You can get condoms designed specifically for anal sex (they’re stronger than regular ones) and combined with water-based lubes and silcone-based lubes, this is the easiest way to avoid infections from anal sex.

It was listening to Years & Years’ new song “Sanctify,” and seeing the band’s out gay singer Olly Alexander talk about how the song was inspired his sexual trysts with straight men, that I realized that these feelings are way more common than people let on. Sure, I know all about gay guys having sex with straight guys, but it felt reassuring to see him describe the “saint and sinner role” he embodied during those experiences, and to hear the uncertainty and melancholy weaved into the song. BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! - The Magazine will be officially launched at the "BOYS! BOYS! BOYS!" exhibition at Fahey Klein Gallery in Los Angeles from June 10 -- June 30. There will be further events worldwide including during Photo London in September. If you’re not really aroused or in the mood for butt stuff, then you’re going to struggle to enjoy anal sex.

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Any self-respecting gay man keeps wet wipes or toilet wipes around for this very reason. Make sure to polish off the outside as well as the inside. A person should always try and relax before inserting anything into their anus. Feeling comfortable and relaxed will help the anal sphincter to loosen. A sphincter is a ring of muscle that can relax or tighten to open or close passages in the body. To stimulate the prostate from the sale of each magazine goes to charities supporting the LGBTQ+ community and fighting the HIV / AIDS epidemic. For a short while he was free of the sense of dread of what might befall him next, which hay have been a kindness, given what was in store for him.

When Jordan objected, a further strip of tape was placed over his mouth, effectively silencing him. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (or PrEP) is also a drug that many gay men take for their sex lives. This medication works by making it incredibly difficult to catch HIV in a life-threatening manner. The whole thing went down near the end of my freshman year at a party, at which people from the whole dorm floor were drunk and celebrating, carelessly streaming in and out of each other’s rooms, following the various different pop songs until one room took their fancy. I can remember, although I'd had some drinks, sitting alone in my friend’s room on a single bed, the mattress overly springy and with a coarse plastic coating, attempting to stream a song over our dorm’s spotty Internet connection.These are all questions Manta recommends having before jumping into any kind of play, including anal. It’s particularly important to lay down whether rimming is going to be the ‘main event’ or if penetrative anal sex (or another kind of play) is the destination. Not everyone who explores rimming will want this to progress to intercourse, but misconceptions can lead to assumptions in the bedroom, so it’s best everyone is clear. Anal play can be amazing or downright painful, depending on how you approach it. If you’ve got a prostate, you might just have the best orgasm of your life.