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Part of the allure of the titles from the 1970s, said Romesburg, has to do with their chronicling a world pre-AIDS when using a condom wasn't a do-or-die sexual choice. There is something titillating about the underground culture that one can imagine circulating around them." "Obviously, back then was a time of extreme homophobia in our society and there is a kind of innocence to them. "At that time it harkened back to this time of squeaky clean, healthy muscular guys in posing straps," he said of when the craze first began in the 1990s. That is the big thing."ĭon Romesburg, a gay man who is an associate professor of women and gender studies at Sonoma State University, said for a long time there has been an interest in the physique magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. "It is far enough away to seem exotic and there are no condoms. "Certainly, there is real interest in the 1970s," said Dunphy. Six months ago the couple expanded their online site to better feature their collection. Trent Dunphy, who co-owns The Magazine on Larkin Street with his partner of 40 years, Bob Mainardi, also has noticed increased interest in porn magazines of the past. "People want it because there is an innocence there." "Frankly, it was the literature of the day," said Batt, whose reaches a national market of collectors by posting items for sale on eBay under the handle DaddySF. These early magazines served more as general interest gay publications than pure porn rags. One highly sought after title is After Dark, which reads more as a national arts magazine with photos of naked men sprinkled amongst its pages. There was a time I didn't buy it because I didn't think there was a market for it. "It has become increasingly more a part of my business. They want to find out what went on before you could see hardcore porn everywhere," said Batt, who has owned the shop for 16 years. "People are getting a sense of our identity and history. Auto Erotica owner Patrick Batt has seen an uptick in customers, especially younger gay guys, coming to his 18th Street location looking for such magazines. Karkoska isn't alone in finding the material collectible, say owners of stores that sell vintage porn titles.
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Patrick Batt points to vintage gay porn available at his Auto Erotica shop in the Castro. "It is so fascinating to get to go back and read it." "So much stuff in gay culture is expressed through there," he said. Titles such as Vector served as gay versions of Time or Newsweek, he said. The magazines' mix of nude pictorials and reporting on gay issues of the day intrigued Karkoska. "It is sort of like a treasure hunt," Karkoska said. He began searching out stores around town for more such titles and soon found himself browsing through the pages of now defunct publications like Vector, QQ (short for Queen's Quarterly, and Blue Boy. I did some research and found out how rare and collectible they are," recalled Karkoska, who grew up in Texas. His hobby began eight years ago when he moved to San Francisco and the thrift store enthusiast happened upon a set of gay pulp novels. Back in the day I am sure it seemed dirty, but now it is quaint. "In the 1970s was when gay culture came of age. They also have fashion spreads and articles you get a reflection of what life might have been like back then," said Karkoska, whose club persona is DJ Dank. "The magazines are not all photos of naked men.
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He also has acquired hundreds of pulp fiction books. Karkoska, 47, has amassed a personal library of several hundred magazines from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Once a week DJ and club producer Dan Karkoska browses the selection of vintage gay porn titles at Castro store Auto Erotica looking for new additions to his collection.