Does watching gay porn reduce homophobia?
Another overlooked benefit to pornography comes from the fact that it provides gay youth a sense of sexual validation. As a closeted 13 year old, the only homoerotic pornographic images I could find were the shirtless boys in newspaper underwear ads. Gay pornography would have given me a visual understanding, not only of the operation of gay sex, but a confirmation that what I wanted to do was possible. Fortunately, today's young gay males have that ability. This likely helps young boys learn that they are gay earlier in life, too.
source: Article 'A Diversity of Sexual Imagery - Does watching gay porn reduce homophobia?' by Eric Anderson (Ph.D.); www.psychologytoday.com/blog/masculinity-today/201203/diversity-sexual-imagery; Psychology Today; 27 March 2012