Introducing The Best Gay Underwear Of All Time

There’s not much, when it comes to clothing, that we’ve written about or talked about more on Autostraddle than underwear — even dedicating an entire week to the topic a decade ago. We have dreamed and yearned and hoped for years to one day have the chance to not just screen print “Straddle This” across the ass of a pair of wholesale men’s boxers, but do to the whole thing from scratch.

The gay underwear For Them is debuting today has been in development for over a year. This is not fast fashion! We make clothing the old school way —engaging directly with community members for feedback and testing, ensuring our products are not only a fit for our diverse community but also reflect a commitment to environmental stability, using eco-friendly fabrics, dyes, and production methods. Every Friday for months I sat on the other side of a chaotic FaceTime call looking at fabrics and logos and elastics and watching models of all genders and body types and sizes trying on samples for fit and utility and comfort. It was so cool to watch it all get made, and to witness how detail-oriented and focused the whole team was on making shit that was new and exciting and hot.

We could not possibly be happier or more excited to introduce you to For Them’s first line of Gay Underwear. At the For Them store you can see every product listed here from every angle. If you’re an AF+ Product + Media Member or a legacy A+ member at the Silver, Gold or Platinum level, you get 30% off your purchase and, for the next 48 hours, a buy-2-get-one-free deal.

All of these photographs are by Lydia Garnett!


model lounging in the grass in a For Them boxer-brief

The Bottom Boxer

These are my new go-tos: a low-waisted boxer-brief with with a pouchless reach-through window. Also they are soft as hell.

$26 // $18.20 for Members


model in the trad boxers

The Trad Boxer

This one is like the other one EXCEPT there is an optional packing pouch!

$28 // $19.60 for Members


Model in dyke boyshorts

The Dyke Brief

This was the underwear style I personally proposed and didn’t it turn out cute as fuck? YOU BET YOUR ASS IT DID. It’s that classic boy-brief style you know and love in a cut that’s a little bit boyshort and a little bit hipster. It’s cheeky, it’s dykey, it’s perfect.

$25 // $17.50 for Members


girl in the snack tanga

The Snack Tanga

The classic tanga style deconstructed to create a flirty design with a cut-out window on your hips.

$25 // $17.50 for Members


model standing defiantly in a dolls tanga

The Tucking Tanga

The same classic tanga style — but with a secure, comfortable tucking channel.

$25 // $17.50 for Members


jock strap on the back with the butt

The Jockless Strap

We’ve made the jockstrap even gayer by removing the front pouch and focusing on what’s important here – the ass. No more extra fabric in the front, still a party in the back.

$25 // $17.50 for Members


Get Your Gay Underwear (and See Every Style From Every Angle) At The For Them Store


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Riese is the 43-year-old Co-Founder of Autostraddle.com as well as an award-winning writer, video-maker, LGBTQ+ Marketing consultant and aspiring cyber-performance artist who grew up in Michigan, lost her mind in New York and now lives in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in nine books, magazines including Marie Claire and Curve, and all over the web including Nylon, Queerty, Nerve, Bitch, Emily Books and Jezebel. She had a very popular personal blog once upon a time, and then she recapped The L Word, and then she had the idea to make this place, and now here we all are! In 2016, she was nominated for a GLAAD Award for Outstanding Digital Journalism. She's Jewish and has a cute dog named Carol. Follow her on twitter and instagram.

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7 Comments

    • Hi! Yes! We do ship internationally, taxes/duties/shipping is all calculated at check out, so if you want to see what it would cost you to ship to the UK you can enter your address at checkout before completing the purchase!

  1. I’m having three different issues. :) 1) My existing membership doesn’t show up, even when using For Them’s email sign/in prompt, 2) even when I add membership to the check-out, I see 30% off but not the buy 2 get one free deal, and 3) when I try to purchase the bottom boxer in midnight, chalk appears in my cart (didn’t have this issue with other styles). Thanks!

    • Hey Starr! I am SO happy to help you out here. Would you kindly email this message to [email protected] so I can look into the experience you’re having – I’d handle it right here but this will require me grabbing your email address and other info, so best to handle off of a public forum! Thanks so much and I’m confident we’ll get this sorted out for you.

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