Oh, Derrick…!
$500 a day. In the 70’s. As a side gig.
I can see the allure for a young man who needed few incentives to show his costars something extra.
He also got to work with some of the big names of the golden era of gay porn.
We don’t have many porn stars from that era still living today. AIDS took care of that. That’s why I find these interviews so interesting.
Always interesting to hear the stories of what life was like before we were out, or even born in some cases. It's all a part of our history.
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I'm forever fascinated by them.
DeleteThe Golden Era of gay lib. It was fleeting and wild.
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I remember a few of those actors, but not as many as get mention. I was working 2 jobs during those years, so it was mostly, work, work, work, with the occasional porno tape on the weekend.
ReplyDeleteI think the most famous is Al Parker (faints).
DeleteMost of those men are lost in time, forever beautiful In those videos....
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Big says,
ReplyDeleteWhat a great interview. There needs to be more like that.
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Absolutely!
DeleteThere's a treasure trove of memories in these men who survived the plague.
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So good to hear from someone who survived those years in porn. I wish him more happiness in his life. He deserves it.
ReplyDeleteHe does!
DeleteThere's a sadness underneath the beauty, though.
He's still an attractive man and the fact that they first see their status before his worth is a shame.
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HuntleyBiGuy:
ReplyDeleteThis was a fascinating interview. The maddening news clips really shines a light on the failures of the medical community. Yes, the majority of AIDS cases were transmitted man to man, but these were HUMAN BEINGS, not some test subjects in a Petrie dish.
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Oh, it was brutal.
DeleteIf you can, watch How to Survive a Plague. I think it's on YouTube but the streaming services should have it.
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I know with new drugs HIV/AIDS is no longer a death sentence. And also new drugs that can prevent the spread, but I don’t see why some stars are still chancing it by filming bareback.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely.
DeleteIt's not like when all they had was AZT and it would tear them apart.
Nowadays, the Kids have Prep and life expectancy has grown exponentially.
They feel untouchable.
Fools.
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One of a very few to make it.
ReplyDeleteI suspect soon that studio porn will be extinct what with only fans and such.
Seriously!
DeleteAnd still facing the stigma of AiDS. Who would have thought?
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