alt.sex.stories.gay

For same sex pairings, the newsgroup alt.sex.stories.gay was created but was soon filled with spam. The group alt.sex.stories.gay.moderated (often referred to as "ASSGM") was launched on October 1, 1997 and developed a distinct culture and stories that are rarely posted elsewhere. Although there are a few female/female pairings posted, the group primarily consists of male/male stories; Lesbian stories are far more acceptable to ASSM readers

In biology, sex is a process of combining and mixing genetic traits, often resulting in the specialization of organisms into a male or female variety (known as a sex). Sexual reproduction involves combining specialized cells (gametes) to form offspring that inherit traits from both parents. Gametes can be identical in form and function (known as isogametes), but in many cases an asymmetry has evolved such that two sex-specific types of gametes (heterogametes) exist: male gametes are small, motile, and optimized to transport their genetic information over a distance, while female gametes are large

non-motile and contain the nutrients necessary for the early development of the young organism.

An organism's sex is defined by the gametes it produces: males produce male gametes (spermatozoa, or sperm) while females produce female gametes (ova, or egg cells); individual organisms which produce both male and female gametes are termed hermaphroditic. Frequently, physical differences are associated with the different sexes of an organism; these sexual dimorphisms can reflect the different reproductive pressures the sexes experience.