Pierre, 28

Are you from France, Pierre?
Yes, I'm from there, but I live in Boston now. I moved a year ago to study voice. I'm a soul and jazz singer.

Do you think that Americans like French guys?
Yeah, Americans, girls or boys, the first time you meet them they're like, "Oh, you're French, that's amazing!" but then they just leave you. I feel like once European people begin to flirt with you, you're going to finish in their bed, but Americans are not like that.

I kind of agree with you. What kind of guys do you like?
I'm very attracted to guys with big muscles right now. Not horrible, crazy muscular though. I love black guys. There is a part of me that I can't control, when I see these beautiful guys, even if they're stupid and what they say is so bad, I don't care. I just want to get them.

To get them for sex, or for a relationship?
For sex. But the problem is I'm fucking romantic and I can fall in love with a very dumb person. 

Do you find French or American guys hotter?
American guys are hotter, because they all work out, but they just don't know what style is. Except New York guys. They're awesome. But the style of the Boston guys sucks. It's pretty much just sweatshirts, pants, and sneakers.

Do you have any crazy stories that happened to you?
In France I met this guy. I was masturbating his dick and he started bleeding... it was just horrible. I tried to fix it with some bandages. Then I met one very hot guy and he said that I was hot too, but then he started sending me these weird e-mails, asking me when the last time I showered was, if I was brushing my teeth and if I was washing my tongue. I was like, yeah, I'm clean, don't worry. He never came over though. I saw him once playing basketball in my area, but he didn't recognize me.

Have you ever had a sex with a woman?
Yeah, when I had sex for first time it was with a woman. I was eighteen. I actually liked it.

So are you gay or bi?
I'm gay.

When did you realize that you're gay?
I've known that since middle school. I just felt attraction to guys — not only sexually but also personally. I lied to myself for so long and tried so hard not to be gay, because of social pressure, family, etc., and I finally fell in love with a girl. It was more of an intellectual love, but back then I struggled a lot with my personal idea of a gay man. I came out to my parents one year ago and with my friends two years ago. It took me a while.

How did you parents react when you told them?
I've never had any sexual discussions with my parents. Even when I was young, they never told me about masturbation or ejaculation. Sex is very taboo in my family. For a few years I was more and more into my gayness and it seemed like my mother was feeling that. One day there was an article in the newspaper about prostitutes, and we had a discussion, and my mother started speaking about homosexuality, crime, and horrible stuff. When she was saying all that stuff about society, it was actually about me, but undercover. I was feeling very bad, and the next day I told them, "I'm gay, so every time you say all these very conservative and horrible things about other sexualities, it hurts me." Then they said, "We're sorry. We support you. Maybe we don't know what we're talking about, bcause we're from a different generation. Just be yourself and that's okay with us."

When did you first have sex with a guy?
I was nineteen. I think it was in a club in Paris. I was by myself discovering this new world. He was an Arabic model, older and more confident and he just grabbed me on the dance floor. Then we had sex.

Did you like it?
No. I felt so bad and guilty and dirty. I never saw him again. However, I have a different mindset now and I think that human sexuality, in every form, is great. 

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