ARTICLES & FICTION
8 "GETTING LAID IN BANGKOK"
By Gary Shellhart
28 "CONVERSATION WITH JOHN GLINES"
By Alan R. Yoffee
44 "SAFE SEX VIDEOS"
By Ted Underwood
48 "SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES"
By Patrick McGehee
52 "J.D. Slater: NO LIMITS"
By Robert W. Richards
68 "TO BE YOUNG, GIFTED, BLACK, GAY & OBESE"
By George Heymont VISUALS
15 "CODY"
From Hand in Hand Films
23 "OUTBURST!"
By Naakkve
37 "UP SCALE"
From Malexpress Studios
63 "BRAD HABIT"
By Domenick Land
71 "OVERSIZE LOAD"
From Surge Studios MONTHLY FEATURES
4 QUICKIES
11 ROUNDUP (Film, Books, Theatre, Music)
20 LETTERS TO CASEY
32 VIDEO VIEWS
58 CONTACTS EDITORIAL
Where does no risk end and low risk begin? In this age of contagion. when "safe
sex" is being redefined on an almost daily basis. what dare we believe,
what dare we do?
If there may be a chance of the contraceptive breaking, do we refrain from intercourse?
If there may be a' chance of the virus in pre-cum. do we lick only the shaft?
If there may be a chance of the virus in saliva. do we stop kissing? If there
may be a chance that a masturbatory orgasm could fly into a partner's open cut,
do we only masturbate a cappella?
These questions came to mind recently at a dinner party where a friend of mine
— who has tested positive and knows that the antibodies are in his system
— announced that he was leaving early to go to a meeting of his friendly
neighborhood JO Club. To me. it sounded like a very responsible way of dealing
with both his sexual needs and those of the gay community at large.
Another guest at that dinner party. however, was horrified. My friend spelled
out the ground rules he had laid down for himself: that he would not allow any
one else to touch his erection. certainly would not indulge in either oral or
anal intercourse. and ultimately would shoot on the floor and go home alone.
This seemed to horrify the other guest even more. His response: "But what
if someone else at the JO Club were to drop his keys or a cigarette lighter,
and what if t hey were to fall on the floor, and what if they were to land in
his cum, and what if the guy who picked up the keys or lighter were to have
a hangnail or cut on his hand? Would you want to be responsible for infecting
him?'
My friend responded. "And what if you were to walk Jut the door and get
run over by a car? The odds are about the same." Then. off he went to the
JO Club.
Here. we are not talking about the difference between low risk and high —
which is a different matter altogether. Here. we are looking for the striations
of risk. Each man is a sexual creature. and he must not deny this fact or he
might well end up like another friend of mine who was celibate for six torturously
long months. only to fall off his wagon one night with a safeless, thoughtless
thud somewhat reminiscent ofJohn Rechy's Numbers. Each of us must define his
perimeters for himself: but too stringent measures can sometimes be as risky
as too careless ones.
Jerry Douglas
Editor
