I used Craigslist to have sex more often than I should have, but still less than some. Craigslist is a marvelous creation: I’ve found shitty jobs there, sold furniture and electronics and spent the Mondays after Gay Pride in hysterics over the m4m Missed Connections. But when it came to sex, nothing ever worked out for me the way it did for everyone else. Or they’re liars. more

I’VE NEVER BEEN a member of Manhunt, Adam4Adam or any of those online sex sites geared for horny gay guys. Mostly because I’ve always been terrified of a co-worker or acquaintance giggling over my photos or my profile, but also because I freeze up when confronted with the prospect of going to a stranger’s apartment for sex or, worse, having someone from the Internet come to my place. The handful of times I got laid via Craigslist, I hid knives in strategic locations all over the apartment. Clearly, I wasn’t cut out for online sex. Porn stores, however, turned out to be a different matter. more