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BoysDo vs Grindr for Relationships: Why the Grid Doesn't Get You Past the First Six Weeks
Gay Dating Apps

BoysDo vs Grindr for Relationships: Why the Grid Doesn't Get You Past the First Six Weeks

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Lucas Entertainment: Cinematic Ambition
Queer Cinema

Lucas Entertainment: Cinematic Ambition

Michael Lucas is one of the most recognisable figures in gay pornography — not only as the founder and creative director of Lucas Entertainment, but a...

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Midnight Cowboy (1969): The Love Story Hollywood Didn't Know It Was Making
Cultural Guides

Midnight Cowboy (1969): The Love Story Hollywood Didn't Know It Was Making

Midnight Cowboy won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1970. It was rated X at the time of its release — the only X-rated film ever to win the Os...

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Elska: The Living Heir
Cultural Guides

Elska: The Living Heir

Elska means "love" in Icelandic. Liam Campbell chose the name for his magazine because he was shooting his first issue in Lviv, Ukraine, and wanted...

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The Best Gay Dating Apps in 2025 — And Why the Best Relationships Start With Shared Taste
Cultural Guides

The Best Gay Dating Apps in 2025 — And Why the Best Relationships Start With Shared Taste

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Why Tumblr Banned Erotic Content — and What It Cost Everyone
Cultural Guides

Why Tumblr Banned Erotic Content — and What It Cost Everyone

On December 17, 2018, Tumblr destroyed something that had taken a decade to build. With a single policy update — a blanket ban on all adult content,...

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BoysDo vs FetLife: The Kink Network and the Art-Erotic Feed
LGBTQ+ Landscape

BoysDo vs FetLife: The Kink Network and the Art-Erotic Feed

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The Studios That Built Gay Porn: A Cultural History
Cultural Guides

The Studios That Built Gay Porn: A Cultural History

Gay pornography has a history. Not a shameful one, not a footnote to real culture, but a genuine history — of studios founded by gay men who saw a mar...

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Next Door Studios: The Network Era
Cultural Guides

Next Door Studios: The Network Era

If Falcon represents the studio era of gay pornography — a single brand, a singular aesthetic, a founder's vision expressed through decades of consist...

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Milk (2008): The Man Who Said His Name
Cultural Guides

Milk (2008): The Man Who Said His Name

Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1978, becoming the first openly gay man elected to public office in California. H...

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BoysDo vs OnlyFans: Discovery vs. the Paywall
LGBTQ+ Landscape

BoysDo vs OnlyFans: Discovery vs. the Paywall

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BoysDo vs Grindr: Two Different Things Both Called "Gay Photography"
LGBTQ+ Landscape

BoysDo vs Grindr: Two Different Things Both Called "Gay Photography"

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