kelvinblunt.bsky.social
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Before str8 baiting.
Before gay-for-pay.
Before str8 military sites.
David Hurles (Old Reliable) filmed the men we feared—but secretly desired: bikers, ex-cons, drifters, hustlers.

Below is my deep-dive into David's art, life and legacy!

#DavidHurles #OldReliable #roughtrade #gayerotica
David Hurles: The Outlaw Who Invented Rough Trade Porn
He made rough trade an art form, an archive, a world. The men wrecked him. The work saved him. David Hurles: the outlaw who invented rough trade porn. Image courtesy of the Bob Mizer Foundation.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Dirty talk fantasies are quite common across gender—and there is a very rich psychology behind them. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-myths-sex/202009/talk-dirty-me-the-psychology-dirty-talk
Talk Dirty To Me: The Psychology of Dirty Talk
New research explores how many people are into dirty talk and why it's arousing.
www.psychologytoday.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Before rough trade was a porn category, it was David Hurles’ daily life. He didn’t just film rough trade, he lived it. Parolees. Drifters. Straight hustlers.
Meet David Hurles, the outlaw who invented rough trade porn.

#RoughTrade #OldReliable #DavidHurles #Hustler #QueerHistrory #GayForPay
David Hurles: The Outlaw Who Invented Rough Trade Porn
He made rough trade an art form, an archive, a world. The men wrecked him. The work saved him. David Hurles: the outlaw who invented rough trade porn. Image courtesy of the Bob Mizer Foundation.
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November 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
TRADE is live. A brief, complicated history of straight men who sleep with men.
This is the first of a multi-part excavation.

#trade #gayforpay #msm #queerhistory #malesexuality #subculture #identity #sexwork #mascunlity #roughtrade
TRADE: A Brief, Complicated History of Straight Men Who Sleep With Men
A brief, complicated history of straight men who sleep with men—and why respectability tried to throw away the receipts. Photo by Wolrider YURTSEVEN.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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If you grew up afraid of your own sexual feelings, you’re not alone. And you’re not broken.
In this episode, we're diving into life after purity culture. https://www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/podcast/episode-448-life-after-purity-culture/
Episode 448: Life After Purity Culture - Sex and Psychology
Purity culture teaches folks to fear sex and feel ashamed of it. So how do you move past it? That's what we're talking about in this episode.
www.sexandpsychology.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Before Grindr, before Pride, before “sexual orientation” labels—there was trade. Straight men slept with men. History tried to forget. Not on my watch:

"TRADE—A Brief, Complicated History of Straight Men Who Sleep With Men"

#trade #roughtrade #queerhistory #malesexuality #subculture #identity
TRADE—A Brief, Complicated History of Straight Men Who Sleep With Men
A brief, complicated history of straight men who sleep with men—and why respectability tried to throw away the receipts. Photo by Wolrider YURTSEVEN.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The only known photo of Vincent Van Gogh was taken when he was 19.
Before the art. Before the hospitals. Before the world knew him.
I spent years secretly trying to save him in my mind. Then I visited the Van Gogh Museum.
Loving Vincent is live. ↓

#VanGogh #ArtHistory #MentalHealth #Essays
Loving Vincent: What I Learned at the Van Gogh Museum
I walked into the Van Gogh Museum thinking I knew his story. I didn’t. Seeing his work up close changed how I understand art, pain, and the people we lose too soon. But this isn’t a tragedy. It’s a lo...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Among Gen Z adults, 15% of men and 18% of women consider themselves to be voluntarily celibate. The single most common reason reported for taking a break from sex and dating was to focus on one's self for a while. www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/fa...
They're young, they're single — and they're not having sex: Meet the Gen Z celibates
A third of Gen Z-ers are celibate, according to recent surveys. Not all of them forego sex by choice — but some who are willingly celibate say it's about self-improvement and empowerment.
www.yahoo.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Happy National Cat Day...which is everyday, of course.😹
October 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Reposted
"Love bombing" has become a viral red flag, but what’s the difference between being love-bombed and just falling fast for someone? Not every whirlwind romance is manipulation. https://www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/podcast/episode-444-what-social-media-gets-wrong-about-relationships/
Episode 444: What Social Media Gets Wrong About Relationships - Sex and Psychology
The rise of “therapy speak” and how, for better or for worse, it’s reshaping the way we talk about emotions, conflict, and relationships.
www.sexandpsychology.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A return to where the harmonies still echo.

