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Josh Weston Goes Condomless for SX Video
January 11, 2008 |
Yep, it’s true. I’ve confirmed that award-winning skin star Josh Weston has indeed filmed a condomless fuck flick for SX Video titled BODYBUILDERS BAREBACK; he appears in at least one scene bottoming for topman Aidyn Michael. The DVD insert has been circulating around the web, and SX Video tells me the film is in duplication now with a street date of late-January/early-February. Due in part to Mr. Weston’s popularity, this move has reignited the bb-vs.-condoms debate and adult forums are full of back-and-forth, some condemning Mr. Weston, others supporting his decision to make whatever kinds of films he wants. What do you think? Chime in below with your thoughts…
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YES! When will this industry wake up! BB and Condoms are fine. We are in a sex industry. Warn and prep the models for whatever they want.
I believe Jeff Palmer made a number of condomless videos before he retired from the scene. I have since read that he has HIV. Was that before he bottomed in those movies or after?
I believe Jeff Palmer made a number of condomless videos before he retired from the scene. I have since read that he has HIV. Was that before he bottomed in those movies or after?
what i think? a big NO-NO
Especially for the younger viewers of porn, every decent person shoud stand for a no-no unless real precautins were taken and thus stated on the screen and told clearly to the viewer.
Jef Palmer was a really handsome guy at the early stages of his career but turned into a terrifying shadow of himself in his BB-movies…Guess he didn’t care anymore….
Condomless sex wasn’t Jeff Palmer’s problem–meth was.
I am all for BB sex in porn. Porn’s a fantasy, and having sex the way it was intended to be had–without rubber–is a fantasy for most of us. As long as all the participants in BB porn know their status and accept the risks, I have no issues with it. I refuse to sacrifice my porn to the propagandists who insist we have to “set a good example” for people. No one makes Hollywood films set a good example–there are guns, explosions, etc., when life isn’t like that–so why should my porn films be anything but fantasy, too? Every gay man knows the rules about condoms, and we don’t have to ruin porn fantasies to make sure they remember. People who insist that all porn must have condoms must think that other people are stupid.
a very selfish-egocentric stand indeed, the less said about it the better…
well my feeling are that these are grown men. if there is any fall out from going BB, they know the risk. there are risk in doing porn period. i think some of the porn stars, imo, go bb when their regular porn career starts to head south and just because some of the do regular porn, you never know if they use condoms in their private life. would that change your opinion of them?
i see some of the amateur sites and these guys talk about wanting to do professional mainstream work, or become actors but apparantly not realizing or just desperate for money, that what they do now may haunt them in the future. their mindset now may not be their mindset 10yrs from now.
how sad and depressing from what i have read and know about mr weston he seemed very bright, intelligent and well read, but i guess not that smart. why would we want to go in this direction. no one wants to talk about the facts… the facial wasting from the drugs, the long slow rot to death, the horrible side effects from the meds if the disease doesn’t kill you first..i just don’t understand why people would take this risk..i always hear the old tired “you can get hit by a bus” well yes but you still look both ways don’t you ?
It’s almost certain that Weston is already HIV-positive. He certainly has looked to me for years as if he’s under the effect of the drugs. Strange that this idea doesn’t seem to occur to the complainers. If Weston’s onscreen partners are also HIV-positive, he’s not risking his life or anyone else’s. He’s just making porn and getting as nasty as he want to get.
“As long as all the participants in BB porn know their status and accept the risks, I have no issues with it.”
I’m much less concerned with the participants, who as you say have made their own decision (in most cases anyway), than I am with the audience.
“Every gay man knows the rules about condoms.”
Do they? Really? When millions of schools across this country refuse to accept even that straight sex happens, never mind gay sex, and thus educate the children about it? When schools and governments and doctors bury their heads in the sand, young gay kids’ sexual education comes from the internet. And if what they see there is without condoms, that’s what they’re gonna do. And then they’re gonna die.
Well, perhaps not die, at least straight away, but certainly suffer a lifetime of health concerns and heavily impacted finances and relationships.
It’s horrible to say, but maybe it would be better if HIV/AIDS was still an automatic death sentence. At least then people would start taking it seriously again.
