The status of the fictional superhero He-Man as a gay icon and application of queer theory to his character began by the early 2000s. Such harnesses are part of leather subculture and considered homoerotic. Gay porn star Alexsander Freitas ( right) at the Folsom Street Fair 2010, wearing a bondage harness similar to the one worn by He-Man.
Cosplayer dressed as He-Man ( left) at New York Comic Con 2014.
