The Gay Side of PornHub; An Opinion Piece

Welcome to the gay side of PornHub. It has all the steamy action of the leading site but is full of cuties doing the do under a rainbow flag. This side of PornHub also has the same fun categories like public, POV, Fetish, and vintage. It's even complete with a dashing rainbow under its logo, which is a nice touch. Several other porn sites like TubeRed, YouPorn, Thumbzilla, and Xtube follow this example. They all have a separate site labelled as gay.

Some say it's a step in the right direction for the LGBTQA+ community. There are several advancements in awareness, acceptance and legal protection. It's a good way for the community to get recognized. In a business sense, it works for PornHub as well. This is a smart move on the part of PornHub's marketing manager to connect with the LGBTQA+ hype. Besides, it makes sense for PornHub to favour all kinds of sexuality. PornHub is based on intimacy and sexuality. What's more intimate than the motto "love is love"?

It seems like a step in the right direction for online representation of LGBTQA+. Unfortunately, it's a single step for a single letter in the LGBTQA+ acronym. PornHub gay isn't as inclusive as one would hope. On the gay side of PornHub, there are several penises but not a single clitoris to be found. Gay porn, according to PornHub, does not include lesbian porn or bisexual porn or any gay porn other than men on men. This doesn't make sense, as lesbian porn was the most searched and most-watched category on PornHub in 2016, according to PornHub insights. Lesbian…