HIV live normal and healthy lives. Of course, the reality isn’t so simple, and AIDS has no cure.
In one study from 2009, 77% of men at high risk for HIV said they had viewed bareback porn in the previous 90 days. A 2012 study of 821 MSM showed, “In the three months prior to interview, 77.2% viewed pornography depicting UAI [unprotected anal intercourse], 42.6% engaged in insertive UAI, and 38.9% engaged in receptive UAI.”
A meta-analysis from 2010 warned that porn viewing results in more unsafe practices:
Porn use creates the impression that aberrant sexual practices are more common than they really are, and that promiscuous behavior is normal. For example, in a 2000 meta-analysis of 46 published studies put out by the National Foundation for Family Research and Education at the University of Calgary, regular exposure to pornography increased risk of sexual deviancy … and was associated with negative attitudes regarding intimate relationships.
A 2013 study of porn viewing habits of MSM in the journal AIDS Behavior revealed:
Almost all (98.5%) reported some gay SEM [sexually explicit media, pornography] exposure over the last 90 days. While 41% reported a preference to watch actors perform anal sex without condoms (termed “bareback SEM”), 17% preferred to [watch] actors perform anal sex with condoms (termed “safer sex SEM”) and 42% reported no preference. Overall SEM consumption was not associated with HIV risk; however participants who watched more bareback SEM reported significantly greater odds of engaging in risk behavior. The results suggest that a preference for bareback SEM is associated with engaging in risk behavior… with almost universal consumption of gay-SEM by MSM, [future] research should focus on how to use gay SEM for HIV prevention.
Anal intercourse with a condom is said to be “safer sex” in that study. The author’s recommendation is not to fight the porn industry, but to use the porn medium as a way of reaching MSM with “safer sex” risk reduction messages.
It’s not only “unsafe sex” that is stimulated by porn. It may also instigate partner abuse. An article in the McGill Law Journal notes a connection between homosexual porn and high rates of sexual violence in that community: ...
A former “gay” porn actor, Joseph Sciambra, warns: “Don’t watch porn!” He has produced a memorial video for young “gay” porn stars who met early deaths stemming from their dangerous lifestyle, including their on-screen and off-screen sexual practices. Most causes of death are listed as HIV, but suicide and drug overdose rank next. The sheer number of men in the “Gay Porn Stars Memorial” is both shocking and sad. ...
There is a close link between pornography and prostitution. Vulnerable young men continue to be drawn in to both worlds. The homosexual “escort” and hookup websites (ManHunt, Pornhub, RentBoy) have encouraged young men to make their own porn videos.
Manhunt has a partner website with members’ homemade porn videos. PornHub offered a $25,000 college scholarship for the best entry. RentBoy ran a college scholarship competition (Cash4Class) for a young male doing “any kind of sex work” (prostitution or porn). The entries were to be judged by a “gay” porn star. A mainstream “gay” blog, Towleroad.com, published an article on the Rentboy project, underscoring the normality of porn and prostitution in the homosexuality community. ...
The addictive quality and psychological dangers of porn use are clear. In one 2014 study, “16-20% [of MSM] report levels of problematic SEM consumption, including 7% with extreme scores consistent with DSM criteria for compulsive disorders.” Yet one “gay”-affirming therapist writes that porn can help a gay relationship. ...
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, a national advocacy organization, openly supports the annual “International Mr. Leather” event celebrating BDSM and “gay” pornography. …
Pornography’s mainstreaming of deviant anal intercourse has led to more anal cancer and HPV among males and females. What began as a male homosexual practice has recently been taken up by some heterosexual couples. A British medical website warns ...
The Boston Globe reported a curious study in 2013, which illustrates other connections on the slippery slope. From the report, “Porn, friend to marriage equality”:
Controlling for age, race, political affiliation, and attitude toward same-sex marriage in 2006, men who reported viewing more pornography in 2008 were more likely to support same-sex marriage in 2010. This effect was only observed among less educated men. The reverse effect (attitude toward same-sex marriage predicting pornography viewing) was not observed.
Dr. Mark Regnerus said on this issue, “Young adult men’s support for redefining marriage may not be entirely the product of ideals about expansive freedoms, rights, liberties, and fairness. It may be, in part, a byproduct of regular exposure to diverse and graphic sex acts.”
Researchers have documented the public health threat from “gay” porn. A column in the British medical journal BMJ, entitled “Bareback to basics: how gay porn undermines safe sex campaigns,” warns:
In the early days of the HIV pandemic in the 1980s, chilling advertisements included a tombstone-like monolith emblazoned with the AIDS acronym, while [British actor] John Hurt cautioned, “If you ignore AIDS it could be the death of you, so don’t die of ignorance.”
