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Barebacking vs. the World

Barebacking
As a part of the male breed of humanity, I loves me my porn. I’m not going to intellectualize porn or anything. It’s just fun to watch, right? Being a person that partakes in the art of faggotry, I go to Naked Sword to view movies. They have all the releases from the major gay porn houses like Titan Media, Raging Stallion, COLT and Falcon (unfortunately they don’t have an agreement with Lucas Entertainment.) When I logged in this past weekend, much to my surprise I saw a lot of titles that featured barebacking. This was in direct contrast to what founder Tim Valenti said in August’s Out feature entitled “Baring the Truth” by James Gavin:
As cofounder of NakedSword.com, a Shangri-la of gay video on demand—none of it bareback—Valenti has met lots of the subgenre’s young models. “I found them to be extremely naive about what they were doing. Young people were being pushed into participating in something without having a clear understanding of the ramifications. I didn’t want to be part of it.”
I’ve sent out some emails trying to get to the bottom of this. I’m waiting for their responses. Matthew at Boy Culture says:
Whether or not I agree with outlawing prostitution between consenting adults (I don’t), if the government can outlaw prostitution allegedly for our health, why not outlaw bareback porn? I think I’d prefer an intrusive, restrictive approach to a non-approach, and to silence.
I don’t see the connect between porn and reality. Just because I get off on fisting movies doesn’t mean I like getting fisted or fisting someone. Porn is merely the product of our fantasies. That’s it. It is alarming that HIV rates among gay men are on the rise again, but to put the blame on barebacking movies is a stretch at best. The fact more gay men aren’t using protection can be attributed to the lax attitudes about HIV due to more sophisticated treatment. There’s always the meth problem also. In the end the onus is on the individual with regards to protection. If you get HIV you can’t blame meth, porn, the Bush administration or anything else. We have all been made aware in our culture what steps are needed to keep ourselves safe. And if you still manage to catch HIV, well then you have no one to blame but yourself. The only thing that really bugs me about these bareback flicks is the health of the actors. John Carr from the Bay Area Reporter posted “Sister Zsa Zsa’s Epistle to the Gay Porn Industry”. While it has some great tips to the industry, it still makes me a bit uneasy.

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