That said, adult entertainment publicist Mike Stabile told Mic that he believes the sexuality of a gay-for-pay porn star is likely to be a bit more flexible than your average joe.
"Who are we to say his entire life is a lie because he has the capacity to have sex with a man once?" she previously told Mic. In fact, she believes that popping a boner for another dude isn't at all a signifier that a man who says he's straight isn't, in fact, straight.
In a book that came out earlier this year, Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White Men, author Jane Ward argued that male sexuality is a lot more fluid than most of us are willing to acknowledge. The women get more exposure and respect in the industry, and for gay porn it's the male stars." "We're not sure why that is, but one of the ideas we have is that in straight porn, the women are the stars, and the guys are just props to pleasure them. In straight porn, the pay for men is notoriously lower than the pay for women, so "gay porn in general make a lot more than straight porn," Damian McKnight, the CEO and producer of the successful gay-for-pay site Broke Straight Boys, told the Daily Dot last year. Though the cable special is just coming out now, gay-for-pay porn is a fairly well-established phenomenon. They're rising stars in the gay porn industry, but will the pressures of every day life force them to reconsider their lucrative careers?" "Ben is a married family man who recently started performing in gay sex films to support his kids. "Luke has a massive online following but he's managed to keep it a secret from his girlfriend," the show's narrator ominously reveals in a sneak peek for the episode.
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This week, MTV is airing an episode of True Life exploring the lives of two such performers, and their struggles to balance the seemingly conflicting demands of their professional and personal lives. Even though I might have been trying to kill myself, one thing was radically evident the disease was not.These Male Porn Stars Are Straight - But They Have Sex With Men for a Living
My medical team could only shake their heads as each and every blood test returned levels revealing a state of remission. Yet, despite this loathsome and horrific odyssey, I was vigilant with my anti-viral program. Problem was, I'd forgotten that I'm too tough for such a cowardly departure. The personal disbelief, karmic confusion, shame and anger lead to a temporary yet abysmal decent into profound substance abuse and fathomless drinking. Unfortunately, for my family and myself, it had only just begun. Like every other challenge in my life, again, I was victorious and kicking this disease's ass. Not missing a beat, a med dose, or one shred of guidance, quickly my viral loads became undetectable. Robert Huizenga as well as "the" leading infectious disease expert in the known universe, I began a rigorous and intensive treatment program. Under the brilliant and perfect care of Dr. Those impossible words I absorbed and then tried to convince myself, that I was stuck, suspended, or even stranded inside some kind of alternate reality or nightmare, were to the absolute contrary. Following a battery of endless tests, that included a hideous spinal tap, it was sadly and shockingly revealed to me that I was, in fact, positive for HIV. I was emergently hospitalized with what I believed to be a brain tumor or perhaps some unknown pathology. Roughly four years ago, I suddenly found myself in the throws of a seismic and debilitating three-day cluster-migraine like headache.