Photo, public domain via Wikimedia Commons August 7, 1876 - Mata Hari: "Death is nothing, nor life either, for that matter. To die, to sleep, to pass into nothingness, what does it matter? Everything is an illusion." Mata Hari (1931) is a film directed … [Read more...]
“Sauvage” – The Gay Hustler Movie That Was Too Dark for Cannes (Watch the Trailer NOW)
When a certain scene involving a giant butt plug, a hustler, and two very nasty johns, came on the screen at the Sauvage screening in Cannes, several women left the theater in disgust. Director Camille Vidal-Naquet’s provocative new film about the life of a 22-year-old gay … [Read more...]
#NSFW: “Rough Trade: Art and Sex Work in the Late 20th Century”
Rough Trade: Art and Sex Work is an exhibit that opened this week in NYC. It explores a little known history at the crossroads of the sexual underground and popular culture and was organized to coincide with David Wojnarowicz: History Keeps Me Awake at Night at the [Read more...]
WOW Presents Clips: Getting to Know 101 Rent Boys from the WOW Documentary of the Same Name
WOWPresents: Clips” is our EXCLUSIVE daily peek into the extensive library of WOW shows, interviews, and pop culture ephemera we’ve collected over the last three decades. Today, we have one of my ALL-TIME favorite World of Wonder productions, 101 Rent Boys a documentary from … [Read more...]
Tyson Ritter Is a Trans Prostitute in New All-American Rejects Video
All-American Rejects frontman Tyson Ritter is a trans prostitute walking the streets by night, and a wealthy family man by day in the problematic-but-mesmerizing new music video mashup of their new songs "Sweat" and "Close Your Eyes." “The film is a story about this functioning … [Read more...]
“Hookers for Healthcare” Are Worried About Trumpcare’s Impact on their Livelihood
A group of about a hundred brothel workers in Nevada have joined "Hookers for Healthcare," a group that's helping to raise awareness about how Trumpcare could harm their lives and careers. Says Alice Little, who works at the Sagebrush Ranch brothel near Carson City, … [Read more...]
CEO Defends RentBoy.com: We Don’t “Promote Prostitution” “We Bring Good People Together”
Rentboy.com CEO Jeffrey Hurant defended his business last week after being arrested by federal authorities on money laundering and prostitution charges. Hurant told reporters … [Read more...]
Old-timey sex not boring at all, it seems
A brothel menu from 1912 reveals that sex in the olden days was dirtier and far more inventive than anything we do today. Back scuttling? Dry bob? Blowing in the ass-hole, "new style"? With a goose quill? When was the last … [Read more...]
A pictorial history of sally’s hideaway
Ah, the always-delightful tranny hooker bar Sally's Hideaway in NYC. How many '90s nights did I spend in the company of Monica … [Read more...]