Ask The Pornographer - 2016 Edition

[refujiunderground]

I sincerely don't understand what your problem is or what you're even talking about.

you asked me if it was ok for people to look to porn stars as role models. I have heard from many people who tell me that they felt shame about their sexuality until they saw hot men proudly having sex and saw that gay sex didn't have to be about shame or weakness.

Should porn stars be our ONLY role models? No, of course not. But like I said in my first comment to you... don't blame me that Hollywood seems to be having an issue with giving us positive role models. That's their problem, not ours.

I know that I personally see porn as my salvation... I grew up in a very remote, very conservative and oppressive village in Atlantic Canada in the 80s. I thought all gay men were weak, mentally disturbed, predatory weirdos, cross dressers and freaks. Then I found a gay porn magazine that showed me hot, masculine men having sex and enjoying it. I read the articles in that magazine and saw that they were funny and smart with opinions about music and art and politics. I saw gay men not just sex partners but friends with a community... this saved my life. I knew that somewhere out there I'd find a place where I was appreciated and accepted for being gay.

Now, you may think (incorrectly) that gay porn stars are all "wife beaters" and "pedos" and all those other things... I don't really care. We know nothing about you other than you seem to have some very serious issues with your sexuality and I'm not your therapist.

Yes...anyone who takes ANYTHING from pop culture too seriously needs to maybe look at their own priorities, but again... this is not my fault. but no... my job does NOT depend on people taking it too seriously.

My job depends on gay men and straight women wanting to see hot men fucking. If I can give people a social message along with that... great. If not...I hope they enjoyed the movie.

Thank you answering my question. I was just asking how you felt about that as someone who worked in the industry.

The main reason why I asked that was because I've seen some porn watchers literally take this to another level where they really look at those porn actors and people in the industry such as yourself as vital lines to figure out their lIves as gay men. They literally base their sex lives and even personal lives based off of what they see because they have no guide. They are ashamed and scared to talk about these things because they have no certified professionals such as psychologists or doctors to talk to

I've seen a few of these guys when their fans ask them on real life and possible life and death questions such as protection from hiv give horrible advice. Unfortunately, most of us don't have gay friendly doctors or shrinks where we can openly discuss things like that so we rely on the Internet, other people who are also clueless and other places for that sort of thing. I've seen more than enough people saying how prep means they can have unprotected sex and have any seen hiv positive men roaming around talking about "undetectable" and on prep so they can have unprotected sex with people who are neg. When you have people doing that trying to be their own doctors and using the words of a few porn actors as health advice and not medical professionals, that is dangerous.

I just think that for you personally, that you unintentionally due to fact that you work in the industry have the task of being a guidance or a go to person about being gay, sex and etc which I have to say at least to me is messed up because you have a.form of weight on your head. It's like if you give advice and everything works out, you get credit. If you give advice and everything doesn't work out, then the person that took it from your sees you as a bad person. You get what I'm saying?

 

[Soilwork]

You get what I'm saying?

not even a little bit, no.

 

[Soilwork]

Unfortunately, most of us don't have gay friendly doctors or shrinks where we can openly discuss things like that so we rely on the Internet, other people who are also clueless and other places for that sort of thing. I've seen more than enough people saying how prep means they can have unprotected sex and have any seen hiv positive men roaming around talking about "undetectable" and on prep so they can have unprotected sex with people who are neg. When you have people doing that trying to be their own doctors and using the words of a few porn actors as health advice and not medical professionals, that is dangerous.

ok this makes sense, but if you're getting your health advice from a gay porn star who isn't ALSO a medical professional (don't laugh, my doctor is one of the top HIV doctors* in the country and he's a former Colt model... two of my current stars work for a major hospital on the east coast)... maybe not the best choice.







*for the record, I'm not HIV+, but my doctor is a great doctor who can also treat me.

 

[xboxfan34]

Hey Jasun I don't know if I asked this before but....have you ever met or encountered a very good looking straight guy that turned out to be homophobic?

 

[Rex]

For the record, Jason just admitted Zeb Atlas is on steroids.

 

[xboxfan34]

For the record, Jason just admitted Zeb Atlas is on steroids.

And.....What does that have to do with Jasun?

 

[Soilwork]

For the record, Jason just admitted Zeb Atlas is on steroids.

"Admitted?"

Only an idiot would think I was either confirming or denying anything. I have no information you don't, and besides... from what I understand, that's not illegal even if he is. None of my business and... I don't care.

Fuck if I know if he even is. It's not the kind of thing one asks in polite conversation and besides... I don't care.

When Karabult said "One, I'm guessing, has some expensive pharmaceuticals for his hobby that he has to pay for," I assumed that was what he meant. He may also have meant "Polysporin for Bo Dean's tattoos."

 

[Soilwork]

Hey Jasun I don't know if I asked this before but....have you ever met or encountered a very good looking straight guy that turned out to be homophobic?

Sure, haven't we all?