My new behind-the-scenes reflection: “Return to the Nearest Faraway Place” (free preview for all)

Behind my return to the Beach Boys Landmark & the ghosts, songs, and memories that came along.

#BrianWilson #TheBeachBoys #VeniceBeach #CaliforniaDreaming
Return to the Nearest Faraway Place
Behind my return to the Beach Boys Landmark—and the ghosts, songs, and memories that followed me there. Photo by Paul Pastourmatzis.
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October 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
What can soldiers teach us about sex?
The coda of the Str8 No Chaser® military series explores same-sex intimacy, sex work, and the courage to live beyond labels.

#Str8NoChaser #EssaySeries #Masculinity #Military #Sexuality
What Soldiers Can Teach Us About Sex
The closing essay of t Str8 No Chaser's military series, which explores how servicemen have long revealed the gap between behavior and identity, and what they can still teach us about sex, humanity, a...
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October 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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New paper 📑 44% of 3895 singles aged 18-98 surveyed believe they’d have healthier romantic relationships today if they had better sex ed.

Details 👇

news.iu.edu/kinseyinstit...

P.S. it is never too late to learn with our Crash Course series!
@jessicajhille.bsky.social @drjustingarcia.bsky.social
Kinsey Institute study shows lasting impact of limited sex education on adult relationships
news.iu.edu
October 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
“Visibility without depth is a mirage.”

My new essay, Coming Out Again: Why I Stopped Waiting to Belong, is live.

A reflection on self-acceptance, sexuality, race, and the courage to be a majority of one.

#identity #queerness #raceandsexuality #culture #selfacceptance #SubstackSky #Str8NoChaser
Coming Out Again: Why I Stopped Waiting to Belong
Years after coming out, I realized I was still waiting–for community, for permission, for reflection. This essay is about what happens when you stop waiting and start building your own language of bel...
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October 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Why would mostly straight soldiers risk everything to make gay porn? Money? Curiosity? A sense of autonomy?

The higher-ups didn’t care.The fallout was brutal.

Read "Don’t Ask, Don’t Videotape" (link below)

#QueerHistory #SexWork #DADT #MilitaryLaw #Str8NoChaser #Masculinity #Identity #GayPorn
Don’t Ask, Don’t Videotape: The Military Porn Scandals
The porn panic that made heroes into criminals.
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October 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Before there were labels, there was connection.

“Brothers in Arms” explores the hidden history of intimacy between soldiers: how proximity, danger, and loyalty created bonds that defied definition. Link below.

#Str8NoChaser #MilitaryHistory #Masculinity #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #Homosociality
Brothers in Arms: How Same-Sex Intimacy Shaped Military History
From bunkhouses to battlefields, soldiers and sailors forged intimacies the military couldn’t erase. Str8 No Chaser® uncovers their hidden history.
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October 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The space between a hustler’s stare and a soldier’s salute tells a story most of us were never meant to know.

Coming up…from Str8 No Chaser®.

