Get To Know... Gary Alan!

[BDBionic]

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[BDBionic]

Tell us how GWW came to be.

[HeatherF]

Originally posted by Gary-Alan
I'm missing him too. Not just for his "Getting to know..." threads... cause while I enjoy them I get worried that I'm next LMAOPIP

Hugs,
GA

hehehe
Let the fun begin. :grin:

[Jason]

GA...I would say sorry, but I'm finding the day's turn of events to be rather entertaining...

Fav Baskin Robins?
One superpower...what would it be?
Who would play you in the movie of your life?

Ok...
What is your favorite part about running this board?
What do you NOT like about running this board?
Who in the industry have you NOT met but would like to?

What's it like working with your brother in this industry?
What's it like working with your husband in this industry?

Favorite part of Shows?
What do you NOT like?

What movie do you want to see next?

How much will you pay for the shots of my session with Jasun and Don?

How much will you pay for the video of DA and I on the fire truck?

When you see me in Hollywood...what's the first thing you'd like me to do?

[BDBionic]

Originally posted by HeatherF
hehehe
Let the fun begin. :grin:

exactly he couldn't make a post like that and not expect me to choose him next. teehee!

[Jasun]

What's the biggest thing you've ever had in your mouth?

What's the greatest number of people you've had sex with at the same time?

If you could make the head of one person explode on national television, who's head would that be?

Have you ridden a motorcycle?

Have you ridden a motorcyclist?

Have you ever taken a pie in the face?

Is today's music as lame as it seems to be?

If I were to drop a penny off the Empire State Building, would it actually make a round hole in a car roof?

Have you ever done it in a public washroom?

Have you ever done it on an airplane?

Have you ever done it in the back seat of a Cop Car?

OK... so would you take me as a DILF model?

[Gary-Alan]

Originally posted by BDBionic
exactly he couldn't make a post like that and not expect me to choose him next. teehee!

YES HE COULD!!!! I thought for sure it would buy me at least two others, dammit!

I'm gonna get you, Dorothy and you're little dog too!

But I still love you Brian!

GA

Ok I'm off to read and answer

[Gary-Alan]

Originally posted by BDBionic
Tell us how GWW came to be.

It’s actually a long story but I’m gonna tell it anyway - because not a lot of people ask LOL

Once upon a time in a land far away from where I am now (NJ to be specific) I started pushing porn. And from the beginning, I pushed gay porn. Back then I had no intention of staying in the online porn industry, it was going to be a fast way to pay some bills (and you could make fast money then) and I was going to use what I learned and move on from there…

During the first 3 months of working free sites I started working with Samantha on her click through program. When I tried to promote it to the gay market, I found out that there was no specific place to present it. Now this was 1996 and we really only had YNOT, the Condom Project and Top Niche as the prominent webmaster resources and directories out there. I found a group of gay webmasters trying to create a community named IGGW - The International Guild of Gay Webmasters. At first the guild was an honor to join. At first - so becoming a member was a big deal for someone in porn. I was as active as our local chapter would let me. I would talk to the founders more than the guys running the local. I liked the concept but it wasn’t an easy thing to get off the ground. It soon turned into a power play between chapters and the whole thing fell a part!

Aside from the guild, I found one posting board site that we supposed to be the best gay resource out there. In fact no one posted, nothing was updated and any new submissions made were ignored. I later found out it was online as a joke. The people behind it should have taken it seriously, because I wasn’t the only one trying to get and share info.

So during all of these goings on I helped build an adult site called Gay Wide Web. It was supposed to rival Ab Male and Bad Puppy. But the owner was so homophobic, which I found out after the fact, that it never had a chance at making it. He closed it 3 weeks after opening it. At which time, I bought the domain name from him. I didn’t think I could afford the content or server costs so the site went away (If I only knew). My idea was to build a community site, directories, personals, etc (a site like Planet Out before Planet Out was even online, actually). Since I was thinking on a large scale I thought webmasters who would want info on Gay Wide Web would need a site to look up our guidelines, info and such so I bought the domain Gay Wide Webmasters. (Remember this was before I understood third level domains and dot info sites LOL)

Time marched on and while I was doing my free sites and helping people market their gay sites through email, I started to accumulate my own set of information on the gay porn markets. I put the links on a page and stored it off one of my small sites. I used to refer my friends to it for info. I was also gaining some notoriety for myself because I started the argument on YNOT ‘Gay isn’t a niche; it’s a market. You’ll see.’

In 1999 I got a call from Rick (the original owner of YNOT) about a job selling ad space. So in January 99 I packed it all up and moved to CA. About 7 months into it I realized LA and California really weren’t for me. The East coast was calling me back. So when I was leaving I asked Rick if he thought creating a gay webmaster resource was a good thing. I wanted to do one but wanted his blessing before I did anything. His comment was, “if anyone in this industry could do it, it’s you, Ga.”

