It is used in the names of hookup websites directed at gay men into fetish or 'extreme' sex (e.g.
'Pig' is a term used by some gay men to self-define themselves in terms of their own sexual practices, which they regard as transgressive, pushing the limits of the body and of its integrity through relentless condomless penetrations, stretching of the rectal sphincter, and exchanges of all kinds of bodily fluids (sperm, urine, saliva, etc). It does so through a close critical engagement with representations of 'pig' masculinities in contemporary gay pornography. This project theorises gay 'pig' masculinities and their visual mediation, which emerged in the last two decades in tandem with the introduction of antiretroviral therapies for the management and prevention of HIV infection.
