Mark Simpson bravely gets to the bottom of the US Army’s gay porn scandal (Uncircumcised, uncensored version of exclusive which appeared in Details, April 2006 ) “Is this your first time with a guy?” asks Jason solicitously in his Tennessee burr. “Erm… no,” I stutter, “not exactly…”. It’s an odd… Read More »Passive Duty: Gay 4 Pay Paratroopers Probed
Here are the cadets of Ulyanovsk flight school, Russian Federation, relaxing in their dorm. With a special guest appearance by a banana. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OJ4iZM7EOs This charming video upset conservatives, including the head of the college, but prompted a host of similar videos by Russian students in response to talk of disciplining… Read More »Soldiers & Cadets Acting Gaily On Video (Again)
Way back in the last century, before the Interweb swallowed everything, my friend and accomplice in literary crime Steve Zeeland and I were visiting, as you do, Camp Pendleton, the giant US Marine Corps base in Southern California with some jarhead friends. We spent the afternoon watching the Marine Rodeo –… Read More »Why Straight Soldiers Can’t Stop Acting Gay on Video
This month’s Details magazine carries a letter (which Details strangely neglected to show to me) by veteran gay writer John Rechy, author of the cult 60s hustler novels City of Night and Numbers, and the 70s plea for homo tolerance The Sexual Outlaw (books I enjoyed as teenager in the… Read More »Sexual Outlaws: ‘Gay For Pay’ Paratroopers
The current (May) issue of the proudly metrosexual Details magazine includes an ‘undercover’ exclusive by yours truly on the globally-reported gay porn scandal involving paratroopers from the elite 82nd Airborne, ‘America’s Honor Guard’. Billed charmingly at the top of the front cover as: ‘INSIDE THE SORDID PORN SCANDAL THAT’S ROCKING… Read More »Mark Simpson’s Inside Story on the US Army’s Gay Porn Scandal