Such terrifying safe sex messages seem to have all but dried up, however. At the same time the depiction, indeed celebration, of unprotected anal intercourse in gay pornography has risen massively. The message this sends to young gay men that sex without condoms is OK is putting them at risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
The essence of today’s sexual health messages is that, because of advances in testing and treatment, people with HIV live normal and healthy lives. Of course, the reality isn’t so simple, and AIDS has no cure.
In one study from 2009, 77% of men at high risk for HIV said they had viewed bareback porn in the previous 90 days. A 2012 study of 821 MSM showed, “In the three months prior to interview, 77.2% viewed pornography depicting UAI [unprotected anal intercourse], 42.6% engaged in insertive UAI, and 38.9% engaged in receptive UAI.”
A meta-analysis from 2010 warned that porn viewing results in more unsafe practices:
Porn use creates the impression that aberrant sexual practices are more common than they really are, and that promiscuous behavior is normal. For example, in a 2000 meta-analysis of 46 published studies put out by the National Foundation for Family Research and Education at the University of Calgary, regular exposure to pornography increased risk of sexual deviancy … and was associated with negative attitudes regarding intimate relationships.
A 2013 study of porn viewing habits of MSM in the journal AIDS Behavior revealed:
Almost all (98.5%) reported some gay SEM [sexually explicit media, pornography] exposure over the last 90 days. While 41% reported a preference to watch actors perform anal sex without condoms (termed “bareback SEM”), 17% preferred to [watch] actors perform anal sex with condoms (termed “safer sex SEM”) and 42% reported no preference. Overall SEM consumption was not associated with HIV risk; however participants who watched more bareback SEM reported significantly greater odds of engaging in risk behavior. The results suggest that a preference for bareback SEM is associated with engaging in risk behavior… with almost universal consumption of gay-SEM by MSM, [future] research should focus on how to use gay SEM for HIV prevention.
Anal intercourse with a condom is said to be “safer sex” in that study. The author’s recommendation is not to fight the porn industry, but to use the porn medium as a way of reaching MSM with “safer sex” risk reduction messages.
It’s not only “unsafe sex” that is stimulated by porn. It may also instigate partner abuse. An article in the McGill Law Journal notes a connection between homosexual porn and high rates of sexual violence in that community: ...
A former “gay” porn actor, Joseph Sciambra, warns: “Don’t watch porn!” He has produced a memorial video for young “gay” porn stars who met early deaths stemming from their dangerous lifestyle, including their on-screen and off-screen sexual practices. Most causes of death are listed as HIV, but suicide and drug overdose rank next. The sheer number of men in the “Gay Porn Stars Memorial” is both shocking and sad. ...
There is a close link between pornography and prostitution. Vulnerable young men continue to be drawn in to both worlds. The homosexual “escort” and hookup websites (ManHunt, Pornhub, RentBoy) have encouraged young men to make their own porn videos.
Manhunt has a partner website with members’ homemade porn videos. PornHub offered a $25,000 college scholarship for the best entry. RentBoy ran a college scholarship competition (Cash4Class) for a young male doing “any kind of sex work” (prostitution or porn). The entries were to be judged by a “gay” porn star. A mainstream “gay” blog, Towleroad.com, published an article on the Rentboy project, underscoring the normality of porn and prostitution in the homosexuality community. ...
The addictive quality and psychological dangers of porn use are clear. In one 2014 study, “16-20% [of MSM] report levels of problematic SEM consumption, including 7% with extreme scores consistent with DSM criteria for compulsive disorders.” Yet one “gay”-affirming therapist writes that porn can help a gay relationship. ...
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, a national advocacy organization, openly supports the annual “International Mr. Leather” event celebrating BDSM and “gay” pornography. …
Pornography’s mainstreaming of deviant anal intercourse has led to more anal cancer and HPV among males and females. What began as a male homosexual practice has recently been taken up by some heterosexual couples. A British medical website warns ...
The Boston Globe reported a curious study in 2013, which illustrates other connections on the slippery slope. From the report, “Porn, friend to marriage equality”:
Controlling for age, race, political affiliation, and attitude toward same-sex marriage in 2006, men who reported viewing more pornography in 2008 were more likely to support same-sex marriage in 2010. This effect was only observed among less educated men. The reverse effect (attitude toward same-sex marriage predicting pornography viewing) was not observed.
Dr. Mark Regnerus said on this issue, “Young adult men’s support for redefining marriage may not be entirely the product of ideals about expansive freedoms, rights, liberties, and fairness. It may be, in part, a byproduct of regular exposure to diverse and graphic sex acts.”
Bestiality and scat porn videos on sale at the "International Mr. Leather" event at Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago, 2008.
(Photo: Americans for Truth about Homosexuality.)
(Photo: Americans for Truth about Homosexuality.)