I post them here to prove Koldo Goran wrong – they are not forgotten:ġ) Although Goran mentions that Macanao Torres died of cancer in the above tweet, the 35 year old Spaniard actually passed away in an apparent suicide on 12/30/19. Here is a list of 10 gay porn stars of note that were lost in 2020. It was nearly a year before anyone in the business became aware of it. Yet he passed away unnoticed in September of 2019. An obit is a real boner killer, ya know? Why jeopardize the profit margin? Additionally, performers who abandon their porn personas and return to life with their real name often pass away unnoticed by former employers and co-workers.Ĭase in point: Roman Heart was about as big a star as you will find in gay porn: 2006 Freshmen of the Year, GayVN Best Newcomer winner, Falcon cover boy with an exclusive contract and a career lasting over a decade. Porn companies also seem reluctant to broadcast the passing of a performer who is still on their roster, forever young and present in their website content. Most gay news outlets choose to ignore the passing of all but the biggest names in the adult film industry. “I realize nobody talks about it, we are unprotected and forgotten ” Goran tweeted “We are humans, people, enough of contempt.” In one of those instances, Goran’s tweet remains the only public notice that the performer, Dani Rivera, had been murdered. There’s so many things happening in my life.In August of this year, porn star Koldo Gorantweeted about three fellow performers who had recently died. I do acupuncture and Eastern treatments as well. People always ask “How are you doing? How are you doing really?” But my viral load’s undetectable, my T-cells are higher than they’ve ever been. I never dreamed this day would be possible. He recently told TIME: ‘I’m 55, and I’m here, and I’m married. The US Olympic diver has been living with HIV since 1988, disclosing his status on national television in 1995. I want to be the example of what can happen if you get into drugs, if you’re being promiscuous, if you’re not taking care of yourself, if you’re not being checked, if you’re not living a healthy, responsible lifestyle.’ Greg Louganis won five Olympic medals during his diving career He said on The View in October: ‘I don’t want to be a hero, I don’t want to be the role model.
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The former child star of TV show Who’s The Boss revealed his HIV status earlier this year.
You have to be so strong and healthy to carry them all through.’ As a child star, Danny Pintauro also appeared on As The World Turns If there’s a flu bug going round you generally get it.
We’ve got an Erasure tour coming up and that’s 90 shows.
Last year he admitted: ‘The thing that’s tricky is when you’re traveling around so much, you have to make sure you have enough medication, especially on tour. The Erasure star disclosed his status in 2004, after testing positive in the 90s. But I know there are a lot of men in the gay community going through this, and it was for them.’ Andy is the frontman of 80s synthpop band Erasure He said in 2013: ‘I guess one of the reasons I talked about it was because I felt like I couldn’t and shouldn’t. The Michigan-born, Iceland-residing singer, who released his third album to critical acclaim last month, has talked candidly about his status both on stage and in interviews. John Grant on the cover of his second album Pale Green Ghosts So, to mark World AIDS Day (1 December), we thought we’d tip our hats to just some of the guys in the public eye helping to break down prejudice by standing up and talking about their statuses – before simply getting on with their lives. Meanwhile, new preventative measures such as PrEP are also on the rise.ĭespite this progress, stigma persists – as illustrated last month, when Hollywood actor Charlie Sheen revealed his status to the world. Thanks to medical advances, HIV positive people who are responsive to antiretroviral treatment have the same life expectancy as the general population such treatments also dramatically lower the person’s infectiousness. Time was when an HIV positive diagnosis was considered a life sentence – but thankfully, those days are far behind us.