1) HIV is not a death sentence, so they’re not “gonna die.” 2) What makes you think that if someone is too stupid to get through high school without knowing about condoms that they’re going to seek out condom-free porn? Are you saying gay boys know all about SX Video but haven’t heard of Ramses? That just doesn’t make sense. It sounds like your beef is with right-wing policymakers, not bareback performers. And whenever people start talking about altering art to protect or educate viewers, I smell a propagandist. Assuming your audience is stupid and assuming it exists to be manipulated are two characteristics that are shared by some right-wing policymakers that I don’t care for.
I think this is sad I was wondering dont a lot of performers go to BB porn when they are not as popular as they once were? it is a shame he did not think he had other options. I always thought he was one of the sexiest versatile muscular men I had seen on film
YEAH!!! That’s gonna be one HOT movie! Can’t wait to snag that one up.
Who cares, BB is hot and if they choose to do it that is their choice. I hope this is a start of a new trend.
Weston may very well be poz, but he’s a damned fool if he thinks this increases his cachet as a bankable porn star. If you’ve been a star with the big studios and done a lot (and look at his videography, he’s run the gamut), when you move into controversial territory like doing BB videos, you’re going to lose the very people who helped to make you popular. What a fool Josh Weston is!
the reason mainstream porn stars go bareback at the end of their career is a strategic move. when they are filming for most of the condom companies..alot of them will not work with guys who have performed in bb movies. now there are some who will but falcon, channel 1, catalina, all worlds are all ones who will not. so it only makes sense to make as much money as you can doing mainstream and when the companies are no longer hiring you because there are new boys you can use your name to do bb porn if you so choose. most of these porn actors are not practicing safe sex in their personal lives, they just do it to make the money. and yes i know all of this because i am in the industry. and as someone else mentioned, jeff palmers problem was meth not bb sex!
I guess it’s inevitable that porn actors will make bareback films because there’s a market for them and viewers seem to like to buy them. I suspect that banning bareback outright would only drive such films underground where there is even less safety. If the industry is to survive, it needs to insist on testing. I’d be interested to see how the straight porn industry manages its porn actors to try to look out for their health.
Here’s hoping none of the condom propagandists contract hpv, genital warts, genital herpes, the recent “flesh-eating” staph, or any other disease that are easy to contract WITH a condom. It’ ironic really because those on their soapboxes are very likely quite loose, (sexually speaking) and given that we know of a failure rate with condoms, they increase their chances of catching something every time they screw one more person. Let’s face it - the gay man’s sexual ethic is pretty warped anyway (most notably with it’s eschewing of sex in the context of a exclusive relationship) so to hear reactionary folks go on about a sex act as if it per se causes a disease, is rich.
The barebacking controversy will never go away until some very high profile performers sadly pass away from the AIDS virus. Now, more than ever, more people with HIV are living longer, so the “risk factor” doesn’t have the effect it once did. Our younger men still must be educated by others in the community about the risks of unsafe sex practices. Not only HIV, but herpes and syphillis are on the rise and can have lasting effects. People forget about these diseases, and while syphillis can be treated, Herpes still stays with you forever. I have two friends who recklessly had one night stands and both now have to deal with this. We can’t make assumptions about other people’s health because they’re “hot and don’t look sick.” We need to be smart and take care of ourselves.
“If Weston√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s onscreen partners are also HIV-positive, he√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s not risking his life or anyone else√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s.” — NOT TRUE
People with HIV need to avoid reinfection (with multiple strains of HIV) and infection from OTHER horrible diseases (e.g., syphilis, hepatitis) that they are less resistant to.
Yadda yadda yadda. Do most gay men ever have any original thoughts? Couple questions to Manuel, Ronnie and others: Are you abstinent or least promote it for anyone not dedicated to building long-term relationships? Do you encourage monogamous long-term relationships in the context of an agenda to promote sexual health? If the answer is no to either question, please STFU because you really aren’t any better than the people you’re trying to advise.
It really boggles the mind how full of shit gay men are. Here’s a fitting example: on the one hand, a group of browbeaters will congregate and preach to the choir about those damn fools that bareback and all the marketing for it….then not a peep about the very same industry that regularly distributes videos under the category called “classic”, “pre-condom” or some other euphemism for the same thing.
And of course next ensues the labyrinthine rationalizations to defend the obvious hypocrisy.
