I’d much rather do it on my on terms than on someone else’s. It doesn’t matter what type of job you do you’re still a whore, you’re still whoring yourself out to someone else, giving your time and freedom to others for money. Their deaths have shit to do with their profession or how they make their money. Could he have taken better care of himself in the process? Probably so.Hugo has just wrote one of the dumbest comments I’ve ever seen on the internet. With that said, just because you are not an exhibitionist, that does not justify you criticizing his exhibitionism without seeing and addressing the big picture behind what he seems to have been doing. But your commentary seems to make your not being an exhibitionist be out of pretentiousness. There are just as many reasons people are exhibitionists as there are for people not being one. Especially by doing scenes with his real-life partner, and not being a prostitute like most porn actors today. And I admire that Masaki seems to have been trying to do the same thing. So I was hoping to use my exhibitionism AND media outlets to let those questioning their orientation know that there is nothing wrong with your sexuality. Back then, porn was the only way gay males saw another gay male comfortable with his sexuality. LeNair miagoodguy: I’m going to tell you what is sad!īased on what this article shows about how Asian culture demonizes sexuality, especially homosexuality more so than the prudishness of American culture, is it any wonder that Asian gay males looked up to him? I actually identify quite well with him on that because that was partly why I got in the porn industry in 2005. Koh was courageous, for he was open in an area of the world that does not accept such openness, and by doing so, he made it easier for others to accept their own sexuality. And, the person who commented was a GAY PORN STAR! No kidding!Ī lot of you are stating that he shouldn’t be a role model for “kids” (I think the term here should be young adults) – but let’s be honest, MOST of us had our first view of porn as a teenager, right? Just think, if as a teen, you would have had someone as open and positive about his sexuality to look up to – there might be a lot less gay teen suicides here.
I even had someone who, when I posted about Michael Douglass and HPV, said Douglass was “dirty” for getting the disease – a disease that affects 90% of all those who are sexually active by the time they are 25 years old – a disease that few people know of or discuss, despite the fact that 70 million Americans have it. Judging by the comments here, sometimes I feel there are many in the gay community who are quite prudish. In Ayumi Hamasaki’s video for “ How Beautiful You Are,” the couple is seen kissing, which is still a rarity in Japanese media.
Koh even appeared with his partner, Tien Tien, in music videos and web series to spread his message of acceptance and openness. In the years before his untimely death from peritonitis brought about in the process of treating appendicitis, Koh began traveling to events in Thailand and China to meet with the fans he inspired in the East-something that Asian stars before him wouldn’t dare do, fearing both social and legal repercussions. Koh found fame in being unashamed of his sexuality and, more or less, an abundantly proud gay man. Unlike many gay porn stars in Asian countries who often wear swim goggles or surgical masks while performing in order to protect their identities, Masaki Koh was one of the first and most recognizable stars to ditch the norm and appear without censors in his many gratuitous flicks. He provided a face and injected pride into the Asian LGBT scene, and by doing so, encouraged a huge number of his fans to accept themselves and reclaim the beauty of their sexuality. It’s difficult for Westerners to imagine an adult star being an unsung hero and proper role model for gay youth struggling to find acceptance, but to Eastern cultures that harshly demonize and discourage an openly gay lifestyle, Masaki Koh was just that.
It’s been nearly a month since the gay porn industry experienced the passing of Masaki Koh, one of its most prolific stars, but discussion of the late star’s contribution to Japanese LGBT culture is still raging on social networks across the web.