Do you know of former tops who became bottoms?

[Constantine]

I met a provider last year. He bottomed for me but he told me that he usually tops. He described himself as a vers top on his profile. He was tight and it was clear he didn't bottom very often.

I just had a look at his profile and lo and behold he's now a vers bottom. Have you seen examples in your life of the top to bottom transition?

[samhexum]

23 hours ago, Quincy_7 said:

Have you seen examples in your life of the top to bottom transition?

Tom Chase

Edited October 6, 2024 by samhexum
for absolutely NO @%!*ING reason at all!

[BuffaloKyle]

Sean Zevran popped in my head right away. Used to be a top and now a total power bottom only.

[samhexum]

19 hours ago, samhexum said:

Tom Chase

Catching Up with the Legendary Tom Chase as He Talks the Golden Age of Porn, Embracing His Bottom Side & More

•  December 1, 2021

In the 1990s, there was a smooth and clean-cut boy with dreamy brown eyes, a flawlessly chiseled physique, and yes, an 11-inch endowment that made him the first lifetime exclusive for Falcon Studios.

In the 2000s, he reemerged at Colt Studios as a hairy and horny man’s man who loved to take it as much as give it.

We speak, of course, of the legendary Tom Chase.

Lots of the guys from this golden age of gay porn were hot, but Tom brought something else to the table (and elsewhere).

Probably more than any other star of his day, Tom could combine being totally masc and aggressive with actually being tender and loving at the same time. It made for a viewing experience like no other in porn and his award-winning scenes all still hold up today.

We are pleased to share that Tom Chase is doing just great and is more content than ever. He’s also still hot as fuck!

Tom joined us for a revealing interview about how he’s been since leaving the industry, some memories of his career, and his plans for the future.

How has your life been since leaving the industry? What have you been doing for the last ten years?

TC:  I left the industry in 2010, after making “The Big One” for Butch Bear Studio (now defunct), and I immediately started working on my emotional and psychological self, all of the work I had to put aside during my 20s and 30s in order to make quality porn. In 2010, I began the difficult work of confronting my anger, rage, disillusionment, resentment, and hatred. I let all of these negative emotions go, and I started to love myself for the first time. I cut ties with my toxic family and my toxic self (my old thinking, my old behavior). I cut ties with toxic friends and toxic clients. I grieved the losses (I cried every day for five years), and then I moved on with my life. For all of this uncomfortable work, I am happy and free. I am satisfied and fulfilled in life. And I am now capable of loving and receiving love, which I do in spades all day long. I am living my best life now, and I am proud of myself for doing so.

How do you look back on your time in the industry?

TC: I look back at my experience with great fondness and appreciation. I am proud of my work and the contributions I have made to the industry. I am enjoying being Tom Chase.  

The ’90s and early 2000s, (when you were one of the biggest stars of the industry!) are widely thought of as The Golden Age of Gay Porn. Do you agree and what do you think made that period so special?

TC: I do agree, because of the timing and convergence of two things: the advances in video technology and the athletic quality of the models. By the 1990s, both had reached their zeniths. The combination was art.

Any fellow stars of that time you consider favorites? Wish you had worked with? Still in touch with?

TC: My favorite co-star is Mike Branson, hands down. Our chemistry was real, and it was passionate. We liked each other a lot, and we respected each other. We had a good brotherhood. Unfortunately, we are not in touch. After we both completed our contracts, we went our separate ways in life.

I do stay in touch with most of my co-stars from my day. We are a family.

What do you think was your best scene and why? 

TC: My best scene was with Matthew Anders in High Tide. We were not fond of each other from the start, and our scene was a tender, love-making scene. Our initial lack of interest in each other concerned me. On the day of the shoot, however, we both rose to the occasion and delivered our professional best. High Tide turned out to be my masterpiece. In addition to being my best scene, it is my favorite scene. It is the only scene I made for Falcon which truly represents me in bed.

You have said it was a deliberate decision of yours to show on screen your progression from boy to man. How and why did you do that? 

TC: Yes, this is true. I felt the world needed to see a true depiction of the sexual and physical maturation of a gay man. Initially, as most gay men, I topped. As I matured and discovered my hole, I started bottoming. This is a typical course for a gay man over his lifetime, and I wanted to show that natural progression. Basically, I produced a documentary of Tom Chase growing up in the bedroom, and I used three porn studios to produce that documentary: Falcon, Colt, and Butch Bear Studios.

If I ever have the opportunity, I’d like to continue the documentary into my senior years.

Do you follow the industry as it is today? Any stars today impress you? 

TC: I follow it from a distance. I enjoy watching Austin Wolf and Tim Kruger. Sometimes, I wish I was John Thomas or Henrik Sommer.

Would you consider a comeback? 

TC: Yes, under two conditions: the scene be bareback only, and I am the bottom.
https://www.cybersocket.com/news-gossip/catching-up-with-the-legendary-tom-chase-as-he-talks-the-golden-age-of-porn-embracing-his-bottom-side-more/

[misterhumphries]

19 hours ago, samhexum said:

Tom Chase

Yes! There is a clip I love featuring Tom Chase and Brad Patton swapping fucks. Chase took Patton's thick cock. It was so arousing to see Chase start to cringe and shake his head for the fucking to stop! Ugh! I love that clip.

