To outsiders, the scene could often seem dangerous and unsettling. This has necessitated a tradition of mentorship and apprenticeship in the gay leather and BDSM communities – and that’s something that the Internet hasn’t changed.įor many years, only the people who were actively involved in the gay fetish scene truly understood what it was all about.
In order to safely engage in certain BDSM activities, for example, very specific skills must be learned, practiced, and mastered. Just like any subculture dedicated to a specialized pursuit, gay sexual subcultures often involve a significant amount of shared knowledge. Over the years, the gay BDSM and leather communities in particular have each developed their own archetypes and protocols. The Internet may have brought the gay fetish scene out of the shadows, but the roots of today’s fetish community date all the back to the 1920’s. On the bright side, the Internet’s “mainstreaming” of gay leather and BDSM have led to more interest in the fetish scene and an increased amount of gay porn content dedicated to specific fetishes. This served to give it a certain cachet, which some people understandably miss. In the pre-Internet days, the gay fetish scene was by necessity a lot more underground.
Zekrom Miltank checks out some of the web’s most popular gay porn sites dedicated to fetish, kink, and raunchĭepending on who you ask, the Internet has either been the best or the worst thing that has ever happened to the gay leather and fetish scene.