Why are poppers popular with gay men
Poppers: A short history
A legal grey zone
In March , New Zealand moved to make all poppers prescription-only, largely to bring our popper laws in-line with Australia. Previously, poppers existed in a grey area. They weren’t legal per se, but you could buy them at places like sex stores, often sold under-the-counter as ‘leather cleaner’ or ‘room odoriser’.
Now, people demand to have a prescription to access poppers. But it’s not as straightforward as getting your surgeon to write a prescription then heading down to the pharmacy to select them up – that’s if you’re even relaxed talking to your medic about the intimate details of your sex life.
The supposed main reason poppers were made available by prescription-only was to produce sure people were getting an approved product from an approved supplier. But Medsafe hasn't authorised any suppliers, meaning people possess to buy poppers online and ship them to New Zealand from overseas, without any guarantee of what they're actually getting.
When Customs halts the incoming little brown bottles, people must show their prescription for Customs
The twisty, titillating, controversial history of same-sex attracted sex drug poppers
You'll recognize it if you smell it. "Nail polish remover with a hint of permanent marker." "Photo chemicals." "It's hard to detail the smell, but I know I hate it."
These Reddit users – of the subreddit "Ask Gay Men" – are talking about poppers, alkyl nitrite inhalants that many same-sex attracted men sniff from little bottles in order to perceive euphoric on the dance floor and/or loosen up before anal sex. They may "hate" the smell, but that isn't stopping them, either.
"It's just a momentary high appreciate that's like a minute- or two long, every period you sniff," says Adam Zmith, composer of "Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Gay Futures."
Poppers as a gay sex drug dates back to the s in the U.S. People joke that you can smell the poppers "through the screen" when perusing social media footage of gay men jiving, gyrating. Troye Sivan's song "Rush," for example, shares a name with a poppers brand.
But that euphoric, sexual feeling – which comes from sniffing chemical compounds called nitrites – isn't always so euphoric or
Poppers are not for gays only!
Talking about poppers substance, associating this widely used substance with the LGBTQ community is so cliché. How come people think that poppers have to be akin to male homosexuals? Is that true?Poppers and gay men, really? No, poppers are not only for gays.
These little recreational bottles have a longstanding history of misconceptions, stereotypes, and misplaced assumptions about who uses them and why. Poppers (amyl, pentyl or propyl nitrite) associated strictly with the gay community overlook their broader appeal and reinforce outdated stereotypes. So, in this article, let’s find out what poppers products are, where this myth came from, do lgbtq+ poppers exist and why it’s high time to bust it.
How did poppers nitrites become popular?
First, you have to know that it was originally an alkyl nitrite used for people suffering from heart problems and especially for treating anginas. It was a Frenchman named Jérôme Balard who was the first to synthesize this liquid substance, now called recreational poppers. It was a bit later that people
Poppers
What's the Score?
Poppers are also known as: amyl/butyl/isobutyl nitrite, amyl (especially in Australia, where it's promounced 'ammul'), aromas and by brand names favor Liquid Gold, Rush, etc. They're often (but wrongly) called 'nitrates', which is a similar, but other chemical.
Poppers are a liquid made from chemicals from the alkyl nitrite family. The name comes from the days when they came in glass capsules that popped when broken open.
Sex on Poppers
Poppers can create you feel horny, reduce your inhibitions and craft orgasms feel stronger. Because they relax the sphincter (the muscle in the arse hole) poppers can make it easier to be fucked or fisted. They can cause a man to lose his hard-on too.
Research shows poppers might play an important role in HIV being passed on. The reasons could be:
- poppers can lower inhibitions, making unsafe sex more likely
- there's a bigger peril of the arse bleeding (poppers expand blood vessels inside the arse)
- and/or poppers might make the immune system weaker for a short time