![]() "I didn't really realize how much of an affect I had on other Asian men until I started working with PeterFever," he says. The way he sees it, there's a long way to go, but he's noticed a perceptible shift in the industry within the last few years towards diversifying mainstream depictions of gay Asian roles. In 2009, he says "it was hard for me to connect as an Asian man with people who were filming porn at that time. The studio's mission was a big reason he returned to the industry last year, after taking a nearly decade-long hiatus. On screen, with his shaved head and tattoo-adorned body, the 48-year-old cuts a domineering figure. It's a lot of fun to see life from both sides and be able to flip back and forth and have that fluidity." "I just sort of fell into those roles, until I realized that I wasn't comfortable in those roles and then kind of evolved into topping more. Growing up in the '90s, he identified exclusively as a bottom, spurred in part by mostly white partners who expected him to be "more into the servitude of them, rather than being pleasured myself," he says. The LA-based Canadian-born pornstar Damian Dragon, who's part Northern Indian, Japanese, and South Pacific Islander, has experienced similar assumptions. "It took me years to realize that it wasn't that I wasn't attracted to Asian men, it was that I wasn't attracted to a pixelated dick in a gas mask." "The heroes who ran some of those Gay Asian porn blogs would find stuff outside of the normal channels," says Joel. Instead, Joel turned to Tumblr, one of the few platforms he found that hosted relatable depictions of gay Asian men. I know if I search 'wrestling' in Pornhub, I won't just happen to see that." How would that change how he thought? Sometimes I want to see two fucking jacked Asian men wrestle in singlets. I wish some kid going through the 'Bear' tab could just happen to see an Asian guy in that mix. "I think for me, it's about not only the racial diversity, but the genre diversity. "That kind of casual diversity really did affect how my real world tastes began to shape," he says. ![]() When he got to college, stumbling onto videos featuring black and Latino men under tabs like "BDSM," "Military," and "Tattoo" helped expand his desire.
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