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Hey, guys! What was your first experience with porn like? What happened the first time you watched porn and how has your taste in adult movies have evolved over time?
Porn plays a significant role in shaping our sexual awareness, fantasies, and preferences. For many gay men, their first-time watching porn was a defining moment—whether it was straight porn, amateur videos, or high-production gay scenes. Some may have started watching porn before even realizing their true desires, while others used it as a tool to explore their sexuality. A gay man online asked, “What was the first porn you watched? And how have your tastes changed over time?” Let’s take a look at how some gay men answered this question.
One user recalled that his first porn experience was due to his older brothers. “It was straight porn because I have older brothers. Seeing the naked men made my dick hard and leak. The level of horny I felt back then was so much more powerful than what I feel now. So intense. First gay porn was definitely taking flight with Matthew Rush. I used to watch that and jerk off to it like every day.” It’s interesting how exposure to straight porn still awakened same-sex attraction, proving that sometimes, the stars of the scene are more important than the setup.
Another commenter had a similar experience: “Lots of straight hentai and soft core. The first full-on erected manhood I have seen on screen was that of the young Ramon Nomar. What a stallion.” Animated porn, especially hentai, has been a gateway for many, offering a mix of fantasy and erotica before transitioning to real-life actors.
Meanwhile, some gay men discovered their attraction through more conventional means: “I can’t remember but it was straight porn for sure. And yes, my tastes keep expanding.” The idea that tastes continuously evolve is a common theme, as new experiences and preferences develop over time.
One response stood out due to its unique and niche nature: “Officer muscle growth full version (Don’t judge please).” It goes to show that what turns one person on might not appeal to someone else, and what may seem unusual to one person might be someone else’s ultimate fantasy.
For those who grew up before the internet era, porn access was an entirely different experience: “At the beginning of my career, there was no such thing as online porn – not even still images – so the first porn I watched was on VHS and not very memorable. The first one I remember really enjoying was Frisky Summer, a BelAmi picture from 1995.” This comment highlights how accessibility has changed drastically over the years. Many had to rely on adult magazines or even fitness publications, which secretly catered to gay audiences.
And lastly, some discovered their preferences early and never strayed from them: “Probably the ‘cutedaemon’ amateur bondage from the early ‘00s. No, my tastes have not changed lol.” His answer showed that not everyone’s desires evolve—some people find their thing and stick with it for life.
What about you, Adam4Adam blog readers? What was the first porn you’ve ever watched, and how have your preferences changed over time? Have you shifted from straight to gay content? Did you explore new kinks? Or did you discover that your first fantasy remains your ultimate turn-on? Share your stories and experiences in the comments section below!
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I never did until I had a roommate with a collection. It was not common in the 1980s, you had to go to a theater of some kind, video rental had not even started yet. No VCRs until maybe 1985. I did go to a theater to see Centurions of Rome, and an elderly woman was sitting near me, getting excited. It was all about magazines in those days. When I started going to gay bars, some had videos playing, and it was stressful and shocking at first, especially seeing anal sex for the first time. I couldn’t believe there… Read more »
Aside from my own little story below, I can relate with you on a couple of matters As a 17-year-old in 1977, I saw my first gay porno in a gay theater (yes, they let me in LOL). It was in a major city and the place was a complete dump, but I was eager to see real gay sex for the first time. One thing these two guys in the movie did a lot of was rimming. Same revelation as you had: “they do that???” Fast-forward some 48 years and rimming is my absolute favorite thing to do!
I went to such a theater in 1980, not knowing what to expect (age 21). My friend and I sat together and watched the screen, that was okay. But we soon became aware of the men around us watching us instead of the screen, and when they started to approach us, we fled.
Funny – I sat alone in this very dumpy all-male theater circa 1977. Some old and gross looking guys were around in other seats but nobody bothered me. And once I came, I also “fled!”
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Only someone my contemporary (in my mid 60s) and probably also in the closet would be able to relate. I was 14 and starting to feel a lust for the male body. I went into a candy/news/general store one day, made my way toward the back where they had “adult” magazines. Nobody was looking. I found a copy of Playgirl magazine, a long-since-defunct women’s response to Playboy. Discreetly thumbed through the pages and came upon a very hot naked guy – first time I’d ever seen a fully naked guy outside of a locker room. I was drooling but no… Read more »
A very large percentage of Playgirl’s readership was men. I bought it several times, despite the glares of the cashier. But before that, Playboy had a photo spread on witchcraft, that featured a naked man. That was my first vision, and what told me I wanted more of that, not more of women. If only Hefner had been out of the closet back then! I probably would have moved to Chicago just to meet him.
It was straight porn early 90’s I don’t remember much about them.
Until Peter North and those huge cum shots. Then I was hooked.
Watched my first even porn movie just the other day…Man, I looked so young!
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My first gay vhs movie was Head Of The Class starring Adam Grant. That one got me going and I’ve never looked back. Man, was he hot!
I don’t remember the first time. I’ve watched literally thousands of porn videos
When I was maybe 16 and my little brother was 15 he broke into a suitcase in my father’s bedroom closet. It was full of pictures, videos on reels, toys. My father was hot in the day and had every girl everywhere after him. He raised 4 boys alone starting in his teens. So my brother hooked up the reel to a projector and when it started I realized I was looking at a sex tape of my father and his girlfriend at the time. My father was blessed with some cock and beautiful bubble ass and had a flat… Read more »
Certainly dating myself…….
