DNA Profiles Gay Agent David Forest

VAN NUYS, Calif. — Australia’s top gay lifestyle magazine DNA profiles veteran talent agent David Forest in its November issue.

The article, entitled “The Ringmaster,” chronicles Forest’s rise and fall — and rise again — as one of gay adult entertainment’s top agents.

“I’m elated by this fabulous profile of my life,” said Forest, who turns 59 in November. “There have been many stories written about me the past decade, but ‘The Ringmaster’ tells the tale in the best way I’ve seen it told.”

The article, written by Australian writer Rob Marshman, focuses primarily on the juicy parts of Forest’s life and career — his life in the mainstream world of music and his trials and tribulations as the gay porn industry’s “true adult industry survivor.”

Marshman, who has charted Forest’s show business life for years, said, “He has helped transform the gay porn industry from a sleazy backyard endeavor to a refined business.”

“It’s great that a ‘back-countryman’ writer and Australia’s leading magazine for gay men, would be the ones to shine the spotlight on me with such a glowing story,” Forest said.

Forest, who was added to Gay Chicago’s Grabby Awards Wall of Fame this year, began his life in Hollywood as a band manager in the late 1960s, representing such musical legends as Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. A job at David Geffen’s Creative Management Associates (CMA) had him handling rock royalty like The Carpenters, Van Morrison, The Moody Blues, James Taylor and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.

Eventually he found himself in the adult world representing the best — and most financially successful — models gay porn had to offer: Jeff Stryker, Ken Ryker, Ryan Idol, J.W. King, Leo Ford, John Davenport and Jeremy Scott, to name a few.

A few run-ins with the law and some time served in prison for pandering made Forest a stronger man, and he emerged to reclaim the kingdom he had once built, according to the story.

To read the full article, check out DNAmagazine.com

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