I’ll check out this movie because Josh Weston is in it, not because he goes bb, if that counts for anythjing….Tony
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You guys are acting like porn stars are role models!! lol. Forget it. Whether you agree with BB videos or not, you should never strive to base your life decisions on those of a porn star. Josh Weston may be a nice guy for all I know, but unless you’re another porn star, what could he possibly have to say that’s valuable? I guess his PhD got lost in the mail. Reality check guys!
Well folks… I hire Josh for private sessions when he visits NYC. I can confirm on the last session that he did the right thing and told me that he’s HIV+. So, if he wants to BB that’s ok. At least he’s telling people the truth. After that it’s up to you. I didn’t as how he got it. For all I know it was an accident, but he’s poz now so his life moves on. He’s still as honest and sweet as ever. And for those of you who are wondering, yes, the session did continue and I had a wonderful feeling I never thought I would have in a million years (if you catch my drift- squirt squirt)
Um - condoms save people from contracting HIV and NOONE should promote otherwise. BB sex is for hopeless, self-loathing people who’ve abandoned the possibility for a healthy life. HIV still kills people. And it’s long and slow and gruesome and if you can’t enjoy sex with a condom, get a boyfriend, be safe for six months, get tested regularly, and then have at it! I don’t know this guy’s HIV status and don’t care if he was uprfont about it with his partner. It’s NOT cool to promote barebacking. You could get sick - or you could make someone sick. And that’s, just, never OK. Do unto others. Jesus. For fucking God’s sake. Grow up.
It is very disappointing that people don’t realize that BB sex is unsafe — even if you are HIV+.
“Um - condoms save people from contracting HIV”
Um no, they provide some protection. Abstinence, having sex ONLY with other HIV negative partners and/or engaging only in outercourse (with or without condoms) provide absolute protection. It’s disappointing that people don’t realize that the same principle that guides condom advocacy is the one that guides barebacking practices. Lack of discipline is why people bareback with strangers. But when there is a better alternative, it is also lack of discipline why people have sex with strangers while using condoms, and merely choose safe(R) sex instead of safe sex. This is not fun to think about, especially when thinking of all our favorite porn, but it’s the truth.
people say he has ruined his career and he is a fool as if he hasn’t thought this through. don’t be silly. he’s obviously done with Falcon. oh, and i love how people put all these standards on porn stars. focus more on how you live your life and the decisions you make.
Ok, he was Falcon exclusive for seems like forever, then hes at Colt, not a bad place to land. But is his career over? As far as main stream porn, effectively yes, nobody will touch him now.
So whats the deal? Say what you will about BB, everybody knows it’s the last gasp of porn, so more than anything else, my question is what the hell happened? Not enough Colt work? Needs the money? Just don’t give a shit anymore…?
Oh, and as for unsafe sex pretending to be some sort of new gay liberation, Lee, thats just sick, reductive and pedantic. Grow up.
People are missing the the most important point in this argument. Prevention of sexually transmitted diseases has not changed since the invention of the latex condom several decades ago. Why has medical technology improved with time? People don’t use condoms because they make sex less pleasurable. Instead of us fags yelling at each other, why aren’t we yelling for better alternatives to condoms? Antimicrobial lubes, safe spermicidal gels, etc.
Perhaps he should have gone into hardcore S&M movies instead of BB.
I think it’s reasonable to assume that a majority of gay porn actors are HIV+. Obviously, it’s not something that they go out of their way to advertise.
What is wrong with you people? You get off on seeing guys fuck without rubbers and you think that is OKAY? It’s not a fantasy, guys, THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE HAVING REAL SEX. Christ. Where is your head? What is this fucking death threat gays guys have? Having HIV is awful. I don’t care how good you look or how ‘whatever’ you make it, HIV is awful. My partner is a therapist to countless HIV converted men and they are physically and psychologically destroyed. You want that? We need to become very aggressive for the meth epidemic which causes men to have the ‘whatever’ attitude and results in them getting HIV by having unprotected sex. Get a fucking grip. Fuck all you want but PUT A RUBBER ON THAT DICK. Enough with the bullshit. It’s making me sick.
call me old-fashioned, but i really DO think it is a pity AND a shame to see my all-time favourite josh weston doing bareback porn. i believe in promoting safe sax — and safe sex is what i want to watch to get horned up. josh: please don’t do it!!!
I enjoy watching some BB porn. It is one of my sexual fantasies to have guilt-free safe sex without a condom. Alas it is a fantasy. It’s not something I could do myself but I enjoy watching it.
