Whore Next Door: Game of Whores

Two years ago, my boyfriend Sam and I started podcasting about Game of Thrones, which concluded its sixth season this past Sunday.

It took me a moment to warm to the World of Ice and Fire when the series first premiered, but the promise of dragons, sword fights, zombies — and nudity (thanks, HBO!) — kept me coming back each week until I was officially hooked, despite myriad hard-to-remember names and backstories.

Sam, however, has a much more intense relationship with the Seven Kingdoms.

Prior to his current life as a podcast producer and independent fetish pornographer, Sam was the tiniest nerd, reading the heaviest of books in the most hostile of lands.

Westeros is violent — but it doesn’t hold a candle to a West Texas middle school in the early 1990s, especially for boys who occasionally liked to kiss other boys.

Escaping into George R. R. Martin’s fantasy realm of political intrigue, bubbling revolution, and Machiavellian romance served as a vital avenue of escape while Sam served his time as a queer youth inside a red state.

Though we approached the fandom from different origins, as adult-industry professionals we share a deep appreciation that Game of Thrones’ producers hires sex workers for the many roles that require nudity or simulation of actual sex.

“That’s actually being pro-sex work,” Sam says, “hiring sex workers.”