55-Yr Old Gay Escort: "I Do This As A Community Service."
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
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As a gay man who came out in 1976, I watched my near entire friend group die young. By 92 they were all gone, save me and my monogamous boyfriend. If the young guys think that hell is not something that can reoccur, they are not only blind but stupid. Thanks for your content and focus MC. 💜🌈💜💋
I'm sorry to hear that.
Thank God for condoms. They help prevent more than just HIV. Especially nowadays.
🙌 Preach. I was a kiddo who lost many a family friend living in SF. I talk to the younger queer generation now, and they’re mostly oblivious/ignorant to our traumatic history. Not all, but most. It needs to be taught to all of our youth.
I came out in 1981, right as HIV/AIDS began picking up speed. By 1991 the disease had taken out at least half my friend group. By 2006 they were all gone. I understand your pain and loss, but it's hard for those that didn't live through it to understand the anger, fear, pain, and loss thee community experienced.
@@balesjoThere will be a second wave. I wasn't alive when this happened, but I can assure you that my generation doesn't care about disease. Gay or straight. I'm afraid to date anyone.
Hugs. I lost nine loved ones and went to many funerals. It felt like all we did was go to funerals.
Thank you SO MUCH for spending time talking about the AIDS crisis. I was a little girl in the 90’s living in SF when it happened, and I can’t tell you how many (GROUP) funerals/memorials I went to for my parents’ friends who were robbed of their lives. The new generation needs to be aware so we don’t repeat the same mistakes.
Thank you for sharing. I was a small child and would watch this on the news.
@@zzizahacallar It was scary. It really was. I was lucky to have a family that was so supportive of the queer community- a lot of men my dad worked with were friends of our family. One of them lived around the corner from us and died in that home with his partner. I remember when he started to really deteriorate and couldn’t stop by for dinner parties anymore. We would drive past their house to go to school everyday, always wondering and worried about his last days. RIP to my beloved’s, Donny and Marty- Castro legends.
I was in NYC and born early 80s and I can concur. It was a very melancholic time. I’ve been in the Bay now 15yrs and you’d expect we still talk about that time but we don’t. Thankful for YT creators like Matt, IG accts like AIDS Memorial.
Tragic man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@GVVed right? There was an event at the National AIDS Memorial Grove in GG Park last Sunday, which I sadly missed due to traffic 😞 Damn SF parking!! But we need more events like that to educate our youth and to continue to honour and remember those who lost their lives to this horrific disease.
If you weren't there in the 80-90s when AIDS arrived, you'll never understand. It was a very long time and we lost so many wonderful people. As well, we saw just how hateful people can be if they think they can defend it.
scary
Very well said….i”m 71 now and was in my very early 30s when AIDS came around. I lost many friends and acquaintances. You so right…no one will ever understand the era. God rest all that left us.🙏
That’s right .
So true..I was 18 in 1989 and terrified to even get into a relationship just because I didn’t want to die.S*x was scary. Married an hiv positive man anyway but it didn’t work out..Now I’m 53 and happily married for 25 years..Life is good but it came at a cost..
FACTS. Just for context, I’m a straight woman from Long Beach and in 1989, just after my 18th birthday I began volunteering at what’s was coined as an “AIDS house”. Men who we’re literally dying of AIDS were housed in extremely cramped conditions in houses that were barely habitable. There were several very sick men in a small shared space. They were tossed aside and cast from society where no one “had” to be near them for fear of contracting HIV. These men desperately needed food and toiletries and medicine and love and compassion. We brought them every thing we could and hung out and talked and read to them and they were so extremely appreciative. I felt more love from those men. ❤
A harrowing reminder of the AIDS epidemic and friends lost at that time. We should never forget.
I came out in 1987 (age:21-22), and we are the generation that had the life scared out of us.
