I guess not even really with the porn stuff, but going out with friends to the Castro, I was on the Folsom poster this year.
It’s only been half a semester though, so I’m sure something will arise. Have you faced any challenges around people knowing your porn past? But actually filming porn I’m kind of over with. I would still explore photography and other media stuff. I’ve always been a strong writer and a lot of this is just writing intensive - it’s just a different way of writing. Is that a challenge or is that something that comes naturally to you? It must be such a detail-oriented program. There’s so many new technologies and issues that arise from those technologies, that it makes it really interesting for me. It just seems, especially with media, so much is constantly changing. I took a few law electives and really liked that aspect more than working in editing or producing. I did broadcast communications for my undergraduate, focusing on television production.
But it is definitely a transitionary semester. But it also sucks because I have to be up at a certain time every day which I’m not necessarily used to. So it’s kind of nice having a set schedule where I know exactly what I’m doing every single day. I went from bartending and doing videos to this. I called Blue to talk about the end days, his favorite and least favorite studios to work for, and whether PrEP will diminish the allure of bareback porn.Īdam: Blue, you’ve just started law school right? San Francisco and Best Boyfriend Fantasy 2014 and appearing on the poster for the Folsom Street Fair. Other successes this year included winning two titles at The Hookies - Mr. Highly controversial, even by TIM standards, the film resulted in mainstream media attention for Bailey, who has long been unusually open about his HIV-positive status and his motivations for appearing in both bareback and condom porn. His gangbang film for Treasure Island Media, Viral Loads (titled after shooting was complete) featured him having a jar of cum (“They told me it was cum, but it wouldn’t have mattered if it wasn’t.”) poured into his well-fucked hole. Still, one can’t say he went out with a whimper. But actually filming porn I’m kind of over with,” he tells me while getting ready for a Sunday fundraiser to benefit a group at the law school which has become, as expected, his main focus. “I would still explore photography and other media stuff. To say the porn industry has no responsibility for promoting a safe sex message is immoral.Blue Bailey is basically done with porn. “The biggest health issue for the last 30 years for the gay community has been HIV. The gay porn industry is by it’s very nature embedded in the gay community.” Robinson says.
“You can’t make a private sector company be socially responsible, but I would think that no business works completely divorced from their community. Robinson says that he views Baileys’ ‘Viral Loads’ film as completely irresponsible. “For porn to be presenting a norm of condom less sex and making a very aggressive statement about condom less sex being safe and ok is completely contradicting what the gay community around the world has spent 30 years trying to build up which is a culture of safety. That is about creating habits, norms and behavior and creating a culture of condom use.” What we are trying to do in combating HIV is about protecting a community. “Whether he has an undetected viral load or is using PrEP is only viewing the issue from an individual perspective. NZAF’s Shaun Robinson says that while the use of PrEP can reduce the risk of contracting HIV on a individual level, it does not equate to safe sex. But now we have more tools in our arsenal.” He doesn’t believe the sex he has with HIV negative men is unsafe as they are taking PrEP. Describing his role in the film, Bailey says “I was a bareback bottom for about 21 tops and afterwards they poured a jar of liquid with the label ‘Poz cum’ in my ass.” Bailey says that he didn’t know whether the semen was HIV positive or not.īailey says that the most controversial aspect of the film was an implication that he was HIV negative which was a way for the production company to increase sales of the DVD.īailey responses to criticism of the unsafe sex in the film saying he “doesn’t view porn as sex education.” He says that he has had condom less sex with HIV men throughout his career in porn, but says the sex was still safe “In the 1980’s a condom only approach was necessary. But anybody who espouses condom less sex is not.” NZAF Executive Director Shaun Robinson tells express.īailey, who is HIV positive gained notoriety with his 2014 “Viral Loads” film, which shocked many safe sex advocates. Anybody holding up a LYC banner is helping us out. However, the LYC banner holding has drawn condemnation from the NZAF.