When Rolling Stone published an in-depth, lurid story about the gruesome murder of gay porn mogul Bryan Kocis in its September 20, 2007, issue (which is not available online), I just had to do more research because I couldn't believe a mainstream national magazine was devoting that much ink to gay porn. I suppose the whole horrific slaying angle was the main draw, but, still, the article was perhaps the most informative text I had ever read about the gay porn business. The story, "Death of a Porn King," also delves into the personalities of porn stars Brent Corrigan (who worked for Kocis at one point) and Harlow Cuadra (one of the murder suspects, who vehemently denies the charges).

But this post is not really about Rolling Stone or the murder or Corrigan and Cuadra. This post is about gay porn star blogs. You see, in my search for more information about the events and details in the article, I stumbled upon the personal blogs of Corrigan and Cuadra, which led me to an entire subculture of blogs written by gay porn stars. And these blogs weren't merely forums for them to post pictures of their penises--they actually had things to write about. Some of these guys write even more than I do--and long posts at that.

So I thought it would be fun to check in with some of these gay porn stars and see what they're writing about. (Typos included.) I'm not providing any direct links to their blogs because I know better than link to anything porn-related on this AOL site and because our dear managing editor, Kenneth, has already busted me for indecency and I've only been around for about two weeks. So, if you're interested, you'll have to Google these blogs all by yourself.



Brent Corrigan announces on his blog that he's auctioning off his underwear (again) for some cash, but demonstrates a bit of astute self-awareness when he declares, "It's near pathetic that selling my underwear has so far been the only way for me to collect a little money." He also chats about his upcoming 21st birthday, which coincides with Halloween: "I'm avoiding a birthday party, though ironically enough, this year I would have nothing to worry about (if you remember last year, my birthday party ended in cuffs and 12 hours in jail for underage drinking)."

Harlow Cuadra has been blogging about the murder trial lately. I didn't know you were allowed to talk about this kind of stuff in public, on a blog no less, especially when the D.A. is after your ass. But Cuadra has been posting pretty regularly, maintaining his innocence: "I have offered to take a lie detector test or truth syrum," he writes. "I want the truth to be known."

Pierre Fitch is a huge star in the industry, but manages to post something pretty much every day--things like, "Since the flight was so damn long and I was so damn horny.... I decided to 'pleasure myself' in the washroom [of] the plane."

Steve Cruz can be counted on to give blow-by-blow accounts of what happens on porn sets: "I have 2 scenes in the movie, the last I shot with French hunk Fred Faurtin. His...." Well, the rest of the post is much to graphic for your innocent eyes, so I'll leave it up to your own imagination.

...I have a half dozen more blogs bookmarked, but I think this post has reached its threshold of gay porn star musings. And although I've lost the respect of half of QueerSighted's readership, I know that I've gained some in other circles. (Or should that be: "I know I've gained some in other circle jerks"?)