So true, I came out about the same year (age 18) and I'm finally realizing in my 50's how much internalized fear I had about intimacy. I was always very out and proud...but I just created a world where that aspect of my life didn't exist.
well it was always scary during most times throughout history, seeing how it would be a death sentence from society
@@magnusgranskau7487you don't know what you're talking about
Hear, hear! To borrow from Dickens: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."
I,came out from a farm town in texas of 8000. It was hard to deal with rocks thown at me and called the f word in highschool in 85. I, moved to dallas in 87 and have been here since then.
Matt in the sling is LIFE
I was laughing so loud. Like a kid in a candy shop enjoying himself 😂
I ❤ how Daddy didn't care what his family thought. He lives his life for himself.
Very handsome, charming gentleman… LOOOVE all your videos Matt!!! ✨💖🏳️🌈✨
This was an excellent interview.
Its sad when parents cant accept their good children and cut ties because of alternative lifestyles.
Love Mr. kristopher and Amp. As a straight woman in her late 40s, his discussion of what life was like in the early 90s was eye opening! I was too young to FULLY understand what was going on and how scary that time was.
I was a kid in the Deep South. I remember a big AIDS quilt on the White House lawn(?) and Magic Johnson announcing he had AIDS but that's
About it. I don't think it was televised like that or maybe it went over my head at that time.
@@AMKLAX She would have been a teen girl. It’s not like they taught it in schools.
I’m a straight woman age 65 , married 41 yrs ,our daughter is gay and married to a great woman , I watch things to learn .Thank you for sharing your life experiences 🌹🌹
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Thank you for finally coming to my city! We have so many amazing queer folks here who would love to share their stories with you!
I have never clicked on a video so fast. I love all of Mr. Kristofer and Amp's videos.. I am so glad you have them on your channel... Your videos are my favorite..
I am a straight cis woman so I know I’m not the normal demographic. But I absolutely love love love these videos and the people you interview. Thank you for helping to educate others and show the beauty in every single person you make a video with!!! So so much love and support 💜💙
AIDS took so many I loved. It felt all we did was go to funerals. I was a Buddy for the Inland AIDS Project and it broke my heart to see some of the guys pass without anyone in their family present. For those considering having kids and parents that may be watching, love your children unconditionally and if you can't do that, you shouldn't be having children! Don't have them or realize that kiddo you have is the same baby you had from the second you are born. My daughter is a trans woman and she is my joy. I am so damn proud of her and she's the best person I know. Since she might see this, I love you Rose! I send out free mom hugs.
I'm a straight cis woman and the gay history is so moving that anyone with half a heart should be an ally.
You’re not a cis woman. You’re a woman.
I'm a black straight male, they hate us.
Me too. I'm a straight mom of 4 grown boys in lousiana. The gay community, lifestyle is so interesting.
What's funny is I personally as a cis straight woman have always been so puritanical.. I'm VERY inhibited.. but I absolutely love the community because they seem so free and uninhibited.. definitely an ally.. and in reference to the thumbnail.. it's like all s_x workers are doing a community service ?! Right ?!
Did you really just gender pronoun yourself? How declassee'~. I'm very offended that you think YOU can decide what your gender is.
Mr Kristopher!!! He’s iconic! ❤
Completely
I'm so Glad you added that audio from the press briefing, because there are so many people who really don't get how much they Did Not Give a Fck!
Matt was living for the BDSM stuff 😂
15:43 😂😂😂
He was so turned on and I'm living for it 😂
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He’s so fabulous and handsome, another great interview Matt 👏🏻
Thanks for your work documenting the queer community. Unpleasant and harrowing gay histories that I'm learning about were actual unpleasant and harrowing realities for so many others. Rights can be subverted, undermined and denied. Vote at all levels in local, state and national elections. ❤
That audio of the white house was horrific
That was only one incident. Trust me, there were more horrific comments on that subject coming out of The White House.
@@rdbwdc774 I believe that
The laughter is what pissed me off……
@@joemcgowan5372 I completely agree. People showed their character.
