Whites-Only Policy for hereTV Gay Porn Documentary?
August 6th, 2008
There are two major gay cable television networks in the United States … Logo and hereTV. Both are relatively new and far from perfect.
Over the years, hereTV has been consistently lacking when it comes to racial and ethnic diversity. I can only judge their shows from the first two episodes of each series (that’s about all that I could sit through) and they all appear to be devoid of blacks and latinos (aside from The DL Chronicles.) If you’ve ever seen any of their magazine ads or posters on the street, you’ll notice that they are wall-to-wall white muscle. There’s no law against that, and if it sells DVD box sets of Dante’s Cove or whatever else they’re trying to sell, it’s a smart financial move for them.
And so, it comes with no surprise that hereTV’s upcoming documentary series Everything You Wanted to Know About Gay Porn Stars (but were afraid to ask) is scheduled to profile an all-white list of gay porn stars: Johnny Hazzard, Brad Benton, Nick Capra, Jason Hawke, Nick Piston and Jason Ridge. Many of these guys are hot (especially that Johnny Hazard) but it’s sad to see yet another all-white series from hereTV. While the series is still in production, it might be a good idea to contact hereTV and let them know that there are many hot non-white gay porn stars who deserve their fair share of the spotlight.