'That made me quite popular among the gay bear and chub subcultures within the LGBTQ community and fan base. Which I still regularly do now,' he said. 'As an out and proud bisexual man, I’d done plenty of all-male scenes with other guys.

BHM isn't limited to straight porn or heterosexual fans, either.īHM performer and content creator Rex Behr, who also considers himself a bear, said that the move toward the BHM label was a natural progression. Bears have been around for a long time, as has queer porn that's welcomed and championed a wide spectrum of body types. Bears include barrel-chested, hairy, or muscular men, and chubs are usually just plain corpulent guys. The rise in camming and independent modeling platforms has opened up a new world of body types, sexual expressions, and fetishes that studios rarely allowed or accounted for.īig Handsome Men are sometimes seen as the straight side of 'bears' and 'chubs,' two categories of talent that exists within the gay porn world. But in the last five years or so, that standard has shifted. Male talent like Lexington Steel, Rocco Siffredi, and Johnny Sins have risen to fame at least partially because of their fantasy-level physiques. For decades, much of mainstream porn has been dominated by big dicks and abs that could grate cheese.