It was not just the White House, it was like that at governmental level in so many places. What annoys me the most is that includes some of the top Public Health researchers on HIV, and that attitude held back science by at least a decade.
Thankyou for doing this story Matt. Mr Kristofer is an international community leader for the gay kink community. 🖤
Omg it’s Daddy!!! Love him and Amp. As a straight woman, I still love their channels and what they do.
hearing that footage of the president making the AIDS epidemic a joke really touched me in a profound way. I can't imagine living in that time and watching all your friends die around you just to turn and hear how easy it is for others to dismiss their lives away like they didn't matter. It's so nice that we still have members of the community still around who can tell us their stories
Loved this episode as I follow Watts The Safe Word, too, Thank you for documenting our queer history, Matt. You have such a great way of getting people to open up to you and share their stories. And the most beautiful eyes. Happy Pride!
I am so excited as a kinky gal that is disabled but learned so much about kink from pup amp and christopher! Thank you for this!
I remember 1989 / 1991 in SF. Lovely guys and virtually none now left of those I knew. So much of that personal history gone. That is one hell of a collection Mr K. This man is a treasure.
53 year old here and this brings back memories, thank you for this interview.
Thank you for this interview🙏 I also lost friends on AIDS and it was really a hard time until there comes a medical treatment and the condom (now we have PREP, but this protects us from getting hiv, but not of getting, Clamydia, Gonorrhoe, Syphilis and so on).I thank all the people, who fought for their right and against discrimination. Homophobia is a very bad thing ! I hope the tolerance will grow 🌈 more and more🙏
It's so easy as young people to forget what was happening even a year before our birth. The 80's and 90's were truly a living hell that we should be much more active in preventing during our lives. Thank you so much for your work, Matt!
Best interview ever. I love Daddy and Amp.
thank you Matt for interviewing so many icons on your channel! love and so proud of you! 👏🏼👏🏼🩷🩷
Happy PRIDE month! I shared your video in my community. You are amazing and I applaud you. Handicapable Black Woman
Giving the community a platform is 💯👍🏻🌈🌈🌈love from New Zealand and Australia
Heartbreaking to see the way the gay community was treated in the 80-90s,to hear that tape and the way they laughed is sickening.Great video ❤️🌻
Okay, so this will probably blow your mind, but I am a 47 female widow and I just LOVE your content. It is ALWAYS so interesting and entertaining. You have a wonderful personality and interview style that really puts your subjects at ease. I appreciate your work and look forward to watching each new video you put out. Keep up the great work 😊
Yeah, I'm sure that just blows his mind. You're so special. 🙄
You are really handsome and talented!
Thanks a lot for sharing, really great job! 👍😄👏
@bodelaire6395 You are most welcome!
I would love a Friend like Him! We all need a Good person in Our Lives like Mr. Kristopher
He is so fun! And funny.
At first, I turned up my nose at this video however, I watched it and my reaction was wow this person really has something to say about life experience.
Love Mr Kristopher.. He just seems so nice to be around... I'd be so very shy meeting him in person.. and of course so handsome! I've enjoyed watching him and Amp together..
I was moved to hear about the candlelight vigil. Thank you for all those who fought for what we younger gay men have today. You are beautiful and loved.
I feel that you should make separate video from 6:06 to around 11:00. The conversation in that one section is so powerful, and I genuinely want to share it because of its power
I love Chris and Amp they radiate so much light, even though I’m not kinkay i watch every video they post since i can remember
What a fascinating video about Mr. Kristofer, and I look forward to your follow-up with Amp Pup. Personally, I am as vanilla as it comes regarding to my proclivities. What Mr. Kristofer engages in is definitely outside my personal taste and realm. But I respect others’ kinks and likes, and it’s always interesting to hear their insights and perspectives. I’m a year younger than Mr. Kristofer and have lived that San Francisco life since the 1990’s, too, having come out back then. It was quite an interesting period as the gay community adjusted from the AIDS crisis to becoming educationally aware and sexually safe within the community. In that aspect, guys like Mr. Kristofer and I have witnessed and learned from a lot (even though I don’t know him) within the community. Also, what a sweet picture of your sister and you! So glad you got out to the city of my birth and enjoyed it!