Although I've found that if you come out, be very nonjudgmental towards them, let them know that it's not a big deal and mostly shrug it off... they lose their homophobia pretty quick. Unless they're actually gay themselves. then it takes a bit longer.

 

[Rex]

"Admitted?"

Only an idiot would think I was either confirming or denying anything. I have no information you don't, and besides... from what I understand, that's not illegal even if he is. None of my business and... I don't care.

Fuck if I know if he even is. It's not the kind of thing one asks in polite conversation and besides... I don't care.

When Karabult said "One, I'm guessing, has some expensive pharmaceuticals for his hobby that he has to pay for," I assumed that was what he meant. He may also have meant "Polysporin for Bo Dean's tattoos."

Gotta be trolling with the "it's not illegal from what I understand".

 

[SaskGuy]

For the record, Jason just admitted Zeb Atlas is on steroids.

I'd be surprised if it was revealed that he isn't!

 

[smokeshadow]

Jasun - I've noticed on several gay porn videos where the videographer is interviewing the model that the interviewer is female. Does this occur much in gay porn? I mean, women working in what essentially is a "man's business". I guess that's just my male chauvinism acting up; and I shouldn't let it bother me since they aren't actively participating as one of the models. Just what sort of percentage of the behind the scenes workers involved in the gay porn industry are women?

 

[Soilwork]

Jasun - I've noticed on several gay porn videos where the videographer is interviewing the model that the interviewer is female. Does this occur much in gay porn? I mean, women working in what essentially is a "man's business". I guess that's just my male chauvinism acting up; and I shouldn't let it bother me since they aren't actively participating as one of the models. Just what sort of percentage of the behind the scenes workers involved in the gay porn industry are women?

Very few. I've never worked at a studio with women doing anything but graphics or working the mail room.

 

[FPNY]

with human trafficking in the news all the time and how it's often tied to the porn industry, I wonder if you have ever run across anyone who you suspected of being in that situation. I wonder how many of the "sons" we see in these dad and son vids are actually there against their will. i hope the main stream producers try to stem that activity...

 

[Soilwork]

with human trafficking in the news all the time and how it's often tied to the porn industry, I wonder if you have ever run across anyone who you suspected of being in that situation. I wonder how many of the "sons" we see in these dad and son vids are actually there against their will. i hope the main stream producers try to stem that activity...

Ugh. no. Never.

All of the guys we work with have either applied directly to us themselves or are pitched to us by a handful of agents, none of whom have ever been involved in human trafficking. We've never worked with anyone who didn't really want to be there. Our screening process is pretty tight to avoid anyone who's either doing porn for the wrong reasons (just need money) or we don't think will be really into it ("I don't like kissing").

Nobody is ever there against their will.

I think the garment industry is much more tied to human trafficking than porn is.

 

[star-warrior]

What is your view on "sleeping (passed out/virtually unconcious/drunk) guys who get.. stripped, fondled, masturbated, or the subject of someone placing their penis on their heads, being teabagged, cummed on, or subjected to someone's dick being thrust onto their sleeping bodies, or into their various orifices? I ran across some tumblr vids of such situations where clearly the passed out guy doesn't seem to be responding, or if they did respond, under some sort of dazed sleepy protest for it all to stop. In my view, it looked like rape.

Is there a legitimate genre for porn in this?

 

[Soilwork]

What is your view on "sleeping (passed out/virtually unconcious/drunk) guys who get.. stripped, fondled, masturbated, or the subject of someone placing their penis on their heads, being teabagged, cummed on, or subjected to someone's dick being thrust onto their sleeping bodies, or into their various orifices? I ran across some tumblr vids of such situations where clearly the passed out guy doesn't seem to be responding, or if they did respond, under some sort of dazed sleepy protest for it all to stop. In my view, it looked like rape.

Is there a legitimate genre for porn in this?

That is called rape, yes, and while I'm sure there's some fetish for it, it's pretty foul and it's nothing I'd ever do. I don't know of any companies that do it, but I'm still amazed that there's as much of a tickle fetish market as there is.

 

[EddMarkStarr]

I mean, we make a "making of" feature for all of our movies now because the fans love them. They're released to the website.

It doesn't have boring stuff like me ordering condoms from Amazon, but it does have us shooting, Out takes, us talking about how to shoot things, light things and that kind of thing. They have lots of funny clips of my fat ass trying to show the guys how to pose.

For instance:

I find a man that knows how to photograph other men while explaining proper posing in an entertaining way - Very Sexy!

 

[Soilwork]

Oh man that's a funny one.

 

[star-warrior]

What's your favourite camera(s) for work, and leisure?

And the types of lenses and makes for jobs you do?

 

[Soilwork]

What's your favourite camera(s) for work, and leisure?

And the types of lenses and makes for jobs you do?

I love using the drone camera for accents and establishing shots. I've used it in a lot of ways and it's always fun to do. I've shot with my GoPro underwater and inside cars. I have a handheld steady camera that I've used to shoot guys running or for follow shots.

I'm more of a fan of wide angle lenses but you always have to be careful not to distort your image. Makes the guys look fat.