I am very concerned that so many people forget that HIV is a virus that kills. I’m also concerned that they see people living long, seemingly happy, lives even when HIV+. They don’t hear about all the medical complications and they don’t hear about the discrimination and judgment HIV+ people face.
People have a right to make informed choices. I think EVERY BB film should have information on it warning of the dangers of BB sex. It should also provide information about the other complications HIV+ people face in their lives.
It’s an opportunity to get the message to those people who are most likely to practice BB sex.
After that we could add the same warning to heterosexual films that don’t encourage the use of condoms. Maybe then more people will release that everybody is at risk of contracting HIV and it’s not just a gay/bi problem.
Josh Weston is a very intelligent man. In his interview 3 years ago with a SF Queer journalist, he was asked about barebacking in porn, and he said it was up to the artists and how they wanted to express sex. He was neither against or for it. He obviously made an informed choice, and I, for one will buy and enjoy the video. It was said earlier, porn is our fantasy. Would I like to fuck Josh Weston bareback? Hell yes! Is that ever going to happen? Hell no! So, if I can watch someone else do him in the safety of my own home, and practice ’safe sex’ as I jerk off, who is harmed. I just hope the actors doing bareback get screened for HIV regularly as do sex trade workers where purchased sex is legal. I like and respect Josh and I will support his decision
To hell with Josh Weston going bareback…when is he going to stop that queeny screaming so I can enjoy watching him take cock without having to turn the sound off? He sounds like Rod Barry looks when fucking..:)
I can only assume Josh has now left the biz. He was only of the last real “pornstars”. I hate to say this, but as sad as I was when he did bb, when he did begin doing bb, I thought a film with him & Jeff Palmer would have been hot.
Having been in cahoots with those in the porn industry for more than a decade and having performed once myself, I think it’s interesting that a lot of people assume that gay porn actors are HIV-negative when they work for the “big” companies, and must be positive if they work for the bareback companies. From what I understand (and certainly know of myself) neither assumption is entirely true. There are a number of gay performers in safe-sex videos who are positive, and who work for companies like Titan, Falcon, etc. Those companies market bodies, images, and fantasies, not truth. But the way many people see it, if a guy in a video LOOKS hot and he the action is “safe” he can’t be positive, right?
Well, readjust your thinking. Just because they look hot and use condoms in the videos does not by any means indicate that they are HIV-negative, although that may be the image the studios want to project.
By the same token it’s not right to assume that any performer in a bareback film must not be concerned with his health. Chances are pretty good that he came into that arm of the industry already POZ. Of course, exceptions exist, as with myslef, or Brent Corrigan who started in bareback porn but did an about face a few years ago to reportedly protect his health, and now only does “safe” porn.
And realistically speaking, what gayporn performers do sexually offscreen may or may not mirror what they do onscreen. Porn is a job - and a temporary one for most. Wearing a condom is part of the job when working for some studios, and not part of the job when working for others. Their job description may not have any bearing on their personal behaviors.
It seems pointless to get up in arms about what so-and-so is doing with his career and what direction he chooses it to go. Everyone in ‘the business’ has a reason for doing what he does, and only he can make those decisions for himself. All of the talk about “I think it’s wrong for him to…” or “I can’t believe he would…” is simply gossip. It’s sticking your nose where it doesn’t belong. Be respectful of their choices and let the guys who entertain you live their lives the way that suits them. I’m sure they’re just as happy to let you live yours the way you see fit, and without gossipping about you.
So unless you’re hiring a porn star as an escort, what they do and how they do it just ain’t your business. And if you DO hire a pornstar as an escort, take it with a grain of salt if he says he’s negative, as it could be his image and not your health he’s most interested in protecting. Truth.
Regarding Josh Weston… I would hire him in a heartbeat when I get my upcoming production underway, provided he is indeed positive. In fact, I will ONLY hire POZ guys to act in porn. Why tempt fate when it comes to someone else’s HIV-Neg status? I’m a firm believer in sero-sorting (choosing sex partners who are of the same HIV status as yourself) because it helps close the door to new HIV infections. I wouldn’t want to be responsible for any performer contracting HIV on the set of a film, regardless of how “safe” the action is. And the best way I know around that is to only hire POZ performers.
So Josh if you’re reading this, I have my eye on you for a role (assuming the fellow who “outed” you as POZ is correct, even if it was in bad form to do it here). I sure hope you can act as well as fuck!