Matt was LIVING !!!!😂😂😂the look on his face throughout the video is adorable 😂 shocked but so intrigued
MR. KRISTOPHER 🔥⛓️- I was totally into those westerns Cheyenne !! Clint Walker !! Awesome video, Matt ! 🖤
I've been reading more and more about this history as a 29 year old gay man
These people, so many people. :(
This guy is right about all our rights going away. I am now 70 and I believe our world can go away just like Germany in the 1930s.
Never be complacent. This is always a cool channel. Matt you do a great and important job.
Matt, I feel like I am not the target audience (I am a straight girl in a long-time relationship, the token straight xD) but I really enjoy watching your videos and find them informative. I wanted to write that you ask REALLY good questions! Really! Kudos to you! Hugs from Poland 🥰
I loved this episode. Thank you so much. 🖤
Matt, that was an excellent interview. I have been subscribed to their UA-cam channel, Watts The Safeword, for years and have learned quite a bit from their channel. Amp keeps a good balance on their videos because Daddy gets naughty. He likes having fun and making people laugh. I'm not the BDSM or Kink type, but still find the things they talk about fascinating. Anything I thought I knew about these two topics has been delightful learning the true facts.
Excited for Amps’ interview tooooo!! ❤
I love Mr. Kristopher and pup Amp.
I got really excited when I saw his face on the UA-cam video.
such a great interview. i hope your archives end up in a museum as a documentation of queer life. it's very authentic.
Jesus Christ. The work your doing is iconic!
Thank you.
That was another great episode Matt! Great job as always! 💙💙👍🏼
I’m so glad you included footage and information from the 1980’s. I bet a lot of people have never heard that horrible press interview where everyone just laughed about AIDS.
He seems so wonderful. Love these interviews!
Thank you for your education on AIDS and talking about that time and our struggle ."Known as gay plague " we really were so ignorant 😭😭
Also “gay cancer” & GRID. No one cared cuz it only affected the three H’s: homos, Haitians, and hemophiliacs.. at the intersection of homophobia and racism. It was disgusting what was done to people.
Thank you Matt for highlighting the AIDS epidemic in this video. I am 61 and still feeling survivors guilt from that time. I lost most of my friends and, because of prep and more social acceptance most people these days don’t even know, or maybe even care, about what we went through. It was very scary. Not just the act of coming out, because of the judgment and fear of discrimination, but the fear of death in acting out on our feelings. It was a dark time and people my age are still traumatized by that period of time.
Mr. Kristofer looks so happy and healthy (mentally and physically).
Just stumbled upon your UA-cam channel and I love it. I'm now a new subscriber!!!! :)
Oh it's the Watts The Safeword guys! That's awesome
Rights are given and can more easily be taken away. They are so hard fought for, but they can be lost in a moment.
Right now trans rights are the thin edge of a political wedge. If the community doesn't protect trans rights, the rest will be on the chopping block next.
I’m a middle aged mom and I’ve watched their UA-cam channel for years! Love this guest :) ❤
What a great interview! Thank you both!
Great interview! Love this couple, their work and their bromantic bachelor living arrangements! I hope they have 99 more years together. Looking forward to Amp's interview! Much respect! ✊👌
You made it to the Bay! Love that you interviewed Mr. Kristofer. He’s super well known out here. ❤
I love your channel! You ask the right questions all the time ❤
Omg watts the safe word!! I love thier channel. Im so glad you’re interviewing them!
Ooooh! Please interview the whole On Guard Cigar salon crew and I hope a solo interview with Amp is on the way.
Oh yes! My two favorite UA-camrs Mr. Kristofer and Amp. Great interview Matt.
