Devon Hunter

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“While L.A. County finally doing something by closing AIM is a good thing, we’ll see if they have the backbone to shut down productions,” said AIDS Healthcare Foundation President Michael Weinstein, a longtime critic of AIM, who renewed his call for public health authorities to shut down productions that do not require condoms.
- Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2010*

Have we failed the test?

Six months ago, I had never heard of the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation.  In August, I started researching a new project which includes characters that become gay adult models.  Of course, I’ve been a fan of the industry for a while.  I find watching a man make himself physically, if not emotionally, vulnerable to another man incredibly erotic.  That’s one of the reasons I author novels in the genre of gay erotic fiction.  However, I had no idea that there was a clinic in Los Angeles dedicated to the testing of adult models until I began to follow dozens of models on Twitter and saw a tweet from Wolf Hudson mentioning it.

As I started talking to a few of these guys, I found out that testing policies range from strenuous to non-existent depending on the studio.  From watching the ACS (Amateur College Sex) side of Corbin Fisher, I knew that sometimes condoms aren’t anywhere to be found.  This puts a lot of pressure on the models to keep themselves tested and put their health in the hands of their scene partners.  I think a database with test results for everyone involved in a shoot is a band-aid, but it’s better than fucking in the dark.

That’s why I was very surprised to see that the AIDS Healthcare Foundation was a longtime critic of the AIM testing clinic.  I absolutely understand their position about requiring condoms on every shoot, but that’s not likely in a society driven by capitalism.  While there are customers that want to see bareback sex, there will be studios that will produce it.  The government tries to stay as far away from the stigma of porn as they possibly can.  I mean, porn stars bring it on themselves don’t they?  If they were worth anything, they’d find another line of work.  This is another attitude that pisses me off, but that’s a post for another day.

If the goal is to minimize the new outbreaks of HIV and other STDs, how does it possibly make sense to close a facility geared toward industry performers?  Consistent testing for models isn’t going to solve all of the world’s problems, but it will allow them to get treated sooner and allow reputable producers to minimize risks to other models.  Of course, that’s a lot of sex to be had in the thirty days between tests and the variables are exponential, but it’s better than them not being tested at all.

I don’t know what the solution is which is why I’m an author and not a politician.  It just seems to me that if the goal is to try and keep models safe and healthy, as I think it should be, they should have more options for achieving that goal, not less.

- J. P. Barnaby
http://www.jpbarnaby.com
Twitter: @JPBarnaby

Erotic fiction is more than just moans, grunts, and physical pleasure. To J. P. Barnaby, erotic fiction consists not only of the mechanics of physical love, but the complex characters and relationships that lead to those all-encompassing feelings of need and longing.  Sex without context is merely sex – but sex coupled with attraction, with explosive repercussions – that is good erotic fiction.

*http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/10/local/la-me-porn-hiv-20101210

I don’t know to what degree my readers keep up with events in gay porn circles; however, there has been another HIV scare, and another round of finger pointing. In the midst of all the judgment and drama there is one porn model who has written a very humane and compassionate blog entry about all this. I want to ask all of my readers to take a few minutes to click this link, and to read what Conner Habib has written. What he says is beautiful, and should be empowering to anyone with a kind heart. Thank you for your wisdom, Conner.

Hey everyone, just wanted to let you know that a story about adult video models and their roles as independent brands within the biz is out. There are comments from a variety of personalities with a wide range of opinions about bare backing in videos, independence vs exclusivity, and other topics. I will include a link to it under the Interviews section of the blog, and you can see it by clicking here as well.

Hi Devon,

Regards,
Vince

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Hi Vince,

For your first anal session to go well, you should first look at the process for preparing to be the receptive partner. I wrote an entry about this that you can read by clicking here. That will take care of the internal hygiene, but here are what I consider to be the three important ingredients once you’ve prepped: 1) patience/sensitivity, 2) lube, 3) condoms.

I don’t want to scare you, and I hope you will see the humor in this, but I once saw a bumper sticker that said, “It only hurts the first 19 times.” Anal sex is INTENSE. I don’t suggest you both trying to be penetrated the same day. If you both want to experiment with being fucked, I suggest doing it on separate days. I say this, because whoever is getting penetrated is going to need a lot of time. You will need your boyfriend to go extraordinarily slow. Seriously: Every centimeter will feel like a foot at first. Even with relaxation, love, curiosity, and lust goading you on, you will need several minutes just to get him inside you (and then you’ll probably want him to be completely still for a while as you relax more deeply). To ease this process, he should first very thoroughly eat your ass for an extended amount of time, then gently and gradually finger fuck you with one finger and then two (keep the fingernails clipped short and with smooth edges, so the nails don’t tear your delicates!). Once you have relaxed a bit you can graduate up to getting the tip of his cock in; however, his prick is going to feel 10 times fatter than his fingers, so go slow!

Second, you can never have enough lube when you’re beginning. Well, yes, you can, but it won’t seem like it at first. As you get more experienced you will do more with less; however, at first you will want to keep your boyfriend freshly slicked up (and given how slowly he’ll be pushing into you, it’s okay to expect him to freshen the lube a little with each little nudge deeper inside you). It will be intense, but if you can you need to let him move inside you a little to maintain his erection. If he sits too still for too long with your bear trap clamping down on him in a death grip, he will probably deflate and all this will be for naught.

Lastly, you should use condoms. I know you’ve been with him for a while, but one of the most common ways of getting HIV is from “monogamous partners.” If you reject this emotionally or intellectually, or if your spirit is somehow reviled at the thought of not trusting your boyfriend, then consider this alternative, which will keep his dick naked and free to move about without restriction: Female condoms are pushed inside you by your partner’s penis, then stay in place as he moves in and out of you. It won’t look very cute with the opening of the condom hanging out of your booty, but it provides protection while not sheathing your boyfriend’s cock in a standard male condom (which may kill his erection if he’s never felt the type of squeezing condoms tend to apply at the base of the penis).

So, set aside at least a few hours of play time, get a brand new bottle of lube, keep the protection handy, and have a good time!

Regards,
Devon

At the end of June, 2010 I gave a substantial interview to Jayson for his podcast. He interviews a variety of people, and I just happen to be one of the porn models he has interviewed. Jayson has a wide variety of conversations with many interesting people, and I would definitely encourage you to visit his site and peruse the archived conversations. I particularly enjoy the way Jayson injects witty, gay humor into EVERYTHING. He really is wonderful to talk to.

If you have 30 minutes (and the requisite interest in anything I would blab about), I suggest you listen to our conversation. We discussed so many different topics (in no particular order): Stripping, male and female poles, and the economy; DC FUK!T and safe sex; sexual objectification vs. dehumanization; spirituality and guilt; desperation; dating; pricing yourself as an escort; instinct vs. advice; and the list goes on and on. (Which reminds me: One of the very first blog entries I ever wrote came up in this conversation: Your Dollar is Worth About 88 Cents to Me)

I was speaking without a microphone close to my mouth, so I apologize if there are a few moments when Skype had trouble picking up my voice. Other than that, however, I feel that Jayson did a great job of asking a variety of pertinent questions. I welcome any responses here, and I’m sure Jayson wouldn’t mind if you stalked him.

Click here: Cock-2-Go Interview with Devon Hunter