Although he’s only 23 years old, Corrigan is a porn veteran. He’s also a controversial figure in the porn industry. He claims that he falsified his IDs to get porn work and was underage when he starred in his first films.
Because Corrigan no longer participates in bareback porn, Fuk !t decided that he was an ideal person to deliver safer sex messaging to young gay men.
The Advocate interviewed Fuk !t cofounder Terry Gerace, MD, about Corrigan:
The Advocate: Why did you approach Brent Corrigan, who is known for shooting a number of bareback porn videos early in his career, to come full circle and do this PSA for proper condom use?
Terry Gerace, M.D.: It wasn’t so much about him having done bareback porn, it was that he’s made this change from doing it to not doing it. He hasn’t done those sorts of films for at least four years. He’s stayed in the industry, and now only does safer sex porns. It was really about it being someone who learned from their behavior and made a change, which I think represents most young people. They’ll start out doing something high-risk, and if they’re lucky, they’ll survive it and make a change. That’s what he did, so I think in a lot of ways, he represents your average person.
To read the complete interview, click here.
Fuk !t has gained attention in no small part due to their use of sexually graphic materials. So it’s no surprise that the series of PSAs they did with Corrigan are explicit (and definitely NSFW, not suitable for work).
To watch the first video on Corrigan’s NSFW blog, click here.
I’m far from being a prude, but I do admit that I was a bit uncomfortable watching the video--not for my own sake, but for what others might think about gay men and gay sex.
That said, I am all for any HIV prevention messaging that will resonate with gay men, especially young gay men. So if it takes explicit PSAs, then so be it.
For more about Fuk !t, click here (also NSFW).
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