MoniGram said:

honestly... i can be vert shy. it's easier for me to have sex with someone than to talk to them... i know it should be the other way.

also i'm very flattered that they are taking interest because i consider myself to be average in the looks department. far from the porn ideal.

Good luck !

ehuffnsd said:

Is this all protected sex?

What is ff?

I find it strange that most of the actors in gay porn are HIV positive. Why isn't it the other way around?

How does this affect your self esteem?

what does ff mean?

ehuffnsd said:

It's hypocrisy considering how lackadaisically the industry has historically treated STD transmission.

JasmineFire said:

not everyone uses comondoms in real life. how does what affect my self esteem?

fisting.

VoicesCarry said:

as in allowing Poz people to make porn? should poz people not make porn and be socially unacceptable to have sex with? that would be the message it's sending.

ehuffnsd said:

Read: What I'm saying IS - For the porn industry to donate to AIDS charities makes about as much sense as Philip Morris donating to the Heart & Stroke Foundation.

personally from the regular pics Ive seen of you, you'd make a great military type guy IMO

ehuffnsd said:

having sex on video for money. it's kinda something that people look down upon and i wonder how it would affect someone's self esteem.

horatio said:

how funny. they've seen the different hairstyles i've done the past few years and they asked me to do a military cut.

VoicesCarry said:

that makes no sense. companies putting warnings on the videos about safer sex, the show people having sex with condoms and yet you think they are promoting the spread of HIV. that's some rightwing nutcase bullshit if i've ever seen it. we should be doing all we can to show how to prevent the spreading seeing as our government thinks no sex is the only way.

JasmineFire said:

it's about 50/50 in teh gay community who look down on people. we tend be a little more sexpositive.

ehuffnsd said:

so it doesn't affect your self esteem?

ehuffnsd said:

it's the only way that is 100% proven effective.

I can relate to the why and how and such, and as much as I like porn (straight for me, but you know how the saying goes ...), I don't consider porn to
be carrying a social message. I need the 1st producer/actor with a mission other than his/her personal bank account to step forward ...

JasmineFire said:

i've struggled with self esteem issues for years. part of the joys of growing up obviously gay. i will say i'm flattered they took interest in me and contacted me i don't consider myself to be "porn star" material.

One4All4Ever said:

did you watch Chi Chi LaRue's video i posted on here?

From those i know who work in the industry the all take very active roles in HIV/AIDS.

One4All4Ever said:

even though porn may not carry an overt social message it, and all other forms of entertainment, do carry implicit social messages just because they are out there for the masses to watch and ingest.

Everything that we see, read, and hear carries messages and those messages affect us in a number of ways.

I'm not a regular watcher of pornography and I've never seen a gay porn but I would think that seeing pornographic actors using condoms would make unsafe sex seem less appealing, strange, or unnatural. Regardless of whether or not there is a message at the beginning of a pornographic video stating the benefits of safe sex, people seeing porn actors engaging in safe sex or not sends a very strong social message.

JasmineFire said:

Thanks ... I love it when I learn something on the org.

One4All4Ever said:

don't feel boxed! I was just letting my mind wander around the subject, that's all.

ehuffnsd said:

Oh, brother.

For a long period the industry did mostly bareback. This self-regulation and condom use was mostly implemented to rehabilitate their image.

Nowhere did I say that the industry's money going to AIDS charities was somehow bad; I merely said it was hypocritical.
[Edited 3/3/08 18:17pm]

One4All4Ever said:

i chuckle about the old one, but that wasn't with as large and well known studio.

VoicesCarry said:

piror to 86 all porn was condom free....bareback all refers to people who make the decison now. it wasn't until 82 or 83 that people knew what caused HIV/AIDS. yes they were slow to change but it did become the industry standard until the new wave of bareback porn of 99 and beyond.

like i said those considered mainstream do all that they can.


please remember i know several people who work behind the scenes at major gay porn companies and many of them do alot of work for prevention.
[Edited 3/3/08 18:21pm]

ehuffnsd said:

The sex will you be having will be protected (sorry I did not see it if you have answered this question)?

VoicesCarry said:

yes... it will. if i decide to committ to it i'll tell you which studio and when it'll be out.

ehuffnsd said:

Great!

I am very passionate that people should use protection.

There seems to be more protection in the gay porn industry, than hetero. Hetero porn exists, that's current, where NO condoms are used. At least the participants in gay porn, although HIV+, use condoms.
Testing negative is not the end all.(which, people in the hetero field are confused about) There's a period of time for the immune system to work, between contracting HIV, and developing a positive test. Therefore, a person can test negative, and still transmit the virus. I'm not sure of the incubation period.
Anytime someone has surgery, and may need a blood transfusion, there is still a rare risk of contracting HIV because of this. The stat is low, and risks of hepatitis, and other infections are are higher.
FYI.

xplnyrslf said:

yeah the disconnect between straight and gay porn has always struck me as weird.

So, did I hear that right? Most of the porn stars in gay porn are HIV positive?

greenpixies said:

no, there are many that are. most of the ones i personally know. however that statement doesn't cover everyone.
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