The Guardian's San Francisco Blog - Stretch your hole and your mind will follow: Meet Stephen Boyer

Intrepid reporter Justin Juul hits the streets each week for our Meet Your Neighbors series, interviewing the Bay Area folks you'd like to know most.

Stephen Boyer is an up-and-cumming writer/blogger/porn star. To hear about his sexcapades, stop into his next reading at Dog Eared Books on August 21st. And if want to read his blog or see him take a foot up the ass, just follow the links below.

SFBG: The first time I ever met you was at a party in Oakland. You came out of nowhere, grabbed my girlfriend and I by the shoulders and said, “Oh my god you guys, I just got fucked behind the bar!” Is that how you normally introduce yourself to people?

Stephen Boyer: Ha! Actually, I think we met in Dolores Park. I remember because you and all your friends were trying to convince a pregnant girl to eat a pot brownie. I don’t really remember the Oakland party though, and I could have my dates jumbled. That’s pretty like me. But yeah, I am usually pretty up front with what’s happening in my life. It helps me feel better… that and writing.

SFBG: So what do you usually write about?

Boyer: The major topics I’m taking on right now are shit, piss, and lots of sex. I’m also doing my part to help define a fag/male movement in response to all the feminist bullshit I was forced to sit through in college. You know, because white men are sooooo privileged (sarcasm!).

SFBG: Is it always sex stuff, then?

Boyer: A lot of it is. But not everything. The sex part comes from being young and horny in a country with lots of inhibitions and secrets. Plus, sex sells.

SFBG: What compels you to share that part of yourself with others?

Boyer: Well, I like stretching my brain as well as my asshole and I want to help others do the same. Basically, I really enjoy learning about other peoples’ fetishes and helping them enact their desires. I have a shit load of desire and I’ve spent the better part of the past five years working through it to learn about what turns me on. I’ve realized that learning about other peoples desires and stretching my preconceived notions about what is and isn’t sexy is my biggest turn on. Well, that and orgies. And to return to the question, I want to make money.

SFBG: What’s the craziest, dirtiest thing you’ve ever done?

Boyer: That’s a really difficult question because each person has a different idea about what is or isn’t “crazy and dirty.” Um, for me though; probably the craziest thing I’ve done was drop acid on the Great Wall of China. And living in China would definitely be the dirtiest. I taught English in China for a while and after Hunter S. Thompson died, I just had to do the acid thing. Thompson said his only regret was not dropping acid on the Great Wall, so me and a friend decided to fulfill his dream. It was super fucking weird. I carried a huge beer around with me to look drunk and I couldn’t stop laughing. All the Chinese tourists thought my friend and I were wasted beyond repair. Which we were, but alcohol had nothing to do with it. Sexually, I got a foot shoved up my ass once. Totally my choice, by the way.

SFBG: Jesus! What do you do for fun when you’re not shoving feet in your ass?

Boyer: I clean and cook almost every morning. Also, my friend and I have a music blog called Fantastic Weapon, where I write as Popejohnpaul12. So I spend a lot of time looking up music and chasing down bands for interviews. I watch a lot of porn and read a book or two a week. I like finding new restaurants and I try to go dancing as often as life will allow. Also, I like researching gender issues and religious issues because my familial background is really conservative and religious and my gender and sexual identity has strained our relationship.

SFBG: What is your inspiration?

Boyer: Anyone who is open to gender fluidity and people who knowingly embrace a multifaceted identity. To get through college I shot a lot of porno and I started working with men and women, then finally realized I was pissing off the straight and gay houses I was working for because both are really catty. After that I started working with TS women.

SFBG: How much money do you make doing that?

Boyer: Depends on the shoot and company, usually $500-$2000.

SFBG: You just graduated from USF, right? Would you say you’re more educated than most of the people in your profession?

Boyer: I don’t know. That school sucks. Some of the professors are good but most are old and need to retire and let some fresh air blow through. Actually, I’m still fighting with the people in the graduation center. They lost some of my files and cannot add up my units correctly and therefore claim I’m not in the position to receive my Gender Studies minor or my diploma.

SFBG: Bummer. Now back to the good stuff. What was the best scene you ever did and why?

Boyer: I think my favorite scene was with Jessica for TS Seduction because it takes place in a jail cell. The whole time I was getting fucked I was thinking Jean Genet would love this!

SFBG: Does your lifestyle ever get boring?

Boyer: Doesn’t everyone’s? But I do my best to keep myself interested in waking up in the morning.