Gay nulo
The 'Nullo' movement – brief for nullification – 'sees mostly male subscribers chop off their own genitals and sometimes their nipples'
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The ringleader of an excessive body modification group who was nicknamed the "eunuch maker" was due to be sentenced at the Old Bailey this week after admitting conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm.
Marius Gustavson, from north London, is alleged to contain performed extreme body modifications, including the removal of penises and testicles, which were filmed and then streamed on his pay-per-view website.
As well as entity the "mastermind" of the "lucrative" website, prosecutors in the trial of 10 men charged over their alleged participation in the so-called "Nullo" ring, claimed the Norwegian national was also a "willing victim" after agreeing to include his own penis and nipple cut off, and his leg frozen so that it had to be amputated.
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Nullo
Class 1 Nullo - A man who has had his testicles removed (castrate).
Class 2 Nullo - A man who has had both his penis and testicles removed (smoothie).
Class 3 Nullo - A guy who has had his penis, testicles, nipples and belly button removed (extreme smoothie - xsmoothie).
Class 4 Nullo - A male who has had his penis, testicles, nipples, belly button, fingernails and toenails removed (nullunx).
Class 5 Nullo - A man that has had his testicles, penis, prostate, seminal vesicles removed to prevent any sexual function and who cannot physically ejaculate. In addition, his nipples and belly button has been removed to prevent any sensitive parts of his body from being stimulated. His has had both his fingernails and toenails removed so that the end of his phalanges are smooth. (extreme nullunx - xnullunx)
Class 6 Nullo - A man that has had his testicles, penis, prostate, seminal vesicles removed to prevent any sexual function and who cannot physically ejaculate. In addition, his nipples and belly button has been removed to prevent any sensitive parts of his body from being stimulated. His has had both his fingernails and toenails removed so that the end of his phalanges are
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Nullo
Nullo, a short motion picture by Jan Soldat, is difficult to watch, especially if you have a penis. In evidence, I had to watch much of the movie with my legs crossed. If you are aware of Freud’s theory of castration anxiety, you will know what I’m talking about. The subject of the documentary, an affable gay Austrian fellow named Norbert, sits or stands naked in various poses in his petty apartment speaking presumably to the documentarian seated behind the camera. It is clear that Norbert has no penis, and in its stead has had a winged penis tattooed above the space where it used to be. In the longest shot of the film (there are only about a dozen or so), Norbert lies on the bed with his legs unseal to the camera as he recounts how he chop off his hold genitalia – first, most of the penis, then a few years later, the scrotum. After an infection, he had to travel to the hospital where he had the rest of the penis that is hidden inside the body removed. He recounts his story matter-of-factly, relating how he was alienated from his penis from a young age, and what his ex-boyfriend, family and friends think of his decision to accept matters into his own hands and remove it. The
Male castration website made £300,000, court hears
Gustavson pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit grievous bodily damage, five counts of grievous bodily impair with intent, one count of making an indecent photograph of a infant, one count of distributing an indecent photograph of a child and possession of criminal property contrary to Section 329(1) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
Ion Ciucur, 30, of Gretna, Scotland, Peter Wates, 66, a retired former member of the Royal Population of Chemists from Purley in Surrey, Stefan Scharf, 61, of no fixed address, David Carruthers 61, Janus Atkin, 38, who had been completing a veterinary course, Ashley Williams, 32, all of Newport, Gwent, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit grievous bodily harm.
"Arch manipulator" Gustavson had been involved in "numerous" extreme procedures with films featuring on the pay-per-view website between 2017 and 2021, a hearing was told.
The wide-ranging conspiracy also involved the removal and trade of body parts, the court was told.
The procedures were filmed and uploaded to Gustavson's website, which subscribers paid to watch, with varying levels of membership from "free&quo