#roughtrade #sexworkhistory #homosocial #maleintimacy #masculinity #Str8NoChaser #LGBTQhistory #hiddenhistories #hustlers #soldiers #militaryhistory
Incoming: Hustlers, Soldiers, and the Spaces Between
Upcoming essays, musings., and obervations about identity, culture, masculinity, and memory. Photo by Lucas Newton on Unsplash
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August 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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New 11-country study confirms that people are less inclined to pursue relationships with individuals who have more previous sex partners. However, context matters: the effect diminishes when those encounters occurred long ago. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Sexual partner number and distribution over time affect long-term partner evaluation: evidence from 11 countries across 5 continents - Scientific Reports
A prospective partner’s sexual history provides important information that can be used to minimise mating-related risks. Such information includes the number of past sexual partners, which has an inverse relationship with positive suitor evaluation. However, sexual encounters with new partners vary in frequency over time, providing an additional dimension of context not previously considered. Across three studies (N = 5,331) with 15 samples, we demonstrate that the impact of past partner number on a suitor’s desirability as a long-term partner varies as a function of distribution over time. Using graphical representations of a suitor’s sexual history, we found that past partner number effects were smaller when the frequency of new sexual encounters decreased over time. This moderation effect was stronger, and often curvilinear, when past partner numbers were higher. We replicated these findings in 11 countries from five world regions. Sex differences were minimal and inconsistent pointing to a lack of a sexual double standards. Sociosexuality (openness to casual sex) was a consistent moderator and tended to mute the sexual history effects. These findings suggest that people not only attend to a potential long-term mate’s quantity of sexual partners, but also the context surrounding these encounters such as pattern and timing. Together, the findings raise the possibility of an evolved mechanism for managing mating risks present in both sexes and across populations and adds nuance to a contentious topic of public interest.
www.nature.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🆕New essay now live: Living Beneath the Bark

On being expected to be quiet, while they live out loud. We we suffer in silence, then dismissed when we do speak up!

For those who've been told to “just deal with it.” We don't have to be 'the strong one.' 💙🫂

#NewEssay #NoiseTrauma #Neurodivergence
Living Beneath the Bark: On Noise, Silence, and the Cost of Being Considerate
It was well after 10 p.m. when the barking started, yet again.
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July 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Something forced me to stay. To watch the mundane.

The kind of sunset I’d seen a thousand times.

But this sunset was merely the opening act.

#O'side #PersonalEssay #Sunset #Mama #Mother #OceansidePier #QueerWriters #Grief #BlackWriters
The Sunset That Brought Mama Back
A few hours from sunset, I furiously wrapped work for the day.
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July 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Two years after Mama died, she showed up at sunset.

At a pier in Oceanside.

With a little help from Bill Withers.
💛🌅
New essay: The Sunset That Brought Mama Back
#GriefJourney #Mama #SunsetStory #Oceanside #BeachLife #SubstackWriter #HealingThroughWords #OceansidePier #Mother
The Sunset That Brought Mama Back
A few hours from sunset, I furiously wrapped work for the day.
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July 21, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Alfred Kinsey didn’t study sex for titillation or shock. He did it because he was broken open by repression, silence, and his own private grief.

The latest essay:
"The Velvet Rage of Truth: What Kinsey Tried to Tell Us"📝

#Kinsey #Sexuality #Str8NoChaser #Fluidity #Identity #LGBTQHistory #Science
The Velvet Rage of Truth: What Kinsey Tried to Tell Us
A personal reckoning with desire, identity, and the forgotten legacy of Alfred Kinsey.
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July 19, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Before “gay” or “straight,” there was behavior. Desire. Complexity.

Alfred Kinsey saw this. He recorded it. And he paid the price.

My latest essay is part tribute, part takedown of how we were hoodwinked.

#Kinsey #Sexuality #LGBTHistory #Str8NoChaser #SubstackWriters #Fluidity #Identity
The Velvet Rage of Truth: What Kinsey Tried to Tell Us
A personal reckoning with desire, identity, and the forgotten legacy of Alfred Kinsey.
open.substack.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
📣New on Substack: Straight men have appeared in gay porn for decades. So why the outrage now?

We explore queerbaiting, label policing, @derekkage.com's badassery & when fantasy exceeds our limits.

Gay-for-Pay: Polarization, Posers & the Pleasure Principle. ⬇️

#GayForPay #Sexuality #Str8NoChaser
Gay-for-Pay: Polarization, Posers, and the Pleasure Principle
Gay-for-Pay: Polarization, Posers, and the Pleasure Principle
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July 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM