A Reluctant Whore’s Gloryhole Woes

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Terrified that he had just unwittingly fucked a stranger without a condom at a shady SoCal sex club, Matt fled to the hospital for some PEP (Post-Exposure Prophylaxis), a drug regimen designed to prevent HIV infection if taken within 72 hours of exposure. (And then there are those methy circuit boiz who use prophylaxis a little differently than it’s intended.)

In an article for Queerty, Matt Siegel writes that the five week HIV-drug regimen gave him an idea of what it means to live with HIV. There were the physical side effects to the drugs — “even the most seemingly innocent fart could turn into a levee break” — and also the emotional side effects — how would he tell his Mom if he was poz? How would he date in an even smaller dude pool? And how would he answer stigmatizing questions like “are you clean?” His conclusion: stop calling gay sex “play.” After all, “Healthy, low-risk sex in 2009 is hard work.” I’ve long agreed that calling gay sex “play” is stupid — not because gay sex is work, but rather because it needlessly infantilizes an act that is anything but childish.

Yes, gloryholes have their drawbacks. STDs are annoying, but what irritates me most about the booths is that crowded booths always degenerate into a furtive game of musical chairs. How many times have I gone to enter a booth next to the lone hottie, only to get cut off by some frantic queen who has trained himself to spin around dark corners and lock plywood doors shut faster than I can say, “Nuh-uh, bitch! That dick was mine!”

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(Queerty)
The Unabashed Queer (Matt Siegel’s blog)

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