The issue was he knew a lot of guys working in straight porn were happy to sleep with men for money. Straight male porn stars are sleeping with men for money ‘I called one agent who I was on good terms with, and he said, “When was the last time you did anything gay?’Ĭhris told him six months ago, even though he was lying, because that was the timeframe that would enable him to keep working. ‘It was my only source of income, and I was not happy,’ Chris said. When marriage equality started to come to the US, Chris figured no one would think it was a big deal anymore to do both.Īn email was sent out to the industry detailing which male performers were ‘deemed HIV risks’.Īttached was a picture of Chris giving a blowjob to a man. ‘In gay porn, it’s a similar situation but with that you are the star.’ Getting black-listed from the industry So he stayed in straight porn for a long time. ‘Because I was dating a woman in straight porn, she also had baggage around it as her dad is gay. ‘Straight porn producers would say to me, “We don’t want you to do gay porn because there’s a HIV risk.” ‘We don’t want you to do gay porn because there’s a HIV risk.’ ‘There is a stigma against men in straight porn doing any kind of gay porn,’ he explained. You gotta pick a side if you want a career,’ Chris said, noting there’s a lot of ‘old man money’ tied up in porn. ‘When I moved to Los Angeles I discovered, as a guy, you can’t do both. You gotta pick a side if you want a career.’Īs he felt open about his bisexuality, he did both gay and straight scenes in San Francisco. She introduced him to producers, agents and filmmakers in the adult industry, and his career started to flourish. ‘They would say your cock looks better,’ he said.
‘In my head, I was like, if I was going to do any kind of porn my family probably wouldn’t look at this.’Ĭhris had a little experience as a naked model for gay photographers who wanted him to masturbate in front of them. ‘I didn’t know a lot about BDSM at the time,’ he told Gay Star News. He became Danny Wylde, one of ’s first male models in femdom porn. When porn actor Chris Zeischegg answered a Craigslist ad looking for guys to get penetrated by women wearing dildos on camera, little did he know that decision would change his life.