“The gay online porn community needs a stronger voice to teach younger gay men how to protect themselves without sacrificing hot sex,” Gay Porn Pig owner and operator Michael Kealy said. “Gay youth needs to get this message before it’s too late.”
Noting that HIV/AIDS is still a serious issue for the gay community at large, Kealy quoted a recent New York Times report that said studies in New York show that HIV diagnoses in the population of men who have sex with men under the age of 30 have been steadily climbing since 2001.
“We’ve become complacent,” Kealy explained. “The success of anti-retro viral drugs has caused many to think that the epidemic is over. But a whole generation of young gay men have never seen first-hand the effects of HIV/AIDS on our community. And these same men are getting the message through bareback porn that fucking without condoms is OK.”
In terms of responsibility to the gay community, Kealy feels that a strong message of safe sex being sensual and acceptable needs to be sent to the younger generation of gay men.
Kealy said his decision also was influenced by the influx of bareback adult videos that seemed to compete directly with condom-only movies produced by mainline gay studios like Channel 1 Releasing, Titan Men, Hot House and Raging Stallion.
“I’m saddened that many of us are putting profits ahead of caring for our community. And I can no longer do it,” he added.
Titan Media vice president and condom-only advocate Keith Webb supported Kealy in his decision.
“I am very, very proud of Michael and hope others in the gay adult community have the same courage to stand up and do the right thing,” Webb said. “This is a shining example of a gay man putting the health and interests of his community above his own personal self-interests. It’s time for those of us in the gay adult community to stand up and say we’ve had enough.”
Gay Porn Pig has been in operation since late 2005. The gay porn portal offers a links directory, free galleries, paysite reviews, gay sex video reviews, porn star bios and a blog.