“There’s still moments where I think maybe gay men are not always 100 percent with our peers on all the stuff that we’re into,” a man I interviewed said. “There’s still the radical faerie in me that feels like there’s still some aspects of a heteronormative life and that we still allow our sexuality to be shamed even with ourselves. #DADDY TWITTER GAY PORN PLUS#Īnd the alt peels that layer back even more.”Įach week we’ll send you the very best from The Goods, plus a special internet culture edition by Rebecca Jennings on Tuesdays. Sign up here.įurther, multiple men I spoke to over email and DMs and phone calls talked about how their alts make them feel confident, provide instant ego boosts, and let them tap into and share fetishes and kinks in a way that feels safe. It’s also, according to many men, a secure, anonymous way to release the sexual frustration that’s built up over the pandemic. It doesn’t seem like alts are going away when things get back to normal, either. For some alts, like ACT, they change what’s normal.
