After those long days of Mexican standoffs and train robberies, the South usually unwinds with either some chitlins or sweet tea – no one would have ever expected a good old heaping helping of steaming gay porn.

As soon as March reared its ugly head, Pornhub and Buzzfeed got together to satiate their curiosities by asking:

• Do states with legalized gay marriage watch more gay porn than states where it’s illegal?

Answer: Yep. Around 4.41% of states with legalized marriage watch 7% more gay porn that states without at 4.13%.

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No surprise. You’d think LGBT community oriented States would have a higher yield of gay porn viewers…

…however, if you average every single state in the South, the percentage of gay viewers is higher than the average of states where gay marriage is legalized.

1. The butt sex outlawed state of Mississippi holds the record of 5.58% gay users.
2. Riding on its rear in second comes the sugar state Louisiana at 5.44%
3. Georgia, the home of Little Richard, weighs in at 5.38%

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So what about those more liberal states where gay marriage is legalized?

The top three ride in on the following:

1. Aloha to Hawaii in first place, holding 5.38%.
2. Bailout paradise New York and an ashamed California come in with 5.27%.

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Now wait! What if those Southern men are just looking at lesbian porn? According to Buzzfeed, a Pornhub spokesperson said this about their data:

“We pulled terms and traffic to gay searches. We couldn’t break down “lesbian” because we don’t track our users on a micro-granular level (i.e., gender, sexual orientation, etc.). So for example, lesbian searches can account for, like, 40% of a city’s searches, but 80% of those searchers may likely be men. So to answer, it’s a rundown of gay porn from male users”

This town ain’t big enough for the both of us, unless it’s a gay porn website.

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