Right, Deli Pickup, Senorita Chien de los Perros (meaning, approximately and politely, Miss Dog of the Dogs) and street names playing off of Beach and Buch (they sound like 'bitch' and 'butch,' no?). Who knew that although drag queens usually employ sexual innuendo or humor in their stage names, it is strikingly uncommon for male gay porn stars to do so? Apparently, bland names are perceived to be more attractive.īutters delivered a paper on names in gay-themed novels before Stonewall, the 1969 riot that brought national attention to the gay rights movement, with names as heavily symbolic as Mr. In the 'Queer Names' panel alone, vast stores of cultural information were mined from, for instance, the methodical study of gay male porn names. Issues tackled at the conference speak to how many things can be discerned from studying names - chosen names, given names, place names, product names, names in fiction and names in history.
