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Wednesday, February 21, 2007

The Sexerati History of Boys in Altporn

filed under: Erotic Elite, Web Sex Index by Lux Nightmare

The thing about altporn, the essential attraction (aside from the nudity), was that it claimed to offer something different. And what could be more different than a site featuring naked boys? Naked boys as more than just sexual props, that is.

Over the years, several sites have experimented with boys in altporn, with varying degrees of success. Here’s a quick and dirty guide to some of the standouts:

Site Name: Burning Boys (a Burning Angel affiliate)

What It Was Like: Similar to the old skool Burning Angel (you know, back when they were BurningAngel.net): same (super hard on the eyes) blue and orange layout, same punk rock models (but fewer of them! and boys!), same band interviews. Launched in 2002, never really updated.

What Became Of It: The original Burning Boys disappeared a few years ago, replaced by a placeholder page promising an “all new” Burning Boys, that was “alt.queer.boys.indie.porno.life” (can I get that newsgroup?). The placeholder is still there. No word on any alt.queer.boys.indie.porno.life.

Site Name: Suicide Boys (a Suicide Girls affiliate)

What It Was Like: Not so much an actual site as redirect to the Suicide Boys group on SG, where male members were encouraged to publish, well, free porn of themselves. That’s right, punk boys: we’d love to see your cock, but you gotta give it to us for free.

What Became of It: The URL seems to be defunct. The Suicide Boys group, however, is still going strong (at least, as far as I can tell without paying for an SG membership.).

Site Name: That Strange Girl [full disclosure: yes, I ran this site.]

What It Was Like: The first altporn site to feature softcore pictures of male as well as female models, TSG divided its photos into “boys” and “girls.” Photo sets of female models went up every Monday, photo sets of male models went up (far less frequently) on Thursdays. Though they were much less prominent than the girls in terms of photos sets, boys maintained equal status in marketing, promotion, and discussion of the site.

What Became Of It: TSG shuttered its doors in February 2005. But that had nothing to do with boys: they remained a strong presence on the site until the very end.

Site Name: No Fauxxx

What It Was Like: A site for “every body, every gender”: and every gender means boys (also transpeople, genderqueers, and anybody else who wants to get naked)! No Fauxxx went one step further than TSG, refusing to segregate models by gender. All models appear on one page, with no division made based on physical characteristics of any knd.

What Became of It: No Fauxxx is still going strong, and still representing all types of models.

Site Name: Fatal Beauty

What It Was Like: Launched in 2003, Fatal Beauty took a TSG-like tactic towards incorporating boys into altporn: the drop down menu of models divides the names by gender, with the girls’ section featuring a much lengthier roster (though it should be noted that the Models page features all models, with no gender division). Fatal Beauty featured some compelling, beautifully shot photos of male models: pure proof that having a penis doesn’t make one any less worthy of a really hot photo.

What Became Of It: Boys may make for beautiful photos, but they don’t seem to bring in the cash. Though Fatal Beauty still updates, there haven’t been any new sets of boys in over six months (though the ones that are up are still awesome, in my book.).

Site Name: Manic Jane

What It Was Like: Though advertised as a site full of pictures of naked girls, Manic Jane occasionally threw a “John Doe” in the mix with all its “Jane Does.” This odd nod to boys in porn has been replicated elsewhere, including EroticBPM (though I’m unsure whether Manic Jane or EroticBPM pulled this tactic first).

What Became Of It: Manic Jane is still around, though it doesn’t seem to be thriving. Nevertheless, the tactic of including boys through occasional sets — thrown in with all the rest of the updates — seems to be one that thrives.

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