As I told Seth Dickens, who was one of the several performers quarantined (and cleared) in the recent HIV scare, I was not aware of any rumors about him, so his latest statement, which I will print verbatim below, seems unnecessary in clearing his name.
Many male performers have worked “gay for pay,” a term that describes straight men performing in gay scenes just for the cash.
Some female performers will not work with men who’ve performed in gay movies because of a perceived health risk, and many men are unwilling to admit their gay affiliation (or fans) because they are afraid it will turn off their straight fan base by casting aspersions on their own sexuality.
A side note: I have watched and been present at the filming of dozens of girl/girl movies and I can assure you that I never thought any of the women involved were lesbians.
It is a touchy issue for a number of reasons, but I don’t think any performer who has been open about his participation in the gay side of the industry has lost work unless there is a personality issue as well.
Here is Dickens’ statement:
I’m a true Hockey player at heart from a low income family in Minnesota. After high school I joined the U.S. Marines out of a sense of wanting to serve my country. After kicking ass and taking names as a sergeant in 3rd Marine Division I started a career in network communications. I mostly worked with Lucent, Panasonic, and At@t switching systems as an independent contractor for a few different companies in southern ca. Soon after my mom got cervical cancer things got really bad. This meant she couldn’t work her two jobs and the bills started to add up. My family was really hurting for cash and were having trouble giving my little brother lunch money. I had recently lost my job from a losing my license as a result of a D.U.I. so I couldn’t send money home at the time. I wasn’t able to get hired as switch installer until I got a license back. Without a license I couldn’t drive the equipment around to the different installation sites. At that point I had to act so I stepped up as a man and supported my family sending $15,000 home over the next year and half. The way I was able to send that money home was by doing some gay for pay porn. It paid very well and always required a condom so I compartmentalized the whole thing as support for my family. I was married at the time and my x wife would come on set for mental support and to serve as my fluffer. So I would look at my wife, take Viagra and I was able to do the scenes knowing I was really doing right by my family. After a little time doing gay work I crossed over to the straight side. I’m glad I did cross-over it’s a fun job with good people and good times.
People think I have something to hide and I don’t. I will admit when I first crossed over to the straight side I was scared someone would recognize me. I didn’t want what seemed like a non-stop party where you get paid to fuck beautiful chicks for cash to ever stop. So I didn’t mention it to people if they didn’t ask. I did truthfully answer anyone would did ask me. It has been years since I have done that stuff and I figured people should know especially with this HIV scare that just happened.
I was involved in this HIV scare because I worked with patient X. I had a test, she had a test, I confirmed it online, I really didn’t do anything wrong here. Yet allot people assume it must be my fault due to my past and I have read quite a bit of negative comments on the blogs. That’s understandable considering that I did used to do gay porn and people don’t really know me that well. The reason my name came out in the whole mess is because I really care about the other people in the industry. When I found out I was exposed they brought me in and told me,” We shouldn’t ruffle any feather s.” and not mention I had been exposed until I received an actual positive result for HIV which I never did. I was freaked out big time and the one thing I cared about most was calling everyone I had worked with that month IMMEDIATELY! AIM told me ”I was going to take allot of heat for this.” and my name will definitely get out there because we would have to call directors and agents to find out girls contact numbers. I didn’t care about taking heat about this. What I cared about was saving people lives by preventing a deadly outbreak. So in the AIM office I angrily said “What if I have HIV right now and I gave it to the talent I worked with this month?!?! What if that talent is about to do a gangbang in 5 mins?!?!? What if several people I worked with have it and they are all about to do a scene today sometime!?!?!? We must call everyone RIGHT NOW!! ARE you crazy? We need to CALL EVERYONE RIGHT NOW! I’m going to stay here as you call everyone I worked with!” So we proceeded to do just that we called everyone immediately! Even though I know allot of people who were on the quarantine list and I’m not going to make their lives harder by saying their names just to make me seem like I’m not the only person going through this. Another rumor I would like to clarify is that I have only been calling around as a producer not as talent trying to book myself. I’m a producer for a few different companies and I book anywhere from 6 to 10 movies a month so I call around to book people. I would NEVER put someone life in danger for 40 minutes of sexual pleasure and I’m truly insulted that people think otherwise. I get laid allot and it’s just not worth it to me to have to face Saint Peter at the pearly gates of heaven and say, ” I killed people because I was irresponsible and or wanted to get laid.” No way not this guy! I might be a porn star with jaded past but I’m also Roman Catholic with good morals and solid core values.
On a happier note I am off of quarantine and I’m going to live =)! The way I know this for sure is because I have consulted multiple HIV specialists (UCLA, SDSU, CALSUN to name a few) and they all confirm that the HIV-1 DNR polymerase chain reaction test always detects the HIV virus within 10 to 14 days. The specialists I spoke to have an average of 22 years of HIV specialization experience as well as they held the most tenure their respective departments. Also the Center for Disease Control and the National Library of Medicine can back up these facts about our testing detection times as well. Most people miss conceptions are from getting the types of HIV test’s mixed up. Yes there is a test that was developed in the 80’s called the Elisa test that tests for the antibodies produced by HIV and it would take 3 to 6 months to show up. Now we have an extremely advanced test called the HIV-1 Deoxyribonucleic acid by polymerase chain reaction to test the persons DNA itself. I’m extremely happy to be alive and have a new outlook on life. I’m a pretty easy person to get along and I want to calm people’s fears so if you are reading this and have questions please feel free to ask me about anything. I fucking love this industry and I am willing wait as long as it’s takes for the girls to comfortable working with me as talent. I hope that day is sooner than later. I haven’t been really been calling around much for work as talent out of respect for the fact that people need time to get over the this scare. Ultimately my mental outlook couldn’t be better. I have good friends and I’m alive in sunny California and I truly love my life. I really look forward to coming back to work as talent. Until then everyone have yourself a good day.
Seth Dickens
Anyone that has questions can email me at SethDickens@socal.rr.com or call me at 818 451 5110
Previously on Porn Valley Observed: Seth Dickens and Patient Zero
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