Back before the days when everyone had their own VCR or DVD players at home, gay porn magazines ruled the homoerotic world. In fact, even though early gay porn magazines would only show naked (or partially naked) men, they were illegal to buy, sell, produce or own because of strict obscenity laws.
To get around these laws, gay porn magazines were often disguised as something else. Usually, they took the form of so called beefcake magazines, which featured men wearing nothing (if anything at all) posing in athletic ways. This way, whenever men would go to the store to buy gay porn magazines, they would just pretend that they were really into fitness and health. Although there were definitely some fitness tips in these gay porn magazines, they were primarily full page photos.
So, most of the gay porn magazines (and porn of all types) were forced into an underground market. There was a whole industry that thrived on the perversions of people who were willing to bend a few rules to get what they wanted. From the actors and actresses who starred in the movies and magazines to the distributors, there efforts were untaxed and highly risky.
In fact, gay porn magazines were often sold out of shady motel rooms by even unsavory characters. In order for somebody on the market for a gay porn magazine to get their hands on the material, they would usually have to meet in out of the way hotels. To find out about where to go and when to get what type of gay porn magazines, people relied heavily upon word of mouth advertising. For porn peddlers who were particularly risky, posting ads in the back pages of catalogs and magazines were options.
If caught buying or selling porn, you were most certainly going to spend some time in jail. Worse still, if caught, people would brand you as a pervert for the rest of your life in your town (who would almost always find out about the arrest). Of course, jail would be the least of your worries. If you got caught trying to buy a gay porn magazine back then (much less starring in one), you would probably go to an insane asylum and undergo a lobotomy. Back in the early to mid 20th century, being gay was considered a mental illness. When all this is taken into consideration, it is amazing how far Americans have come in such a short period of time when it comes to gay issues.
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