Ahhh I just started watching and I’m so excited you are interviewing them! I have been following them on UA-cam for a couple years and love their work and educational videos
I really enjoyed Mr. Kristofer, not into the scene, but he is fun. And I like you Matt. Thanks for the fun content, and for all you do.
From a young age I knew I was gay, and came of age (and came out) in 1983. I appreciate the brief history discussed in this interview about our world in the gay community during the AIDS crisis. The fear in the gay community in those days was palpable. We were burying our friends & loved ones in large numbers and no one cared. No one listened to us. We were laughed at, we were mocked. We were told we deserved to die. Families disowned us, our own government turned its back on us. We were fired from jobs. We were kicked out of homes.
One of the reasons the gay community loved Diana, Princess of Wales, is that she was one of the first public figures to openly embrace an AIDS patient on international television. This was a pivotal moment for the gay community because people were afraid to touch us. Refused to hold us or be in the same room with us. And Mr. Kristopher is correct: today’s gay community doesn’t know about this is due to lack of education. This history of the AIDS crisis is largely ignored because of the advancements in science, research, and medication. Advancements for which the gay community had to *fight* for. And we are still fighting for our equal rights!
Diana was an angel.
💜💜🖤🖤💜💜Love this interview! Thank you!!
Great interview! I know him from Amp's channel
Magic as always!!!
So glad that you made it to SF! I've lived here for 40 years (from NYC) and the great majority of that time lived right in the middle of the Castro. So happy to see two of our handsome community members on your channel! I am also very grateful for any content that can shed light on the reality of the leather/BDSM/kink community as that is where I usually gravitated when I was going out and about. Your content is so important and educational. Good to see a bit of AIDS history covered here as well, since those of us who lived it at ground zero for so many years can often feel like that is easily lost/forgotten. I know that many os use are gone, didn't make it, but as far as teaching the younger community members about that history I think we're it! We need to be the teachers!
Such a pointed and articulate interview. Nicely done!
great Episode 🙌thank you🙏
❤❤❤ Wow, just wow! Thanks for sharing this!
This is SUCH a great episode, thank you!
Wow...... Never thought I would ever see you do an interview with Daddy and amp!!!!! Priceless........ Fantastic video interview, I bet you had a fantastic time ! ❤️💕🥰 Our past challenges should be documented because we are losing our history that made us what we are today❤
Im A straight male and I watch his channel . Those two are hilarious together and very entertaining
I can't wait for the next installment. I love Mr Kristoffer and Amp. I watch WATTS THE SAFEWORD all the time and of course Matt i love the content and all the different people you show. Glad you had a good time in SF.
THE GRUMPY DADDY SHIRT I NEED IT
It’s on Watts The Safe Word merch shop 😁
Wow. I actually thought daddy was a UA-cam guy that I sometimes watch, but he is really real. Smart, sweet and a whole life I knew nothing about. Great to know. Good interview and looking forward to the next one👋
It’s so important to hear stories and voices from older queer people. Another great story ❤
This was an amazing interview with an amazing man. He is a role model for the gay community
Thanks for this. Fascinating.
Watched your interview with Linux and now I'm hooked to this channel
Wild, Wild West was my entré, too!
I totally get having to distance yourself from a toxic family.
I know Mr. Weston bottoms for certain people and wonder if he ever bottoms as an escort?
I love that Mr. Kristofer mentioned the influence of The Wild Wild West. I'm in my 60's and when I discovered bondage in the 80's I had already been fantasizing about it because of that show.
Omgggg the collab we’ve all been waiting for! Love Watts the Safeword!
this episode is so inspiring, I'm so grateful we have you to do these interviews
Love all the places this conversation went! You two..... !!!
I'm a very vanilla man, but I love Mr. Kristopher and Amp and their very fun educational channel.
Absolutely LOVED this video… Matt, you are genuinely amazing, each episode gets better and better every episode… absolutely ADORE your end of video chat/ debrief… truly MAGICAL ✨✨✨✨Love you so much xx 😘😘😘🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