In case you didn’t notice, there’s ongoing discussions about barebacking issue on my blog post “Gay Porn Star LEO GIAMANI Fucks and Gets Fucked” There were 2 porn stars posted their own comments. I repost their messages here because I think those are important information, one came from Leo Giamani himself! And the others were opinions from Vince Ferelli. Leo and Vince had sex in Falcon’s upcoming movie Red Light (the follow up to Blue Movie).
This is Leo Giamani responding to the posts:
I would first like to thank all of my fans for all of your support and appreciation. I would like to make it clear that I get tested every 30 days and am 100% disease free. I would also like everyone to be aware that I have not done any bareback scenes in over 100 days. I am very educated, more than most people in this business. I actually have a Bachelor’s in chemistry and did very well on the MCAT’s. I could easily go to medical school if I wanted. I want everyone to be aware that I will never do any type of bareback scene again. I want everyone to know that I always use condoms in my personal life. In additon, I have only performed bareback sex in videos which were done with disease free models whose tests were recent and verified. I am being honest and I know my true fans already know most of what I said. If anyone would like to contact me directly, please feel free to email me at anytime. Thank you and Happy new year to all
This is Vince Ferelli responding to the posts:
What I don’t really appreciate is when I am paired with another model that has done bareback before and I am not told. It has happened 3 times so far to me. I don’t want my reputation or my health to suffer. I have never and will never do a bareback scene, so I don’t want to have to suffer from the decisions of another model who has done it. I guess I’m gonna have to start demanding that I am not paired with a barebacking model. 
Don’t get me wrong: all of the guys that I have worked with are great people and I consider them friends, but I don’t agree with their decision to bareback. Some of them may have been convinced early in their career by directors that took advantage of their naivety (Jake Cruise), so I can’t fault them as a person for it.
I do have a problem with someone being labeled as a “barebacking model” when they have barebacked once or twice. I completely disagree with their decision, but I know that in the real world, many of you have had unsafe sex once or twice. If a model has repeatedly been in barebacking scenes, then by all means, they can be considered a barebacking model. But if they were conned by Jake Cruise, or the likes, into barebacking once, then they do deserve a second chance. They should forever be on probation for it and be under a close eye, but they shouldn’t be an outcast for the rest of their career. Leo is a good guy…someone I would call a friend. I know how you all (including myself) feel about barebacking scenes, but give these guys a second chance before you label them. I almost got conned into working with Jake Cruise by my former scout before Jon Royce and Robert Van Damme took me under their wings and set me straight. Not everyone is as fortunate as I am to have people looking after their best interests and not just trying to fill their pockets with scout fees from barebacking sites.
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30 Dec 08
12:49 pm
[...] The two newcomers have posted their outlook to the practice with Leo Giamani vowing “I will never do any type of bareback scene again” while bodybuilder Vince Ferelli went “I have never and will never do a bareback scene.” Read Queer Me Now – About Barebacking: From Leo Giamani and Vince Ferelli [...]
30 Dec 08
12:52 pm
QMN! I am excited over the discussions..it has definitely stirred passion, outrage and opened a dialogue which is really what this issue needs!
I think it’s great that the stars themselves have responded with incredible candor and honesty. I know it definitely cemented my love for both Leo G and Vince and I will eagerly await and watch and endorse their appearances!
Thanks, guys! Much love and peace!
30 Dec 08
1:38 pm
It is a total buzzkill to see a hot guy like Leo on screen and then realize he’s about to BB!
30 Dec 08
1:46 pm
Oh my God, I totally made this blog post happen lol. I am glad I pressed this issue because HIV/AIDS is a very serious issue. I was almost infected by the disease when I was 20 years old because I did condomless sex. I didn’t think that I could almost come into contact with this disease but I was extremely close to catching it, thankfully I didn’t. I pray I continue to be wise like I am now and always wear a condom. Thanks to everyone who helped pursue this issue including the models in these movies.
30 Dec 08
2:07 pm
One more thing, Leo has a great chance at a great porn career having sex with some of the hottest men ever. He should grab this opportunity with both hands but not do bareback because I think doing this could ruin things for him. If Leo quits bareback I will have so much admiration for him and will put him up there as one of the top gay porn models, if not then he may as well just lay in the gutter with Jake Cruise. JK is a filthy old man and I cannot stand him, cool before bareback though.
30 Dec 08
4:54 pm
I dont know why all the fuss lies at the door of these models! My belief is that if a viewer sees actual gay performers performing bareback it would be dangerous-those that you might think would practise it behind close-doors. Vince and Leo go home and have sex with girls! Both couldnt stay hard if they injected themselves while bottoming, and I supposed to belive they might be barebacking at home. No.
