How to Get Laid: The Gay Man's Essential Guide to Hot Sex

Several readers (and acquaintances) asked my reaction to the 2005 book by Jonathan Bass titled How to Get Laid: The Gay Man's Essential Guide to Hot Sex (Los Angeles: Alyson Books). In a word? I haven't read such a funny tract in ages. Even Beloved giggled and laughed out loud. And better yet, the advice is generally sound for the undiscriminating reader. It's brief, breezy, and bitchy -- but above all, it accurately reflects the practical moralizing and strategizing for neophytes desiring options. Highly recommended. We even read paraphrases at a recent cocktail party, and everyone seemed in the throes of laughter, nodding with ascent, and asking for the title to get their own copy. The comic elements are vital to its success, but don't let the comic detract from its authority. If we cannot laugh at ourselves, we don't deserve our community To whet your appetite, "the trick to tracking down a hot trick [dalliance] is to know what types of guys tend to found in what types of locations." For example, Bars, Clubs, Baths, Resorts, Parks, Local rags, Orgiastic parties, gourmet food marts, film festivals, museums, galas and benefits, theaters, and hardware stores. I would only add your upscale men's store (like Macy's, Bloomingdales, Neiman-Marcus) and the male-dominated Pottery Barn, Ikea, unless the object of interest is accompanied by his beloved (this hands off, only eying the guys over and over to invite for cocktails -- and a possible three-way).

Hysterically funny and spot on true to form. I learned so much I didn't know about cracking the gay code of dating.

Where does a shy guy go to answer questions about how to meet other guys? I don't know about you but for this reader "How to get Laid" was just the answer. Thank you Mr. Bass for your useful hints and guidelines for those of us who aren't a Greek god amongst our homo brothers. Come to think of it, even you super hotties can probably learn a thing or two from this book. It's funny and frank and always informative. "How to get Laid" has helped me understand many things about confidence, personal grooming and even etiquette rules when cruising some where other than just your local gay bar. Love the illustrations too!

I'm giving this to my gay friends who don't know the difference between a booty call and a boyfriend. They will learn!

While not everyone can use every tip, there are some great, universal hints in here about attracting guys to you. This is perfect for newbies, or guys (and we all know guys like this) who could get a lot of play if they were just a bit more conscious about their body language and more aware of how they appear to others. Plus there's a big section on threeways, non-monogamy, and how to get yourself out of bad hook-up situations. I'd have saved myself a lot of time if I'd been given this when I was 20. There are some really fun illustrations here too.