Gay pup culture
In recent years, the world of kink lifestyles and subcultures has gained increasing attention. Kink is a general term that includes various expressions of unconventional or non-traditional sexual desires. This encompasses a wide array of practices, including power dynamics, intense sensations/stimuli, role-playing and more.
One such form of role-play that is often misunderstood is known as pup play. Pups are consenting adults who roleplay by dressing and acting as young canines, or pups.
We are researchers within nutrition and health analyze with a focus on diverse gender and sexualities. In this project called Puppy Philms, we seek to more deeply get how meanings ascribed to bodies are socially constructed for same-sex attracted, bisexual, transgender and queer men within the pup community.
For this project, we used a method called cellphilming. The designation cellphilm was coined to illustrate films made with cell phones. We worked with pups who created cellphilms to learn more about their community, particularly how being a pup might assist people navigate body-image concerns.
We recruit
Photos by Rachel Robinson
Already the howls leak onto 12th Street. And as you pass through the heavy black doors of San Francisco&#;s go-to homosexual biker hangout, The Eagle, the scene that greets you isn&#;t the expected handful of dudes inaudibly gathered at the prevent to catch the Warriors game. It&#;s more enjoy a rave at the SPCA.
Bare-assed except for tail-shaped butt plugs and Nasty Pig jock straps, sporting custom leather puppy masks and MMA mitts, several go-go boys hop and fidget to Berlin techno above the packed crowd. Huge cutouts of snarling pooches and giant bones loom over the dance floor. On the back patio, a hunky daddy dressed to the leather nines sits in a large chair, reading a newspaper, puffing a fat stogie, and resting his feet on a coiled human pup, who excitedly chews on a squeaky SpongeBob. A bootblack and a barber, both dressed only in latex aprons, ply their grooming trades with fanatical skill. Over in the corner a big cage rattles, as the human pups inside bark and throw themselves against the bars.
This is Pound Puppy, the monthly party that&#;s quic
Interacting with Pups
by Sparky
The big event season is underway, from the large national events like IML to the local or regional events and contests. In all of these events, given how many boys own been finding their inner pup, you are bound to run into a pup or two… or dozens.
Nearly every pup I recognize that has gone out in headsacpe in public has some story of a bad encounter. For myself the first time I ever wore my tail out at an event, MAL, a trip across the lobby floor left me with one sore ass from all the men grabbing my tail. What I hoped to be a fun nighttime as a pup ended with a very painful removal of the tail and my ass off limits for a week while I healed. Too many hard yanks by packs of guys who felt they had a right to draw my tail. Brain you, it wasn’t the entire event’s fault, just a couple of people.
Still, was a drawn-out time since I tried that again.
I have been collecting stories from pups out there with similar experiences; they gave me their impressions of what it was love to go to larger events fond IML, MAL, MIR, Dore or Movement parades. Or their local le
Pup play: Behind the sexual fetish, a caring community
Olivier Ferlatte
Credit:A research undertaking sheds light on the body image benefits of pup play, a role play in which people pretend to be dogs.
Pup play is a role-playing game in which humans adopt canine characteristics and behaviours: wearing dog masks, barking, crawling on all fours, drinking from a bowl, play-fighting with other pups and engaging in other dog-like activities.
While still a niche subculture, its visibility is growing, particularly among gay, bisexual, non-binary and queer (GBTQ) men. Pup play has its roots in BDSM (bondage and discipline, domination and submission, sadomasochism) and particularly the leather community, but it is more a social and community-building task than a sexual practice.
Olivier Ferlatte, a professor in the School of Universal Health at Université de Montréal and a mental health researcher specializing in LGBTQ+ communities, and his colleague Phillip Joy from Mount Saint Vincent University looked at the benefits of pup play for the body image of its practition