That night I went online and bought a link script, a posting board script, had some logos and banners made by my buddy Mike at Webair. Over the next two days I manually input all of the information I had accumulated. I put it all together and had no clue what I was going to call it all. I started searching for name and everything I thought of course was gone. Then I looked at my list of domains and remembered I owned Gay Wide Webmasters. Viola!

So there you have it… the story - from a page of links in a free site subdirectory to what we are today.

The past 5 years have been a trip for GWW and me. The site has evolved, has been rumored to fall, grown again and has become more than I have ever expected it to be. We have the community that I longed for from the IGGW, a site that shares info with EVERYONE and satisfaction that I was, at least one of the firsts that took a gay market resource site seriously.


My best,
Gary-Alan

[basschick]

that was a GREAT story - it really threw me into my time machine 'cause i hit the web in 96, and ynot was where i first got info.

thanks for telling it to us :-) and thanks for creating this great community!

[TopBucks_Juan]

Once again, these are my basic questions, for those that do not apply please skip…also for those of you who are familiar with my questioning, you will see a new question has been created.

How old were you when you came to grips with the fact that you were gay?

Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall?

Have you ever used a Vacuum Cleaner to get off? If so, what brand name vacuum did you use?

Name 3 of your all time favorite movies?

When you pass away, what do you want to be most remembered for?

How many long-term relationships have you been in?

What is your favorite feature on the Male/Female body?

What is your favorite comfort food?

Where were you born?

What is your Favorite all time Memory?

If you were to write a book about your life story, how many chapters long would it be?

Have you ever been to London?

When was the first time you kissed another Guy/Girl?

What is your favorite color?

Do you currently promote TopBucks Gay sites?

[Gary-Alan]

123Jason... Here ya go babes

Fav Baskin Robins?
Rocky Road

One superpower...what would it be?
The ability to fly

Who would play you in the movie of your life?
My immediate response is Robert Downey Jr. But if I gain any more weight it’s going to be John Goodman.


What is your favorite part about running this board?
The people that I get to interact with are first and foremost my favorite. Equally I do love it when someone who has gotten something out of GWW comes back and let’s us know – make it all feel worthwhile.

What do you NOT like about running this board?
The personal attacks I’ve receive over the years from people who think I have a ‘know it all’ attitude, then come here and use the resources.

Who in the industry have you NOT met but would like to?
I’ve met A LOT of people over the years – good and bad. I can’t name a person in particular, because all I really want is to meet the people from GWW that I haven’t had the honor of being face to face with yet.

What's it like working with your brother in this industry?
It’s interesting, difficult and wonderful. It’s interesting because I get to see a part of Chris I didn’t in the past. His reaction to his first show was absolutely priceless and something I would never had seen if he didn’t join in. It’s difficult because sometimes I think he forgets when I ask for something to get done it’s not just to inconvenience him LMAO. And it’s wonderful because I would have never bet Chris and I would get a long in ANYTHING (it’s the big brother vs little brother thing). We may have been born and raised in the same home, but we live our lives to very different extremes.

What's it like working with your husband in this industry?
Fabulous and frustrating. It’s fabulous because Lee is everything I ever could want in a partner in both life and business. In business he has incredible ideas, he has the ability to make them happen and he has the balls to go after what he wants (and pisses some off by doing it). Personally, no matter how good or bad a day, week or month has been (and we’ve had our shared of all of them) Lee makes sure I know he loves me. There a lot more good to it too but I’m not getting into all of it here

It can be frustrating because we tend to go in different directions with the same fervor - he thinks we should do something one way and I want it another. AND he has a tendency talk about work when I’m trying to go to sleep. I’m half way to dream land and I can hear him thinking about what we need to do tomorrow.

Favorite part of Shows?
My favorite part of the shows is seeing my friends. I know I should answer getting business done, but most of what we do is done between shows.

What do you NOT like?
The bullshit politics that gets played out there.

What movie do you want to see next?
Actually, I want to see Harry Potter 3

How much will you pay for the shots of my session with Jasun and Don?
I intend to pay nothing; I will to be shooting the video.

How much will you pay for the video of DA and I on the fire truck?
See my answer above

When you see me in Hollywood...what's the first thing you'd like me to do?
Open you arms and get ready for a HUGE Gary hug!

[Xstr8guy]

Grower or Shower?

[BentBoy]

Hi Gary,

Thats an awesome story I have often wondered where your origins were and its nice to now know a little of the history of GWW.

Thankyou Gary for your foresight its great to have a resource like GWW.

And thanks for asking that question BDBionic.

Regards

BentBoy

[Gary-Alan]

What's the biggest thing you've ever had in your mouth?
Ivan - my jaws hurt even thinking about him.

What's the greatest number of people you've had sex with at the same time?
Thirteen including me.

