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Rough-Trade Porn, After David Hurles
This essay traces the evolution of rough-trade porn, and how masculinity, labor, and instability come into view when sex is transactional and…
 • Kelvin Blunt
What Exactly Is Rough Trade: Bad Boys, Working Men, and Forbidden Fantasy
Bad boys, working men, and the fantasy of rough trade—where desire, class, and masculinity collide. From Polari slang to pulp fiction, hustlers, and gay…
 • Kelvin Blunt
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…
 • Kelvin Blunt
Notes on What’s Coming Ahead
A look at what’s coming next on Str8 No Chaser and why slow, thoughtful writing still matters. Photo by Tyree Washington on Unsplash.
 • Kelvin Blunt
By the Time I Got to San Francisco: Inside the Making of My David Hurles Essay
A Return to the Hustler Haunts of David Hurles. A behind-the-scenes walk through San Francisco’s rough-trade past: queer bars raided, hotels…
 • Kelvin Blunt
Str8 No Chaser Podcast: Season 1 Finale (Episodes 5 & 6)
Str8 No Chaser® exists to uncover cultural narratives around masculinity, erotic labor, and the often contradictory ways we construct identity…
 • Kelvin Blunt
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.
 • Kelvin Blunt
Loving Vincent: On What Kept Van Gogh Alive
A visit to the Van Gogh Museum becomes a meditation on art, endurance, and the quiet struggle to stay alive—long before recognition arrives, and long…
 • Kelvin Blunt
Incoming: November Is Going To Be Str8 No Chaser
From the Van Gogh Museum to the history of trade, rough trade porn, November is going to be Str8 No Chaser. Photo by Kevin Maenetsa on Pexels.
 • Kelvin Blunt
Str8 No Chaser
Str8 No Chaser
Str8 No Chaser exists to uncover cultural narratives around masculinity, erotic labor, and the often contradictory ways we construct identity, sexuality, and masculinity.
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