30 Dec 08
8:40 pm
Most porn models bareback when nobody is taping them. Get real people.
I live in NYC an have been to many, many, many sex parties with porn stars present and there has rarely been a condom in sight at these things.
When the cameras are off and the clothes some off…so does the condoms ladies.
30 Dec 08
9:15 pm
I don’t know if that’s strictly true though. If the performer only has sex with men on camera then why would they be doing barback anywhere else? I have read many ads for escorts where they advertise as safe sex only and I assume this to be legit. I believe that many performers are responsible so to try and say otherwise is stupid. I guess there are some porn stars who are involved in “parties” but you can’t come on here trying to make it sound like it’s the majority.
30 Dec 08
9:20 pm
On that note though, are porn stars obligated to disclose their HIV/STD status to the general public? Anyway, I cannot stop someone doing what they do behind closed doors but porn performers and escorts should wrap it up.
30 Dec 08
10:05 pm
Dear Leo Giamani:
Congratulations on deciding to protect your health. You are a gorgeous man and we hope you remain strong and healthy ( http://www.cdc.gov/hiv ).
Dear Vince Ferelli:
Your logic on this issue is a bit flawed. On one hand you condemn those who have barebacked in the past and not disclosed this information to you, yet, in the next breath, you say you understand that these errors in judgment occur onscreen and in real life.
TIP: You can never understand or expect you really know anyone’s sexual history except your own (porn stars or real-life sex partners). Why? Because so many are completely ignorant to what puts them at risk for HIV and other STDs and then there are those who just lie. What you can do — EVERY TIME — is protect yourself with safer sex measures ( http://www.cdc.gov/hiv ). Leaving your health to chance or based on the stories others tell is the wrong move. Protect yourself with condoms — and information.
31 Dec 08
3:02 am
so i have been reading all of these posts and something just doesnt sit well with me….im relatively young(19) and i see that as a society we do a really good job at moving away from the issue at hand…honestly who cares if these men bareback? your not having sex with them….why are we looking at the porn as the source of the problem..the real problem in my opinion is the person that person decides to bareback…i love bareback porn but i dont bareback…just something to think about
31 Dec 08
3:16 am
860BOY:
And that is your right — to watch but not engage.
However, stop, for just a minute, and think about the fact that some barebackers on film will become (or already are) infected with HIV and have to deal with the very harsh reality of a life-changing virus. It’s all fun and games until someone gets infected ( http://www.cdc.gov/hiv ). It’s good to hear that you do not bareback, yes, but let’s hope that many others — onscreen and in real life — realize that barebacking is far too dangerous and slide a condom on their cocks from now on.
31 Dec 08
4:03 am
Missing the point entirely 860BOY. They are mixing bareback and non-bareback actors and this is very wrong in my opinion. I really feel sorry for Leo because I can tell he’s a nice guy. I ought to drop him a line one day.
31 Dec 08
4:22 am
your right i am missing the point… if the problem is mixing bareback and non bareback actors together…isnt leo then the problem?
31 Dec 08
5:03 am
Yeah. So is Pat Bateman.
31 Dec 08
6:28 am
Mixing or matching is NOT the point.
The point is that every man — gay, straight or bi — ought to engage in safer sex with ALL of their partners, as it is next to impossible to know whether your partner has had sex with others that has or has not put them at risk for HIV or other STDs. Whether Pat Bateman or Leo Giamani have engaged in unsafe sex — onscreen or in real life — matters not with regard to whether YOU protect yourself in your sexual life. Do not use porn stars as the standard for which you make life or death decisions for your own sexual behavior.
In fact, porn is the worst-case model for safer sexual behavior ( http://www.cdc.gov/hiv ).
31 Dec 08
9:58 am
amen my point exactly
31 Dec 08
11:21 am
Mr. Harris…thank you for being succinct, knowledgeable and cutting through ALL the mess and getting to the real point! YOU ARE MY HERO!
BTW…I think hands down…you are one of the best adult film reviewers out there!
31 Dec 08
7:34 pm
Nobara Jones:
Thank you for your kind words, much appreciated.
02 Jan 09
3:54 pm
I’m with 860Boy. I find the endless intolerance for another intelligent person’s personal decision pretty useless, and I also think it borders on an insult to all the poz, healthy guys I know. Barebacking has its place in some men’s lives.
04 Jan 09
10:35 pm
Barebacking is wrong BLakeley, there are other diseases that can be transferred because of unprotected anal sex. Idiot.
10 Jan 09
10:09 pm
I have a lot more problems then Leo barebacking…
I gave him a pass since he is so hot – didn’t mind the barebacking, didn’t mind the appearance on on film with a creepy porn daddy, and some chick in another video (Which I don’t get why some gays are enjoying that).
