I too read the article regarding the retirement of Kevin Clarke, I don't know the person but I am familair with his work. I'm not insulted with his long letter to the gayvn...The Barebacking issue is a big issue in the gay porn industry...studios are still filming it and its a major part of the gay adult video industry regardless if we like it or not.

I'm one of those studios that film limited barebacking scenes, we film 90% of our footage everyone has to wear a condom and 10% we film Bareback (depending on the scene and the film we like to shoot). Unfortunetly, in our business there is a great demand for Bareback films...everyone can say its bad or be against Bareback videos but the bottom line is that BB videos are in high demand.

I also think the gay industry is dramatically changing...producers like Kevin Clarke and others that have been in the industry for a long time and are well established, many of them our just too old to produce anymore plus the industry is changing and many of the "old timers" are just not getting on the technology band wagon. Just making a DVD and selling it is not as easy as it was in the 80's and early 90's when producing a VHS storyline type gay porn video. Back in the day, these guys had it much easier then today. There is much more competition...websites are poping up all over the place, online theaters are becoming more popular....distributors aren't purchasing as many videos as they did in the past...many retail stores are going out of business or getting less walk-in traffic all due to the fact that gay men are staying home and downloading porn or watching porn online. The DVDs that are coming out today are pasted together and thrown together and sent into the market place...many of the "old timers" that still want to film a storyline and try to be creative have a very big challenge...and besides these guys are tired....after doing this business for many years and dealing with the bullshit you get kind of tired...although this is our 5th season...and I'm 39 years old...I'm sure the time I reach 55 or 65 years old...I'm going to retire as well and get out of this business...I mean how long can you last! LOL!!! Just dealing with models, dealing with other back stabbing studios, dealing with collecting money...can place you in a early grave in this business!!!:bs: