Whether it’s a starring role in a Bel Ami flick or making cash by the hour on webcam streaming site Streamen, Prague’s heterosexual guys are finding a new way to earn a living. Welcome to gay-for-pay’s capital.
In a lengthy report, GlobalPost‘s Iva Skoch delves into the gay porn mecca, where a multitude of factors have made Prague the world’s capital in gay smut: plentiful populations of cute, masculine, younger-looking-than-their-years guys; high unemployment rates; relaxed attitudes about sexuality (Czechoslovakia decriminalized homosexuality in the 60s, though Communist police still clamped down on gay activity); a willingness to (and a marketplace that demands you) screw bareback; and the standard hormonal balance of young men, making them willing to screw anything, even if it takes a little blue pill to get in the mood.
In the Czech Republic, some 15 gay studios operate. American porn players enjoy much cheaper production costs. And then there are the homegrown auteurs, amateurs who turn their small flats into flourishing online businesses with Flip cams.
But just like straight porn, or gay porn produced in American meccas like Los Angeles and San Diego, Prague’s producers run into the same problems as anyone trafficking in this industry.
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[Veteran director William Higgins], an Oklahoma native who went to a Christian school [and now lives in Prague], says he is “very Catholic” about casting men for his films. They can be 18 or 35, as long as they are good. With that said, he rejects about 80 percent of them, typically for “not having the look” — too ugly or misshapen — or, more importantly, not being able to perform under pressure.
And here’s one thing we didn’t know: Most producers promise performers — who may be local police officers, firemen, nurses, and college students — they won’t distribute the videos inside the Czech Republic. Of course, when the videos appear on something called “the Internet,” all bets are off.
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CHIP1218
Did that say Directed by Michael Lucas?
As for Prague, I was disappointed I didn’t see any Bel Ami boys hanging out by their offices, but they were available as tour guides and escorts if you wanted to arrange that… All in all, an absolutely beautiful city, even if you don’t hit up the gay scene.
Frozen North
“(and a marketplace that demands you) screw bareback”
That’s because these American and European porn sweat shops drive it. Plenty of porn is made and is successful without being bareback. But these porn companies go where they can exploit the situation and need for cash. It’s sick really.
“says he is “very Catholic” about casting men for his films”
What the fuck does that mean? Wouldn’t he be casting guys under 18 then? Or does he just mean he’s religious and good hearted, but will exploit anything for a buck? (In which case Catholics hardly have the monopoly on that behaviour.)
terrwill
What I want to know is what the fcuk do they feed the cocks of the Bel Ami Boys?? Every single one of them is freakishly huge!! :-O
fredo777
As far as I’ve heard, they’ll do whatever for a quick buck around that neck of the woods but don’t consider themselves “gay”.
RichardS
Just for the record, there is no barebacking in any Bel Ami films. Whatever other criticisms may be leveled at them, this isn’t one…
Marcus
“catholic”, with a small “c” means having a wide variety, open to all and everything. The writer shouldn’t have capitalized it like that.
CONVERSATION CHAMBER
It’s 2010, can we please get over that 1985 gay fantasy of the straight guy seduced? It’s not sexy. It’s lame. There’s no such thing as “gay-for-pay”. All porn stars do it for the money; straight men in straight porn don’t do it for free. I don’t care how much cash is on the table, no heterosexual guy is going to take another mans penis in his mouth or behind. These guys are either gay, or at the very least bisexual.
delurker again
Never was a fan of the Eastern European porno. The porn actors are too pale. I guess that’s what you get for living in a frozen land with two weeks of sunlight the whole year.
jason
If you thought wooden acting was a province of American porn, you haven’t seen Easter European porn yet. These are just loops of sex. Production values can be written on the back of a postage stamp.
PaquitofromtheBlock
@RichardS: Well, your record is wrong. Bel Ami is moving more towards barebacking. Or have you not seen the Peters Twins´videos? Plus other currently available on their website? What planet are you on man?
TheAwfulTruth
Higgins looks like a Catholic priest: a dirty old pervert exploiting young guys.
Mob Mentality
Since when is porn an accurate depiction of how I should live my sex life? I don’t give a shit if they use condoms in the porn, because when it comes down to it… I’m wearing one REGARDLESS.
People should think for themselves and shouldn’t be taking life cues from pornography.
Otherwise, an interesting discussion…
Ogre Magi
Meh,not my type. I wish there was a Latin American gay porn Mecca
me
no such thing as “too pale”
bobo
having seen the documentary Body Without Soul (it is on instant play on Netflix) whenever you say “prauge” and “gay porn” i now equate it with HORROR. a lot of people usually don’t want to think about the human and social costs behind gay porn, we just want to see cock, but it is hard not to think about those things after watching that movie.
Bret Carbone
Why is this such big news? Prague has been making tons of gay porn for more than a decade. Are people just figuring this out now?
fredo777
@me: yes, there is. i don’t like tanorexic guys, but never-seen-sun isn’t hot to me, either.
Alexandre
I’m so embarrassed by my taste in porno men…Chris Rockway and Pat Bateman. aaaiiieee
Rainfish
@Frozen North:
The word Catholic is derived from the Greek adjective ????????? (katholikos), meaning “universal”.
Rainfish
I guess the ?????? means that this site doesn’t do the Cyrillic alphabet.
Anyway, the “minimal-melanin-phobes” can have the swarthy, I like me some milky skin — especially twenty-something, smooth and featherless with curling black hair and piercing blue eyes. Yum!
romeo
@#19, Rainfish: Your description is probably gonna be a Hungarian guy next door to the Czeks.
Been there, worked there in fact. Yeah, these guys say they’re not “gay,” but that’s only because they’re still unclear on the concept. LOL It’s pretty open, but still a lot of Catholic hangover in these countries, AND a lot of tough broads that aren’t too keen on the whole thing of guys preferring guys. They’re getting over it. In any case, gay is all over the place; porn is kinda redundant.
delurker again
@Rainfish: Yuck! They are all yours!
romeo
@delurker again: you totally don’t know what’s good. Those guys are gorgeous and built. The “body beautiful” is a big deal there. Lots of working out, and lots of BICYCLE riding. MMMMMM.
delurker again
Sorry. For me, no color, no boner. I don’t care how ripped they are. Cadaver skin does nothing for me. Open some tanning booths if you can’t get sun.
romeo
Such discrimination against the pigment challenged! LOL
fredo777
To be fair, my taste in tanned men is just a usual preference, but I don’t blindly discriminate. I do find lots of redheads sexy as hell, for instance, + their skin is paler by their very nature. Blu Kennedy has some photos (+ films) that definitely do the trick.
Jay
how should i contact any of them if I need a tourguide or escort? please advice. Im going to prague in may.
Jesse Helms
I bet AIDS is popular in Prague. How can a guy be straight once he has anal or oral sex with other man? It’s an abomination against God’s law.
drifter
You mean to tell us that William Higgins is still alive? Wow! I wonder now what happened to everyones favorite chicken-hawk Toby Ross?
Oh, I forgot. They don’t use chicken anymore. They call them twinks. Ok, anyway, what the hell happen to Toby Ross? Does anyone know?