Then I hear this guy isn’t Gay. Doesn’t considers himself questioning or bi… WHATS THERE TO ASK!!! Your having sex with men, uprotected ( which is just a whole another level) and you cannot say definitively your gay.
I enjoy porn because it is the only outlet I have. I get to see something that reflects my sexuality, since there are so few in the media, and some actors are considering themselves GAY FOR PAY. I get pissed off about stuff like this – this is why I hate porn sometimes. I’m not trying to be a silly fag chasing after some straight guy – so why would studios what to perpetuate this. ARGGGH!!!!
I don’t’ get it maybe someone on here can explain it. Let’s face it: performers aren’t doing it for the money, because the are paid so inadequately and their time is so short on film. They even come up a with a stage name, and somehow they can’t fake their sexuality. Come on, you can’t even fucking lie. Even if you are “straight” at least say you do this for the sex, and keep the fantasy alive. This is just plain stupidity.
Your breaking taboos – making porn, and you can’t admit to yourself at some level you like the sex. What are you a robot?
I hope you disappear into straight homogeneous suburban oblivion – your wife gets fat and you drown in children.
The comment about your intelligence pisses me off too – why the hell are you in porn again if your capable working as a doctor and making money a legitimate way. Clearly, something is wrong with you: if you admitting to your ability to make your own money without having sex for it, then what the hell are you doing making porn?
18 Jan 09
3:37 am
I don’t understand people who gloat about what they could do. If you could be a doctor then go out and be one. If it’s not for you then shut up about it. Next. Please don’t blame other people for bad decisons you have made or might have made. I don’t see how you could be “conned” into bareback….LOL Please don’t blame Jake Cruise for anyone who feels they made a bad decision by barebacking in any of his films. We are all adults. Being an adult is about responsibility. So take some. Some porn stars are so simple.
18 Jan 09
6:48 am
TOTALMENTE DE ACUERDO CON LOS ULTIMOS
2 COMENTARIOS, SOMOS ADULTOS Y POR MAS
IGNORANTES QUE SEAMOS, SABEMOS EL RIESGO
QUE SE CORRE CON EL BAREBACK, PERO ES MUY
RICO.
LEO ES MUY ATRACTIVO Y VINCE FERELLI ME ENCANTAN
ME GUSTARIA CONTACTAR CON USTEDES.
20 Jan 09
11:44 pm
Leo and Vince,
Guys it is not always all about you, your actions to do bareback porn are about the young guys seeing you do it this way and the possible consequences…
It is not all about YOU it is about the audience that watch your movies.
I do not believe you can be totally sure when doing BB movies for any studio that you are working with ‘disease-free’ models.
There is still a lot to learn about AIDS.
28 Jan 09
10:23 pm
Hey Glen S.
Now I get it. After reading a few of your posts relating to gay-for-pay it is a bit clearer. You just don’t like gay-gray guys. You have to have everyone be either gay or straight and declare it to the world. You must have had some identity crisis with your own sexuality. Grow up. Not everyone has to see the world as you do, not everyone has to be either gay or straight. Porn is a fantasy. If the scene is the seduction of a straight guy then that’s what it is – just a scene. Oh and how convincing a scene it is when the “straight” guy is more femme than butch. Just because you don’t like something doesn’t mean you are right. I’m not questioning your right to speak your mind – just the hostile nature of how you go about doing it. Step back and look at yourself and how you “get pissed off” about porn – really, about PORN. With all the other things in life to worry about – you seem to get awfully worked up about stuff like this.
05 Feb 09
4:58 am
Thanks, “Enough:” Your stirring comment has made me rethink everything.
Gay-Gray? Is there such a thing? Come on, you got to be kidding. Most out gays know that if your questioning or curious, then your probably already gay. Straight people often never have to question or for that matter have to have sex with the same sex to figure out their straight.
So what part is a fantasy, when the two guys on film are sucking and fucking each other… or when I’m watching it?
“Grow up. Not everyone has to see the world as you do…” – Sounds like you should take your own advice.
I ask those who often fantasize about “seducing” a straight guy, “Step back and look at yourself”
I’m weary of performers: They’re one big cliche after another, burnt out druggies or closet queens.
“After reading a few of your posts relating to gay-for-pay…” – It seems I’ve caught your attention. Now why would I? Your not one of the performers mentioned? Huh?
Well, if it is who I think it is, then you’ve got some balls telling me that I’m having an identity crisis. I’m curious, who was your psychology prof. when you were studying to be a chemist? Nice to see you’ve kept to your goals.
You can shove that fucking Bachelors degree up your ass along with Erik Rhodes dick, you raging bottom – and you call yourself “straight.” Okay, yeah, sure.
