12-15-2025, 12:47 PM
Back cover:-
“In his third book, editor Jack Hart has compiled a fascinating collection of true first-person stories by men from around the country describing their first same-sex sexual rendezvous. My First Time offers an intriguing and thrilling portrait of the ways in which gay men begin the process of exploring their sexuality, whether at age thirteen or thirty. First-time experiences run the gamut from disappointing to exhilarating; this range is captured in My First Time.”
One review states:
“Jack Hart is possibly known more for his gay erotic fiction than non-fictionalized works: who wouldn't be curious about the stories of identified straight men and their first same-sex encounters ("Straight? True Stories of Unexpected Sexual Encounters Between Men")? This entry features real-life gays who identify themselves as such and their memories (both carnal and emotive) of their first experiences with gay sex. Hart spices the accounts with his trademark steamy and graphic descriptions of man-to-man sex, usually to the extent that we wish we could be so lucky. But this is more than a how-I-lost-my-virginity tell-all: Hart truly distinguishes this compilation of first-time encounters by breaking them into their time frames, such as what being gay meant in the 1930's, then the '60s and, in conclusion, the '90s. Whether or not by design, Hart manages to convey in his interviewees' memoirs their perception of the society in which they lived. With that technique, we get a sense of the evolution of homosexuality in terms of self and societal attitudes, from the aboluste fear of detection in the sexually repressed '30s to the free love of the '60s and the less (but nonetheless present) forces of supression of the '90's where, we might conclude, being gay is a lot easier and safer. For anyone looking simply to get off to some sizzling and provocative tales of men getting it on with each other, he (or she?) can usually get it in any of Hart's material. In this one, though, if we can get beyond the need for carnal satisfaction, we almost get a sense of the social history of being gay and how we might have gotten from there to here.”