The first film to depict gay and bisexual sex is the french film Le ménage moderne du Madame Butterfly, produced and released in 1920. The history of gay pornographic film harkens back to the early 1900s.
While sodomy laws did much to stifle gay pornography as it depicted illegal and, at the time, immoral and repugnant acts that the production or possession of could result in incarceration, rejection, and even violence or death, gay men are a plucky bunch. By capitalizing on the newest technologies and zig-zagging to meet the demand and tastes of consumers, the porn industry never goes stale. Since man started painting on cave walls and sketching on papyrus, there has always been a subset using these mediums to capture the allure of handsome men. The gay adult entertainment industry is one that continually innovates, and vintage gay porn is no exception.
