This is home, and it’s nice to be able to stay home and be gay
242: The number of M4W posts inmade under Craigslist’s Casual Encounters’ section for Queens in a recent seven-day periodA sampling from the most verbose post: “I want to have a very erotic fetish/domination encounter with an open-minded older Russian woman who is not a professional dominatrix but who is turned on by the idea of having a good-looking stranger obey without question her every kinky demand.”80: The number of M4W posts44: The number of W4M posts12: The number of W4W posts1,119: The number of registered sex offenders currently living in Queens84: The number of Queens locations where you can pick up a NYC 
condom, including Murda Ink Tattoos (168-30 Jamaica Ave at 168th St, Jamaica) and The Corner Laundromat (25-58 18th St at 26th Ave, Astoria). 32: The number of strip clubs in Queens6: The number of strip clubs in Long Island City
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Connie’s Sex Parties The elusive Connie advertises her weekly swingers’ party in the The Village Voice classifieds section, inviting couples and singles into her private home for “drinks, food and lots of adult fun.”
Planet Pleasure At night this novelty retailer morphs into a “couple-friendly, girl-friendly lounge.” Expect to be chatted up by co-owner Sonny, the self-dubbed “Hugh Hefner of Staten Island. minus the millions”; he’ll proffer sexual advice to anyone within earshot. 41 Victory Blvd at Bay St (718-447-8600, myspace/planet_pleasure)
Why go when you can order the same thing online, sans shame? “People want to touch and see it before they use it,” says Nitecap employee Jacqueline. 690 Gulf Ave at Forest Ave (718-370-8100, nitecapvideo)
Nitecap Video Staten Island bad-mouthers, meet NYC’s biggest sex shop, a brightly lit warehouse stocked with love swings, lube, dildos, and such fine DVD titles as Grannies Love Trannies ($)
The King of Tickle Tommy McNeil, a.k.a. Staten Island’s “King of Tickle,” teases feet, ribs, armpits and other PG sensitive parts in what has become a booming fetish enterprise. Continua a leggere “This is home, and it’s nice to be able to stay home and be gay” →
