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Was Men blindsided by Rocco Reed's retirement? (updated)

I thought the biggest news this week on Rocco Reed was the release of his orgy scene with 4 black men inside a prison.

 
 
 

It was not. It was the announcement of his retirement posted by AVN, where he also mentioned he was still straight. He didn't want to leave gay porn with a cloud of doubt about his sexuality.

Did the announcement of his retirement blindsided MEN? On the same day as the AVN article was published online, QMN posted the rules of the third script writing contest sponsored by MEN. It must have Rocco Reed.

Real or fake?

The relationship between Phillip Aubrey & AlesssandroXXX

A few weeks ago, I got mentioned in some of the tweets sent by AlesssandroXXX. When I read his profile, it mentioned he was straight and was in a relationship with Phillip Aubrey.

 
 

There were no photos of Phillip and AllessandroXXX together.

 

Why Southern Strokes is recycling content

Just last month, I posted a re-release of the Brandon scene at Southern Strokes. It's becoming a standard practice. According to an email I got from Jerry "I found it interesting that the latest update from "Southern Strokes" (dated May 3, 2013) is "Preston and Trey".  It's a re-release of a clip that they already put out once, in 2009".

If you do a search, Google already listed it as a May 22, 2009 update. To confirm, check the second result, which is from Queer Click, and compare it with their latest update.

 
 

Even their latest two guys, Latien James and Corbin Case were re-released.

 
 

In a forum for porn bloggers and content owners, Southern Strokes explained the reason behind the recycling of content "As you are all aware, we are a very small production company so as you can imagine, we all play a critical role. Unfortunately I have experienced an emergency medical issue (I'm doing great and on the road back to 100%) which has impacted our weekly releases. We understands that this puts our valued affiliates in a bad position and we really appreciate your patience. We will have new content soon.

We launched Southern Strokes in 2008 however we have experienced the majority of our growth the past two years. To get us through this, we have decided to rerelease some of our earlier content with the real story behind the shoot.

We are NOT trying to pass this off as new content but simply editing the original content with viewpoint of what really happened at the shoot."

Satisfied with the explanation?

Will you miss Jake Genesis?

I was shocked when Queer Pig sent a tweet about the retirement of Jake Genesis in gay porn.

"...I was not forced, coerced, or tricked into doing pornography. I was not economically destitute or without other options. I had low self-esteem, I was depressed, I felt I had nothing to lose and I did not fear or care about the consequences of my actions. My choice was arrogant and it was selfish. I hurt people as a result of the choice that I made..."

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"...Pornography does violence to human spirit and, in its effort to display human sexuality openly, pornography perverts it. Pornography destroys families and relationships and lives. Far from being a victimless act, pornography victimizes every single human being involved. The victims of the adult entertainment industry are those who consume pornography and their families but also those involved in the production of pornography and, especially the models or actors..."

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"...So I am on a very personal journey. It is a journey of reconciliation, forgiveness, and redemption. Anyone who has followed my career knows that I am a Catholic. As such, the path to reconciliation with God and with the Church is relatively clear: through the ministry of the Church God’s mercy is infinite and His love with without limit. Forgiving myself for what I have done and finding the humility and the words to seek the forgiveness of others is another, more difficult matter..."

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Will you miss Jake Genesis?

Glenn's thoughts on Sean Cody and Owen

From an email I received from Glenn "I know the posts about Sean Cody's Owen were old, and it was a sad story. But I think the topic of Porn companies ethics, what little they have, is worthwhile. Now that we know how that story played out, and certainly the Sean Cody people do, how could they continue to sell his porn videos?"

It seems outrageous to me that they would be so disrespectful. I'm sure he would want them gone, as well as his family. Can't they have the common sense to show a wounded Vet some respect?

To add insult to injury, last summer Sean Cody created a new Model named Owen, who is another Marine Vet from Iraq!

 
 

Obviously they knew what they were doing. This kind of callous treatment of the guys they use gives us gays a bad name. Even if its unethical straight guys doing it.

What do you think?

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Written descriptions are back at Sean Cody

Last April 2, 2013, there was no written description on the Jess and Jessie scene. According to Sean Cody, the preview video was the replacement. After 10 days, the written scene description is back with their new guy Neil. But, the link to the model's name, included in the description, is still not there.

Sean Cody listened. In a poll about written descriptions, majority voted dislike that it was gone. It was also the sentiments of most fans who commented on other blogs and forums about the issue.

UPDATE The links to the model's work are again included in the scene description which started with the Jarek and Charlie update [tip @ Peter].

Inspiration or imitation?

In an email that I received (anonymous) "This is really odd... Men posted a preview video on April 3 called "The Intern" starring Matthew Rush and Devin Adams."

"This scene looks like a total recreation of a scene that was posted by Studio 703 under their Men Hard At Work logo, starring Vince Ferrelli and Landon Mycles (Marcus Mojo), which appeared on the Waybig site on July 30, 2011."

"The dialogue, set and blocking is exactly the same in the Men.com video as it is in the Men Hard At Work video."

 
 

Like or dislike? No more written descriptions at Sean Cody

I got an email from LuisGustavo, who was not happy with the new change at Sean Cody "Just wanted to let you know that Sean Cody has eliminated the scene descriptions from their site. Personally, I consider it a dumb move, cuz their subscribers and potential new customers will be at a loss of what is happening at the scenes, without a description."

I thought it was just a glitch with the new design. It turns out, Sean Cody replaced the written descriptions with the video previews. Nore more written descriptions since Tuesday, April 02, 2013.

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