The Manhattan Review of Unnatural Acts
Web: http://straight-to-hell.net
Straight
to Hell is a legend in the world of erotica. Conceived and founded by cult
writer Boyd McDonald in the early 1970s, it has continued unabated until today
and is now at issue 66.
It
is an unusual magazine as it still continues much as when it began, mixing radical
political, explicit sexuality, one handed personal stories and incisive humour
and wit. It has continued to be an underground voice for honest and uncensored sexuality
without the political correctness and niceties that pass for journalism in the
wider “gay” community.
The
simple concept of Straight to Hell remains unchanged: via a New York City P.O.
box, readers are invited to send their accounts of true sexual experiences to
the editor.
The
resulting magazines (and small books) represent a diverse library of bizarre,
funny, scary, and horny stories documenting the real sex lives of a wide range
of men – detailing a continuous chronology spanning nearly a century. This is queer
sex as it really is, not packaged and marketed for a audience, but brutal,
honest and down and dirty !
This review will appear in Volume 2 No.3
(2009) of the digital and print edition of Synergy Magazine.
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