Gay Pornography

Intellect eBooks 2026 Book chapter

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Authors: Nguyen Tan Hoang
DOI: 10.1386/9781835952085_20
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Abstract

This chapter tracks the development of gay male visual pornographies in Euro-American contexts from the early 1970s to the present. It highlights the problematic of gay pornography as visual documents of sex acts as well as fantasies underscoring those sex acts. The chapter’s subsections focus on gay male porn as an archive of abundance, the connections between gay porn and gay liberation, the role of HIV/AIDS, the operations of race and racial fetishism, and the ways that media technologies, formats, and platforms shape gay porn temporalities.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Sexuality Behavior and Technology Gender Feminism and Media Contemporary Cultural and Social Studies

Publication details

Journal / source
Intellect eBooks
Pages
274–289
Publication date
8 January 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Book chapter