Davey Wavey
Davey Wavey | |
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| Born | July 12, 1983 Woonsocket, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Occupation | YouTuber |
| Nationality | American |
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| Years active | 2006–present |
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| Subscribers | 1.64 million[1] |
| Total views | 775,134,159[1] |
Last updated: April 2, 2024 | |
Davey Wavey (born July 12, 1983) is an American YouTuber who covers LGBT topics related to sex, relationships, and coming out. His YouTube channel has over a million subscribers.[2] Wavey is also the creator of Himeros.tv, an erotic video platform.[3]
Early life[edit]
Davey Wavey grew up in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, in a conservative Catholic family.[2][4] He came out as gay when he was 16 and abandoned the Catholic faith while attending a Catholic high school.[2] He has lived in Rhode Island, New York City, Washington, D.C., Buenos Aires, Toronto, and West Hollywood, California.[5]
Career[edit]
Wavey's first YouTube video was on June 21, 2007. He became well-known after his 2007 video, "I Caught My Hot Neighbor Masturbating! (with sound)" went viral, reaching over two million views.[5] His channel, wickydkewl, has over a million subscribers from 150 countries.[2] Wavey talks about love and sex, often appearing shirtless.[5][6] Wavey began by making videos that addressed misconceptions about gay people, "Like that all gay men are hairdressers or sexually promiscuous or that we're weak", but now describes his videos as "focused on the misconceptions, stigmas, and issues within our LGBT community. Those include slut-shaming, a lack of respect for elder-gays, fem-shaming, HIV, and body issues, to name a few."[7]
In 2017, Wavey created Himeros.tv, a porn platform that "enhances gay and bisexual men's experience of sex and sexuality through connection, exploration, and pleasure".[8] Wavey described Himeros.tv to The Advocate saying, "We don't market it as educational porn or porn that's good for you, but it kind of is. It's porn, that when you watch it, you see either a technique that's being demonstrated or a concept that you feel like you can apply to your life. As gay men in a vacuum of sex education, we learned about sex by doing what? Watching porn." Himeros.tv creates videos with sex coaches, sexologists, tantric coaches, and adult film stars.[3]
Wavey also had a cameo as a non-nude extra in Justice League : A Gay XXX Parody (2018), Men.com's gay porn parody of Justice League.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "About wickydkewl". YouTube.
- ^ a b c d "This is What It's Like to Be Internet Sensation Davey Wavey Now". metrosource.com. July 17, 2019. Archived from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
- ^ a b "Davey Wavey Talks the Good, the Bad, and the Future of Porn". advocate.com. October 29, 2019. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
- ^ Needle, Chael. "Davey Wavey: Advocate | A&U Magazine". Retrieved November 4, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Davey Wavey Leaves WeHo for Home in Rhode Island". WEHOville. December 21, 2015. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
- ^ "Davey Wavey's Gay Sex Ed". advocate.com. March 21, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
- ^ "YouTube Millionaires: Davey Wavey Discusses "Journey Of Sexual Exploration And Discovery"". tubefilter.com. August 4, 2016. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
- ^ Himeros.TV. "About Us | The Best Gay Sex of Your Life". himeros.tv. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
- ^ Wavey, Davey (December 11, 2017). "My First Gay Porn". HuffPost. Retrieved March 26, 2024.