If you could make the head of one person explode on national television, who's head would that be?
Fr. Bob. The priest that cornered me when I was 13 and tried…

Have you ridden a motorcycle?
Yes. As the rider, I fell off not soon after I got on. I’m a better passenger. And, I’d love to be a passenger on your motorcycle, Jasun.

Have you ridden a motorcyclist?
YES I ALREADY TOLD YA! LMAO

Have you ever taken a pie in the face?
Actually Yes.

Is today's music as lame as it seems to be?
As far as I’m concerned, yes. I have very diverse music taste and quite frankly I play what I enjoyed in the past. I’m looking forward to something new any day now – it’s all been done before.

If I were to drop a penny off the Empire State Building, would it actually make a round hole in a car roof?
That’s what I’ve been told. But I HAVE tossed a penny off of the Empire State Building and I never saw any emergency vehicles and the like when I got down stairs or any news reports that said a penny hit the ground hard today! Nothing. So from experience I would say no.

Have you ever done it in a public washroom?
Hell yes. The question should be where haven’t I LMAOPIP NO ONE CAN ASK THAT NOW!

Have you ever done it on an airplane?
Yes and it wasn’t easy. Even at my lowest weight I’m still built like a line backer and those restrooms as small!

Have you ever done it in the back seat of a Cop Car?
Not in the back seat… on the hood and trunk.

OK... so would you take me as a DILF model?
Can I just take you? LOL if you’re up to it, babe, I am.

[Gary-Alan]

How old were you when you came to grips with the fact that you were gay?
I'm gay? LOL Actually, I came to grip with it at 22 but that was well after I started having sex with other guys.

Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall?
Fall

Have you ever used a Vacuum Cleaner to get off? If so, what brand name vacuum did you use?
***BLUSH*** I did attempt it once when I was 14, but I was too big. It was a Kenmore Canister Vac, btw.

Name 3 of your all time favorite movies?
Auntie Mame (Rosalind Russell is my personal goddess)
The Parent Trap (with Haley Mills, none of those lame remakes)
Imitation of Life (1959 Juanita Moore and Lana Turner - I did like the version with Louise Beaver and Claudette Colbert but it was made in 1934 and totally went against my sense of racial equality)

When you pass away, what do you want to be most remembered for?
That I touched at least one person’s life in a positive way.

How many long-term relationships have you been in?
Two (including my life with Lee). It never really went longer than a week for me, by my choice.

What is your favorite feature on the Male/Female body?
Eyes! The rest is just there. A person's eyes say it all to and for me.

What is your favorite comfort food?
Pork Fried Rice and Ribs.

Where were you born?
Jersey Shitty, NJ

What is your Favorite all time Memory?
Funny, we were just talking about this a week or so ago. When I was 4 years old, we went camping at this state park called Stokes Forest. For a kid from the city this was the like going to the mountains of Montana (it wasn't until years later that I realized that it was about 40 minutes from home). Anyway, it was my family (Mom, Dad, John, Chris and I) our Aunt Carol, Uncle Chet and their children, and my parent’s best friends (Roe and Larry) and their children. As my mom put it, we had so much food we had a tent just to store food. We got there and the Dads and older boys set up the tents, my cousin Robert and I had to stay with the Moms, but it was all so exciting. Leading up to the trip, all my big brothers kept telling me about was how we were going to go fishing. I was all set. I couldn't wait to go fishing. I remember whining that I wanted to fish that night, but it was too late. So off we went to sleep. We woke up very early and it was all I could do to not jump out of my skin for my fishing trip (about 20 feet from where we were). I walked down to the lake and saw smoke on the water. I started to cry. The lake was on fire; and, all the fish were going to suffocate from the smoke. And not one would be alive for me to catch (I had no clue what catching a fish really meant). After the parental laughs and coos my mom explained that it was a mist on the lake and that in a few minutes the sun would come out and the mist would go away. Then I could go fishing.

I don’t know if this matters or not to the question, but I’m going to add it… when I learned to meditate and calm my mind I was asked to chose my favorite natural scenario and the scene I always go to (to this day) is the misty the lake at Stokes Forest.

If you were to write a book about your life story, how many chapters long would it be?
It would be three volumes, with 30 chapters each.

Have you ever been to London?
Yes. Went on business, absolutely loved it. I got offered a job and while I was flying back to the states my boss at the time told them I could not leave and she took it instead.

When was the first time you kissed another Guy/Girl?
Romantically like? LOL I was 6 when I pinned Susan to the coat closet in school and kissed her. And I was 10 when I kissed a guy, his name was Bobby an we were in the same class with Susan btw. But my first REAL serious kiss was with Cristain, I was 13. He later became first long term relationship.

What is your favorite color?
Purple.

Do you currently promote TopBucks Gay sites?
Duh. Look on top of the board! LMAOPIP I do on my surfer sites too