Spilling the Beans:Hot Gay Memoirs

Wolf Mendelsohn looks at a selection of hot gay memoirs written by gay escorts, porn stars, Hollywood executives, and more.

Fiction can be incredible, but there’s something uniquely engaging about reading an honest, first hand account of an extraordinary life. This month we’ll take a look at a selection of sexy gay memoirs which were all published within the last 4-5 years. They include memoirs by Hollywood celebrities, porn stars, hustlers, magazine editors, and more.

THE GILDED RAZOR: A MEMOIR 
By Sam Lansky (2016)
$27 Hardcover, $14 ebook

Time Magazine’s 27-year-old Culture Editor is now a media bigwig who hobnobs with some of the biggest names in Hollywood and the music world. But in his later teen years, he was freebasing methamphetamine and working as a paid escort. He had the best of everything, including the best drugs, and in this tell-all memoir he recounts some of his wild adventures on the road to getting clean at the age of nineteen.

FIRST FLOOR ROOM 16: HILARIOUS CONFESSIONS OF A MALE ESCORT IN LONDON 
by Maximo Kovak (2013)
ebook $4

Originally born in Spain, Maximo Kovak has lived in London for the past 12 years. In many ways, he’s just like anyone else – an ordinary guy trying to survive and to pursue his dreams. It just happens that working as an escort proved to be the most practical way for him to pay the bills – and readers of all persuasions have been pleasantly scandalized by the wild, hilarious, and true stories that he has to tell.

THE ANDY COHEN DIARIES 
By Andy Cohen (2014)
$19 Hardcover, $10 paperback, ebook $10, Audiobook $30

This book has been hailed as one of the most honest books about gay life in years – and it’s written by the Hollywood insider who created the Real Housewives reality TV franchise. His diaries offer a candid, day-by-day account of his life circa 2010 as he maintains a high pressure Hollywood job while obsessing over his weight and engaging in compulsive casual sex. Wait… Where have I heard this story before? Nevermind.

INCORRIGIBLE 
by Brent Corrigan (2016)
Price TBD

Brent Corrigan’s tell-all memoir is due to be released any day now. Once it’s available, you should be able to find the details about purchasing it on Brent’s official website at TheNewBrentCorrigan.com. In addition, you can also follow Brent’s Twitter feed at Twitter.com/brentcorrigan to receive regular updates about everything that’s going on in his life.

PORN AGAIN – A MEMOIR 
By Josh Sabarra (2014)
$20 Paperback, $10 ebook

Despite having made it as a high level Hollywood entertainment executive, Josh was still a virgin at 31. In this whip-smart memoir set against a glamorous backdrop, Josh takes us on a Hollywood thrill ride through his experiences of growing up, coming out, coming of age, and finally finding himself at age 40.

MONEY’S ON THE DRESSER 
by Christopher Daniels (2014)
$15 Paperback, $25 Autographed Paperback, $15 ebook

Well known porn star and escort Christopher Daniels gives us an intimate look at his time working as an adult performer and an escort. Both shocking and touching, it’s an inside look at one man’s journey to find himself as he discovers the ups and downs of the adult industry.

I WAS A GAY TEENAGE ESCORT 
by MrJayTee at Daily KOS (2009)
Free online article

Our last selection is a free article that was posted to The Daily KOS in 2009. It was written in response to a Daily KOS Diary entry titled Are the Laws Against Prostitution Doing Anyone Any Good? by DPB Geek. MrJayTee spent a number of years working as a male escort and he offered a surprisingly candid and generally positive take on those experiences.