Hardcore gay sex is defined as sex between two males or two females that involves any type of penetration. Up until the AIDS epidemic, hardcore gay sex was free, fun, and although taboo, was a real part of sexual culture. Hardcore gay sex has changed since then in many ways, and all ways are for the better.
In 1981, the Center for Disease Control determined that the virus that caused AIDS was transmitted through the sharing of bodily fluids, including semen, blood, and vaginal secretions. The HIV virus also is shared when people share hypodermic needles. In the 1980s, the fear that the AIDS virus would take the lives of millions of people, especially gay males, changed the face of hardcore sex and hardcore gay sex forever. The industry of hardcore gay sex entertainment was at the forefront of promoting AIDS awareness, thanks to the public supporters of both hardcore gay sex and safer sex, like the legendary Al Parker.
In the days before AIDS reared its deadly head, no one in the adult film business would ever wear a condom during filming, and the public thought only to wear condoms as a form of birth control. As the AIDS crisis mounted, the porno film studios began having their actors wear condoms to support safe sex. Fans took notice of the change, and though it took a long time, nowadays almost every current porno flick, hardcore gay sex or otherwise, has actors donning condoms. It became commonly thought that not wearing a condom was a selfish way that many newcomers to the business gained popularity, because there were still those fans of hardcore gay sex films that did not like watching porn with condoms. Some people still enjoyed the bareback movies because it is all about dangerous and forbidden sex, which is attractive to people.
Once the use of condoms in hardcore gay sex films became the cool thing to see in 1992, the birth of bareback categories emerged, referring to those movies who had their actors and actresses having sexual intercourse without any condom being used. Many of the adult video stores and movie businesses refused to rent or sell bareback movies that were made after 1992, in an effort to do their part for the AIDS awareness movement.
While most people supported the hardcore gay sex industrys decision to encourage the use of condoms, the forbidden riskiness that bareback films bring their fans are hard to get rid of, especially now that VHS tapes, VCRs, blu ray discs, and DVDs are making it easy for a comeback. Old bareback hardcore gay sex movies that had been stuck on reels and 8 mm films are being transferred to digital means of media, which is giving rise to a comeback of those hardcore gay sex films that are now referred to as bareback films.