Rather than Chase becoming a bottom or versatile, it's always possible that he has always been versatile in his personal life, but in porn -- because of his big dick -- he was marketed as an exclusive top. 

[+ purplekow]

I am surprised that no one has come forward with the answer: Any top I have ever been with.  

[samhexum]

14 minutes ago, misterhumphries said:

Yes! There is a clip I love featuring Tom Chase and Brad Patton swapping fucks. Chase took Patton's thick cock. It was so arousing to see Chase start to cringe and shake his head for the fucking to stop! Ugh! I love that clip.

I have that scene.

[kingsley88]

I remember that scene as well. Glad to hear Tom Chase is doing well and hopefully he will be able to do those scenes someday!

 

[pubic_assistance]

Seems to me it would be easier for a provider to spread his legs and look away when he's got some rando he's gotta sexually satisfy. Keeping it up as a TOP while you plow a 68 year old, beached whale is more of a challenge. So perhaps it's just easier to lay there and let them do the work, after many encounters with unappealing clients.

[+ Lucky]

3 minutes ago, pubic_assistance said:

Seems to me it would be easier for a provider to spread his legs and look away when he's got some rando he's gotta sexually satisfy. Keeping it up as a TOP while you plow a 68 year old, beached whale is more of a challenge. So perhaps it's just easier to lay there and let them do the work, after many encounters with unappealing clients.

Such a positive outlook.

[marylander1940]

On 10/5/2024 at 2:34 PM, Quincy_7 said:

I met a provider last year. He bottomed for me but he told me that he usually tops. He described himself as a vers top on his profile. He was tight and it was clear he didn't bottom very often.

I just had a look at his profile and lo and behold he's now a vers bottom. Have you seen examples in your life of the top to bottom transition?

that also might have something to do with his assets. Does he have a nice bubble butt? Maybe he realized is time to monetize his best tool.

6 minutes ago, pubic_assistance said:

Seems to me it would be easier for a provider to spread his legs and look away when he's got some rando he's gotta sexually satisfy. Keeping it up as a TOP while you plow a 68 year old, beached whale is more of a challenge. So perhaps it's just easier to lay there and let them do the work, after many encounters with unappealing clients.

Agreed!

That's why so many straight guys doing gay porno are usually bottoms.

3 minutes ago, Lucky said:

Such a positive outlook.

In NYC folks tend to be honest/blunt.

[pubic_assistance]

1 minute ago, marylander1940 said:

In NYC folks tend to be honest/blunt

Correct.

And refreshing.

 

[marylander1940]

1 minute ago, pubic_assistance said:

Correct.

And refreshing.

 

NY values!

[+ ThroatCummer]

8 hours ago, marylander1940 said:

NY values!

At least you always know where you stand and there's no room to be left wondering.  I personally love it. 

[marylander1940]

1 hour ago, ThroatCummer said:

At least you always know where you stand and there's no room to be left wondering.  I personally love it. 

My point!

[Luv2play]

My ex. He was a top with me for 3 years and his next bf turned him into a bottom. That bf was an Arab.

I had topped him the occasional time so I sort of broke him in. He was 11 years younger than me and had only had one bf before me, who was a bottom like me.

I have an average size cock so I prepared him for the Arab, who was monstrous. I saw him once in a sauna at a resort, not a gay sauna.

[Luv2play]

On 10/6/2024 at 1:44 PM, samhexum said:

Catching Up with the Legendary Tom Chase as He Talks the Golden Age of Porn, Embracing His Bottom Side & More

•  December 1, 2021

In the 1990s, there was a smooth and clean-cut boy with dreamy brown eyes, a flawlessly chiseled physique, and yes, an 11-inch endowment that made him the first lifetime exclusive for Falcon Studios.

In the 2000s, he reemerged at Colt Studios as a hairy and horny man’s man who loved to take it as much as give it.

We speak, of course, of the legendary Tom Chase.

Lots of the guys from this golden age of gay porn were hot, but Tom brought something else to the table (and elsewhere).

Probably more than any other star of his day, Tom could combine being totally masc and aggressive with actually being tender and loving at the same time. It made for a viewing experience like no other in porn and his award-winning scenes all still hold up today.

We are pleased to share that Tom Chase is doing just great and is more content than ever. He’s also still hot as fuck!

Tom joined us for a revealing interview about how he’s been since leaving the industry, some memories of his career, and his plans for the future.

How has your life been since leaving the industry? What have you been doing for the last ten years?

TC:  I left the industry in 2010, after making “The Big One” for Butch Bear Studio (now defunct), and I immediately started working on my emotional and psychological self, all of the work I had to put aside during my 20s and 30s in order to make quality porn. In 2010, I began the difficult work of confronting my anger, rage, disillusionment, resentment, and hatred. I let all of these negative emotions go, and I started to love myself for the first time. I cut ties with my toxic family and my toxic self (my old thinking, my old behavior). I cut ties with toxic friends and toxic clients. I grieved the losses (I cried every day for five years), and then I moved on with my life. For all of this uncomfortable work, I am happy and free. I am satisfied and fulfilled in life. And I am now capable of loving and receiving love, which I do in spades all day long. I am living my best life now, and I am proud of myself for doing so.

