+ Eagle-eyed reader Franco spotted gay porn star Dean Phoenix on “Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List” He was helping Kathy’s mom sell her stuff at the Melrose Trading Post flea market. You can see him in photos 5-7.
+ Sad News: Gay porn performer Shane Risk (Taken: To The Lowest Level) hung himself in his West Hollywood apartment.
+ Sad news in gay porn seems to always come in pair: Hyde Park Model Linkin Kurtis, 24, passed Friday, July 16 at his home.
+ Jason Pitt retires from Onscreen Sexcapades and launches his own porn company.
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+ How Going Gay-For-Pay Reassured Malachi Marx He Is Straight.
+ Joe Rocco has signed an exclusive contract with Paul Morris’s Treasure Island Media. Rocco debuted in ‘Breeding Season 2’ in a “cigar fuck” scene.
+ Collin O’Neal and Tony Aziz having “private time” at Powerhouse in San Francisco.
+ Erik Rhodes pictured out at a gay beach circuit party.
+ Tucker Scott blogs about his experience filming with Falcon Studios.
+ Brent Everett using FLESHJACK to cum on Fleshjack award.
+ Wolf Hudson Wants To Put Your Name On His Ass.
+ Treasure Island Media is sponsoring diver Robert Remington in the Gay Games 2010. Liam Cole was asked to draw some designs for the TIM sponsorship speedo.
+ Adult industry sees iPorn potential in new phone.
+ Abercrombie 2010 Quarterly brings sexy back.
+ A hot young bodybuilder who goes by MuscleProwl!
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+ Open Relationships: The 800-Pound Gay Gorilla.
manu says
The way Treasure Island Media is getting mainstream really scares me , I think their “news” should not be reported at all but of course it’s not my blog and QMN is entitled to do what he wants , they are probably the worst example porn can possibly set .
I imagine their sets are STD nests with guys injecting themselves with steroids to fight the “gaunt” AIDS look ….sadly all their models still look sick or like drug addicts and even if you are poz you should not fuck without condoms , other STDs can come into play , along with other strains of the virus you are fighting – at the end of the day the work gets even more complicated for doctors.
To each his own of course but I wish the bareback market had remained underground , it’s getting a wider and wider reception since circa 2003 with the Jeff Palmer movies and it’s worrying that very young guys nowadays think it’s fine to fuck without protection .I’m in my mid 20s but the younger generation (18-21 ) seems even more careless about this disease.
AS i know someone who has it , I can tell you the risks taken are not worth it , tritherapy drugs take a HUGE strain on your body , the side effects are often horrible and some people do not respond well to them at all.
Sorry if I bored you but as bareback is rapidly becoming the norm , I think some things need to be reminded .
EdWoody says
I am complete agreement with you, manu. It’s terrifying.
ricky says
treasure island puts out filth. nothing more, nothing less. it isn’t hot or sexy it is just gut churning disgusting.
Aaron says
HOw did Linkin kurtis die wot wos his cause of death??????
manu says
WOuld just like to add : Do NOT believe someone who says he is clean just because he says so , most guys will do anything to get laid , a test is valid if you haven’t taken risks for 6 weeks before , otherwise you can’t trust it and obviously you can’t have people under your supervision .VERY FEW guys get tested on a regular basis unfortunately , they just pretend , the HIV+ ones won’t tell you most of the time before you have sex with them, so wrap it…
I’ve made a little experience on a mainstream dating site and about 50% of people agree to have bareback sex if you TELL them you are clean and have been tested recently , they don’t require to see the test or anything.
When you know how common lying is on these networks (name , age , dick size , occupation , you name it….) it’s alarming.
Jones says
I love Treasure Island. To each his own.
Scott says
1) Dean Phoenix: so handsome. I never knew he was short (doesn’t make him any less attractive to me, just didn’t realize it; look at him compared to the other guys, he’s Kathy and her mom’s height). 2) Amusing that Erik Rhodes wants people to believe it’s a big surprise he’s at a gay circuit party. He’s always such a shrinking violet, you know, never shows up at all the industry events and awards shows. Oh, wait…
3) And Wolf Hudson, god love him, shameless self-promotion meets idiocy. He will participate in a USC panel discussion telling people what a grind being “gay for pay” is, how the sex is so unerotic, then expect you to be smitten with him. Adorable, he is.
Scott says
And as far as TIM and the “to each his own” philosophy, hope the BB dudes have puh-lenty of $ to pay for their HIV meds and not expect the taxpayer to pay for them b/c they may find themselves fucked.
I have debated writing about this, but it’s on the web in public forums. I was friends with a porn star who some might know. Not a major name, he did mainly low-budget stuff (uniform, wrestling) but quite a few movies. He had been poz for a pretty good while when he did movies, including at least one BB one. Handsome, huge dick; was a proponent of bareback sex in his pvt life as well. He died last year of an incurable MRSA infection, which started in his leg and spread. I can tell you how eventually he, and his family, felt about the “to each his own” attitude.
My old roommate, who also was a big proponent of BB sex, turned up poz, then eventually developed the same thing (MRSA) two years ago; spent two wks in the hospital ICU and nearly died. His distraught mom and dad crying in the waiting room…man, those were some good times.
“To each his own” indeed.
Christophe says
I took a look once at TIM and was astounded by how sick the guys look.
How can someone pay to watch trainwercks whose final journey isn’t far is beyond me.
They also look like they’ve taken way too much coke or something else.
It’s really sad that a company like that is sponsoring someone at the gay games.
Enough for the rant and let’s end on a positive note: congratulations for the add on GayDemon!
Ben says
I love Treasure Island too! More of it! Thanks QMN!
seaguy says
If you don’t like it then you don’t have to buy it or watch it. But apparently bareback is popular as it would not be becoming more mainstream if that were not the case.
Brad says
I love Treasure Island, SX Video, Red Stag, Slut MAchine Studios and Dark Alley. I don’t watch the movies for the look of the guys. I watch em because they’re pure real entertainment. They are str8 to the point not reading off a pointless script with steriod falcon twinks which bore me. So sick of hearing idiots talk about how bareback movies are wrong. I watch em, I play safe, I know right from wrong, and the bareback movies don’t put a gun to my head forcing me to bareback. No one wants to hear your sad story about death of your friend. Men are old enough to make there own decision how they practice sex. Just realize that bareback movies are popular now and they’re selling.
Ed says
Many of these porn stars are most likely normal everyday kinda guys who have all sorts of reasons for doing porn, and I have my type and my favourite stars like everyone else; but it goes too far when they are manipulated by the negative trappings associated so often with the less glamorous side of the industry! I find the comments here very interesting; and I personally would never engage in bareback sex unless I was completely able to trust the person I was with [As in how well I knew them]. The poor chap who died of an MRSA infection in his leg was a real eye opener of the dangers and I confess if ever I needed an excuse never to do barebacking – that alone gave me cause.
Rich says
HOW did Linkin Kurtis die?!?!? This is very shocking since he’s the second HP actor I know of to die young…and I don’t even keep up with porn/actors much anymore, so this sticks out as being quite abnormal to me!