First porn was in my teens, all straight and required setting up an 8mm silent movie projector and screen. My friend would raid his older brothers stash of porn and three horny teens would sit, watch, whip it out and have a circle jerk. I knew I was hooked on cock right there and then.
My first porn was at a drive-in theatre near my home in the 80’s. As kids in high school we couldn’t get in but there were plenty of areas outside the fence where we could clearly see the movie. The scene was a threesome with 2 women and a man. One was riding his cock and the other was sitting on his face as he was eating her and fingering her ass. My first gay porn wasn’t until the late 90’s when I got my first computer.
A DRIVE-IN PORN?
WHERE was this at?
It was in CT. It was closed I think in the late 80’s and is now a Home Depot.
https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/9745
A roomie left behind a pile of mags.
My first exposure to porn was somewhat academic. On my way to school in the 5th grade, my older sister and I found a bag someone had thrown out of the car that contained some Hustler mags and a 5 inch thick paperback titled “The History of Pornography”. My sister snatched it all up and took it to school and then home, where it was promptly confiscated by our parents. Fortunately, I knew where they kept their porn stash and, at my first opportunity, I dug it all out and read everything! The book really was a comprohensive study of… Read more »
There were little paperback novels full of gay sex. I kept one, Bath Boy, for many years.
Hmm.. I know I was very young when I saw my 1st. And it was pieces of one at that. It was most likely either something from the 70’s/80’s. I think that’s why I always go back watch stuff from those years often. Porn now a days is too ‘goofy’ (ie; esp. stuff from Bromo & Men.com – but then again I know who’s actually running those studios so = ugh!) at times for me to watch. I know it’s a fantasy most times it’s just unbearable to watch. I like seeing underwear on guys as well as pubes/pits –… Read more »
How about natural pubic hair? And no tattoos, except on sailors?
The first I know we’re the paid television program via cable provider that was barley visible. Afterwards, online via shared media file on a disk. Searching online briefly wasn’t fulfillment due to its institution. Magazine provided on the highways by driver’s who’d leave their subscription. Overtime, in the bathhouse, sex theater and VHS or DVD. The interest has theatrical version and aesthetic issues surrounding the challenges of social media and industrial. I’ve paid and participate on a micro-level. The community has some intimidating and imitating the “nephrosis” either intimacies are better climactic.
The first one I saw was at a friend’s bachelor party and it was straight – Deep Throat. It did nothing for me until I noticed that half of these so called hetero buddies were all sporting erections in front of each other. They I got turned on.
I thing the first gay porn were back to back Jon King and Jeff Stryker on an old pirated vhs tape. Late 70’s I believe.
I saw Deep Throat, Flesh Gordon and another one on my 18th birthday. I fell in love with Harry Reems.
I think it was called The Italian Stallion with Sylvester Stallone, and it was a total waste of time. He couldn’t get it up in 99% of the movie, if he ever did. The girl I was with said he was obviously a fag.
How old are we, 18? For the life of me I have no recollection of the first time I watched a porn video. I can’t recall if I was in my preteens or older. I just know I was very young.
My first gay porno was when a friend and I took a train to New York City for the sole purpose of seeing a gay dirty movie. My friend worked at a store where a person stole something and he had to go to court as a witness. He was super nervous and asked me to go with him. It turns out they never called him up to testify. As we were leaving the courthouse he asked if I wanted to go to a book store nearby. He said they had dirty movies in the back. So off we went.… Read more »
I remember Seven In A Barn, and found it online not that long ago. It was definitely hot, and led to many fantasies about how such a scene might happen in real life. And why did it have to be an odd number? That really stuck in my mind.
I remember seeing my first gay porn in a ABS when I was a freshman in college. I was scrolling the videos and came across a gay one named “Pizza Man” It was your basic guy orders a pizza and comes out of the shower to answer the door for the delivery. As he goes to reach for his wallet on the table by the door, his towel falls off. The delivery guy grabs his cock and says “I’ll take this as payment if you want?” He drops to his knees and sucks the naked guy’s cock. The delivery guy… Read more »
I remember part of a str8 movie when I was younger. That part was the dark brown haired guy said “Big Bad Bob’s got a bone to pick with you, Baby!”
Unfortunately, there’s not really a way to find out who that was or the movie title. For a str8 porn star, he was cute to me.
Fantasy is what you have in real life, thinking about guys you’ve seen or hope to find. Porn is the opposite. It eventually destroys one’s fantasies, as they are substituted by porn production.
Wasn’t the first, but it was the first to burn itself into both my memory and my sense of self. Back in the early days of the internet, circa 2000 I think, there was a site called robertsplace.org. It hosted videos & the one that got me was called “thirsty cumpig”. It might have been filmed in the 1970s or early ’80s. It was lurid in the best of all possible ways; sweaty, raunchy, sexy. And then one day, the website was gone & I haven’t seen it in over 20 years.
There was a guy in the 90s who had a DV video camera and a European accent who ran a website called ‘Interracial Man Sex’ (IRMS). He would post clips of his videos on early websites, they were really hot! I wish I had bought some of his stuff then, the website is long gone.
Growing up in a very rural farm community and not realizing what these crazy weird feelings were that welled up inside as a gay kid, there wasn’t open market porn. Especially gay porn. In the 1960’s the word ‘gay’ wasn’t a thing in society. But I remember how I’d always look forward to the men’s underwear section of the Sears catalog that came in the mail. I’d masturbate looking at sexy guys in their tidy whities. There weren’t computers then, or even magazine shops, which came along later. Sixty years later online, I love watching gay porn of all kinds.… Read more »