Today’s showcase episode traces the evolution of obscenity laws and the struggles of a community to obtain the kind of sex-positive, identity-affirming erotic material that most of us today of all orientations pretty much take for granted. Well, it wasn’t always that way, especially for gays. In fact, it was a long and tumultuous road, involving some deliciously back-alley twists and turns. Stuart of The History of Gay Sex will tell you all about it.

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Audio Credits

Podcast theme music mixed from “Gregorian Chant”, “Mystery Sax”, and “There It Is” by Kevin MacLeod.

Blaylock, Stuart. “The Origins of Gay Porn, Obscenity and the Supreme Court.” Originally aired on The History of Gay Sex. 2021, Mar 1.

Image Credits

“The Swimming Hole” by Thomas Eakins, 1884-1885, from Wikipedia.