How do you look back on your time in the industry?

TC: I look back at my experience with great fondness and appreciation. I am proud of my work and the contributions I have made to the industry. I am enjoying being Tom Chase.  

The ’90s and early 2000s, (when you were one of the biggest stars of the industry!) are widely thought of as The Golden Age of Gay Porn. Do you agree and what do you think made that period so special?

TC: I do agree, because of the timing and convergence of two things: the advances in video technology and the athletic quality of the models. By the 1990s, both had reached their zeniths. The combination was art.

Any fellow stars of that time you consider favorites? Wish you had worked with? Still in touch with?

TC: My favorite co-star is Mike Branson, hands down. Our chemistry was real, and it was passionate. We liked each other a lot, and we respected each other. We had a good brotherhood. Unfortunately, we are not in touch. After we both completed our contracts, we went our separate ways in life.

I do stay in touch with most of my co-stars from my day. We are a family.

What do you think was your best scene and why? 

TC: My best scene was with Matthew Anders in High Tide. We were not fond of each other from the start, and our scene was a tender, love-making scene. Our initial lack of interest in each other concerned me. On the day of the shoot, however, we both rose to the occasion and delivered our professional best. High Tide turned out to be my masterpiece. In addition to being my best scene, it is my favorite scene. It is the only scene I made for Falcon which truly represents me in bed.

You have said it was a deliberate decision of yours to show on screen your progression from boy to man. How and why did you do that? 

TC: Yes, this is true. I felt the world needed to see a true depiction of the sexual and physical maturation of a gay man. Initially, as most gay men, I topped. As I matured and discovered my hole, I started bottoming. This is a typical course for a gay man over his lifetime, and I wanted to show that natural progression. Basically, I produced a documentary of Tom Chase growing up in the bedroom, and I used three porn studios to produce that documentary: Falcon, Colt, and Butch Bear Studios.

If I ever have the opportunity, I’d like to continue the documentary into my senior years.

Do you follow the industry as it is today? Any stars today impress you? 

TC: I follow it from a distance. I enjoy watching Austin Wolf and Tim Kruger. Sometimes, I wish I was John Thomas or Henrik Sommer.

Would you consider a comeback? 

TC: Yes, under two conditions: the scene be bareback only, and I am the bottom.
https://www.cybersocket.com/news-gossip/catching-up-with-the-legendary-tom-chase-as-he-talks-the-golden-age-of-porn-embracing-his-bottom-side-more/

One of his favorites today is Austin Wolf. I guess he maybe has reconsidered.

[misterhumphries]

21 hours ago, Luv2play said:

My ex. He was a top with me for 3 years and his next bf turned him into a bottom. That bf was an Arab.

I had topped him the occasional time so I sort of broke him in. He was 11 years younger than me and had only had one bf before me, who was a bottom like me.

I have an average size cock so I prepared him for the Arab, who was monstrous. I saw him once in a sauna at a resort, not a gay sauna.

This ability of "tops" to "discover their holes" or whatnot always seemed curious to me. In my experience, several men I've dated were exclusive bottoms with me -- couldn't get enough -- yet their ex's (many of whom I also know, gay circles are very small as one ages) are surprised, declaring XX was exclusively a top.

Maybe it's high time we abandon these labels and just allow ourselves to do whatever feels good at the time and with whomever we are with.

[+ ApexNomad]

52 minutes ago, misterhumphries said:

This ability of "tops" to "discover their holes" or whatnot always seemed curious to me. In my experience, several men I've dated were exclusive bottoms with me -- couldn't get enough -- yet their ex's (many of whom I also know, gay circles are very small as one ages) are surprised, declaring XX was exclusively a top.

Maybe it's high time we abandon these labels and just allow ourselves to do whatever feels good at the time and with whomever we are with.

A lot of the top providers I’ve met actually admit in private that they’re vers or even prefer bottoming, but for work, topping is just easier. It allows them to schedule multiple appointments in a day without the extra prep and planning that comes with bottoming. Being a bottom provider is more challenging logistically—there’s a lot more involved than just showing up.

[+ sniper]

I think it takes some of us longer to get comfortable bottoming. Probably my first ten times or so were just not enjoyable and I was about ready to give up when I finally met a guy who was good at it. I'm still probably never going to take a really big one, but I can enjoy it.

[NJF]

How about a former bottom provider now advising as top? What is the reason? Back injuries caused by being under overweight clients?

[+ ApexNomad]

15 minutes ago, NJF said:

How about a former bottom provider now advising as top? What is the reason? Back injuries caused by being under overweight clients?

A larger top, for me, exudes a dominant and protective energy that’s hard to match. There’s something deeply satisfying in the mix of strength and security, creating a dynamic that’s not just physical but emotional too. It makes the experience richer and more meaningful.