Seeing gays and lesbians in the mainstream media was still a rarity, and other parts of the queer spectrum were basically invisible.įour Star had a nickname on campus: “Porn Star Video.” The reason for this, other than having a literal porn section (which… who cares?) was that they also had a more innocuously-named “International” section where an enterprising young queer could find softcare Euro porn. This was before Will and Grace, before In & Out (the movie, not the burger). At that point in my life, the only “gay media” that I had consumed regularly were Absolutely Fabulous on Comedy Central and watching DiC’s Sailor Moon dub every morning before school.
While I had been out of the closet for two years at that point, college meant hassle-free time and space to watch and enjoy whatever I liked.Īnd I had a hunger, believe me. Back in the day, when I was too broke to have a DVD player of my own and Netflix was years away, the renting of VHS tapes on the regular was a key thing for me. As a college freshman at the University of Wisconsin in 1996, I was fortunate enough to have access to a video rental place called Four Star Video Heaven.
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