Archive for July, 2010

Four months ago the great Buck Angel released a fantastic PSA encouraging transmen to get an annual pap test in order to check for precancerous cells. I posted about this a while back while discussing some of my favorite PSAs in terms of STD awareness.

Recently Drew Deveaux worked with Buck Angel to create a new PSA encouraging trans women to get prostate exams. If a trans woman takes estrogen therapy, her chances of prostate cancer are reduced, but there is still a risk. Get yourself checked!

Drew wrote a fantastic blog post about her PSA. Drew is one of the few, but strong, queer porn activists. She fucks well on camera and educates a diverse range of people on trans rights. I particularly enjoy her work on developing the term “cisnormativity,” which you can read more about in her blog post.

For more information, click here for a quick fact sheet on health and wellness for trans women by LGBThealth.net.

As much as I’d like this post to be “yay! awareness and sex and love!” It should be noted how much shit Buck Angel, along with many others, puts up with due to his work and who he is. Recently Buck published on his twitter feed a response to his PSA:

“You fucking suck You fake piece of shit. Your twisted amusement damages too fucking much. I can’t get proper medical care because of the perversion you have taxed the doctors with Your lies, for your Halloween costumes. Men don’t have pussies it is incompatible with male chemistry asshole”

I wanted to post the hate that Buck receives to keep everyone aware. Sometimes hate and discrimination are in your face, and other times it’s a little more subtle. Get your pronouns right, people. Respect the pronoun a person uses. And don’t assume you know the pronoun. Furthermore, everyone has a right to proper health care, everyone has a right to live how they see fit. This isn’t Halloween, this isn’t for twisted amusement. This is life.

Keep yourself in check, and get checked.

Studio: All Worlds Video

With straight porn churning out parodies of every sitcom and popular movie ever made, I have been asked if there is such a thing as gay porn parodies. Well of course there are! My favorite being The Hole (2002), a parody of the Japanese horror classic The Ring (1998), where football players and frat boys watch a movie that seven days later makes them gay! Dun dun dun! However, by far my favorite gay porn parody in terms of just the title is Whorrey Potter and The Sorcerer’s Balls (2010). I’ve yet to see it, but thank god its in 3D!

The sad thing about most of the gay porn parodies I’ve come across, and the same goes for straight porn parodies, is that the satire does not often go beyond the title and perhaps a few costume choices. Homopop.com wrote an article on the fascination with Jersey Shore turning into a porn parody, capitalizing off of the recent (although completely unfathomable to me) guido ideal.

But if you’re too busy debating Team Edward vs Team Jacob, there is always Twinklight (2010). Watch the trailer below:

However, in my opinion the best bang for your buck is Otto: Or, Up With Dead People (2008), a feature film by Bruce La Bruce about a gay zombie who comes into society to learn about his past. Click here for the trailer, you have to be signed in to YouTube in order to watch it, unfortunately. Which, by the way, is total bullshit because the only thing that’s suggestive is topless men kissing.

What are your favorite gay or straight porn parodies?