05 Feb 09
4:59 am
Oh and I forgot: Douche!
05 Feb 09
5:36 am
This is 28 years of pent up frustration and anger. So why not vent on a posting board, at least it’s a healthier way then starring in porn to work out issues, like some people. I was okay until I saw this posting. I had accepted that porn was just a crutch and nothing more for both the performer and viewer.
Porn is just another part of our society, and it reflects it views of sexuality…. that all gays are heterosexuals with psychological problems. AKA Gay for Pay.
05 Feb 09
5:38 am
I’m not questioning your right to do porn – just the hostile nature of how you go about doing it.
I truly feel sorry for those chicks you guys call girlfriends or wives.
16 Feb 09
7:34 pm
“I truly feel sorry for those chicks you guys call girlfriends or wives.”
That’s if she doesn’t know, I would feel very sorry for her. But if she does, than that’s on her. When these so-called gay4pay guys claim they have girlfriends or wives, I personally believe these women are nothing more but covers, if not faghags. But who knows, maybe their girlfriends or wives are bisexual and they have some type of arrangement, I don’t know. I say this again, it is a known fact that, heterosexual women do not want men who likes more dick than she does. She is not going to be cool with her man having sexual liaisons, let alone, doing gay porn for the whole world to see, while she is in a relationship with that man, for crying out loud, lol!!
15 Apr 09
1:08 am
I adore Leo, does someone where could I write to him ?
06 May 09
12:18 am
I wish more actors would refuse to bareback; that kind of risky sex really ruins my enjoyment. Isn’t the porn world exploitative enough as it is without risking people’s lives?
And vk, are you really in a position to explain exactly what heterosexual women do and don’t like?
In the opinion of this heterosexual woman, it is entirely possible that gfp actors have girlfriends who are fine with their porn work. They might even have girlfriends who get off on it.
11 Oct 09
11:17 am
Leo, just so you know one no longer needs to study chemistry to go to medical school, but as a doctor myself I find it absurd that you would claim you want to be a doctor and then have unprotected sex in a video. In addition since you purport to be so intelligent I would venture to ask why you chose porno over medicine. You must know, though you failed to mention, that being tested for HIV is only the tip of the proverbial iceberg; you didn’t mention if you had been vaccinated for hepatitis A & B, or pneumonia or had the tetanus vaccine or even the flu shot. Escorting and porno put one at risk for many sexually transmitted diseases besides HIV. I would recommend the anal cnacer test as well since you have bottomed. In my practice I see many excorts and men who do porno. I would say that roughly 85% are positive and nearly all of them weren’t aware of their status.
06 Jan 10
9:56 pm
Thank you Robert, you never hear anyone mention anal warts (many forms of HPV cause cancer in both men and women) , any of the multiple forms of hepatitis, or any of the long term consequences of unprotected, multiple partner sex. I am a 38 YO man, who has been out for a long time, I actually remember the funerals of almost all the gay kids of my mother and grandmothers friends. I lost 3 friends from 1989-1992 that were fellow art students to AIDS, and have watched many friends and colleagues whither away. I place the blame both on the performers and the producers. I myself do watch bareback porn, only because there is such a proliferation on the internet it is hard to find condoms in use. The performers know that they will get paid more if they go without the condom, and the producers hold that over the head of the performer. Especially within the realm of the broke str8 guy. $1500 to bottom, but $2500 to do it without a condom. I watch men that I have known for years from Philadelphia NYC and Washington DC, that I KNOW are HIV positive bareback these 18-22 year old men in the “breeding” vids and get sick to my stomach. Really? You want to wish this on someone else, and be a knowing purveyor of a communicable diesease? I can remember when one former Philadelphian making bareback vids was wasting away in the 90’s. I think of the old commercial with the line, “and they’ll tell their friends, and they will tell their friends, and so on, and so on…” all it takes is I’ll fuck this one, and they fuck that one, and they’ll fuck that one and so on, and so on. The man that you sero-convert tomorrow, is the man that could potentially sero-convert my next BF in 2 years. I have a problem with the whole willingness of the industry to allow the NON use of condoms to have proliferated this long, and I have a problem with the people who help to promote the fact that I could be watching a man sign his own death sentence for $1500-$2500 a scene.
01 Mar 10
4:00 am
Damn. That comment by the real doctor, Robert, is just a cold, cold splash of truth.
He says 85% are poz and don’t even know it? Wow.
And I had been thinking the same thing about Leo and the MCAT thing. If you had wanted to go to med school or what ever graduate program, you would have.
I think that the “celebrity” appeal and the fan-worship were a bigger lure than any professional degree – and so it is like Icarus flying into the sun. It is a short-lived, meteoric rise before a long, cold plunge into the societal outcast dark hole.