In the very early years of the AVN show in Las Vegas, they even used to put “gay” companies behind a curtain at the back of the main show floor, truth be told. All-female shows got to be out with “normal” porn people then too. In my (almost never humble, to be clear) opinion, that was a shameful time in our past, a point that I made loudly every year and every time I walked by the curtain at the show. Heck, they could have stopped doing that just to shut me up. [We probably should mention that we would have put some photos up of bisexual male performers in this story too, but by now you could probably guess that we could not find any willing to admit to it publicly. Alas, we were left with only these. … Well, techncially were were left with two lasses, but you get the idea.]
Bottom line, times have indeed changed, but we still feel bad for the bisexual men out there. These days, having a bisexual girlfriend might even be a badge of honor in some circles. Find a female porn star that does not have lesbian sex, and most people will find her bafflingly odd. But having a bisexual boyfriend still tends to be something revealed only among the closest of friends, and even then only in very specific circumstances. Be very clear: Bisexual men absolutely exist among the ranks of male porn stars, but if they work in heterosexual movies, they keep that little bit of information very closely-guarded. To this day there are scores of women — the vast majority, quite likely — that will not “work with” a man in a scene should he have had sex with a different man in another. We have, folks, a clear bisexual conundrum. Given the other crazy-ass things going on in the country right now, it probably doesn’t rate much in terms of attention, but it exists.
Of course all of these ruminations could be pointless, because this particular “gay” hook-up was written into the script, so nobody was really worried about much of anything. (Well, the audio tech had to worry, because shooting in a shower is a bitch. Everybody has their problems.)
By the way, should you wish a more erudite consideration (with illustrations not nearly as festive, however) you can find many of them. Of course if boys with boys freak you out, you should probably not go looking on Google. You could be part of the problem, though. We’re just sayin’.
