Condom vs. Bareback - ChiChi Speaks Out

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The adult entertainment industry has been under fire as of late for all the new "bareback" movies. It is seen by some as a reckless insult to those who have lost their lives to AIDS. On the other hand, it commands over half the sales in the industry - so someone is buying them and encouraging the studios to produce more bareback content.

So we have a bit of a dilemna, and hypocracy to boot. While condom movies may show models fucking with a condom, there's still plenty of oral and pre-cum without a condom. And with the facial cum shots, and shooting on a guys ass, that can't be considered the safest of sex in the world. So what to do? The answer is testing. Condom or bareback, it's the responsible thing to do. We all make choices in life, and the best decision anyone can make is an informed decision.

At Gay Porn Space we believe in the right to enjoy and produce all kinds of content, adult or not. It's an issue of freedom. We also believe that there is a responsibility to test and note that in product marketing and in the beginning of the film. Even the dumbest stunt movie warns "do not attempt this at home"!

With that, Chi Chi LaRue, famed director and incredible human being, has launched a new website - safesexishotsex.com. Here is a bit of the opening article by Chi Chi on the site. (For the complete story, please visit safesexishotsex.com.) The site also has some great behind-the-scenes information, and loads of information and links about safe sex, and the state of the industry."Recently I have been bombarded with interview requests for me to comment on “barebacking in the porn industry”. It’s kinda funny because everyone knows exactly what I am going to say…nonetheless, I decided it was time to make my own statement about what is going on.

When I moved to LA in 1987 and took a job in promotions at Catalina Video, the AIDS crises was in full swing. I lobbied hard to William Higgins and John Travis of Catalina and Chuck Holmes at Falcon to get condoms on the models. I would like to think that some of my persuasion helped make condom movies a reality. Since then, gay porn has helped lead the way in showing gay men how to use condoms, how to have safer sex and removed some of the stigma that was associated with condoms at the time.

The first feature movie I ever directed, FLEXXX, was in 1987, it was a condom feature and every single movie that I have directed since then has also used condoms. I say this again because just recently I read an interview with a barebacking proponent who said I used to make unsafe sex videos in the early days of my career and was therefore a hypocrite. Not true. Another “hypocritical” tidbit I found amusing was that my company sells pre-condom titles and that basically I am selling bareback product and promoting unsafe sex. I guess the BIGGEST difference is that selling pre-condom titles ISN’T putting the health of models at risk…..HELLO. For those of you that don’t know, the term pre-condom refers to porn made prior to the AIDS crises. I guess if that makes me a hypocrite than I am one. I guess I don’t equate pre-condom titles as “bareback.” That term didn’t exist when these porn classics were created. There was no serious reason for gay men to wear condoms. My critics also accuse me of not giving gay men the credit to distinguish between fantasy and reality. That younger gay guys who didn’t have all their friends die, who didn’t see deathly ill gay men at the grocery store, and aren’t bombarded with AIDS messages on the news daily can watch barebacking porn and it doesn’t affect their behavior. Like I said in my PSA I think that is true for some people. I also say if that is your argument then you certainly can’t claim that viewers can’t realize that pre-condom titles were filmed in another era before HIV..." (Continued at safesexishotsex.com)

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