No one in gay porn is making money off gay porn. Models are paid about $1,000 a film (which usually means two scenes). That figure hasn't changed since the early 1990s, which means gay porn stars have actually seen their pay erode by 44 percent in the last 15 years or so. Models do not get residuals (the few exceptions prove the rule). The highest-paid models might get $5,000 per movie (three or four might get paid $10,000 a film).
Because the gay porn industry has so few studios and so few models, most performers cannot do more than eight to ten films a year. Annual income, therefore, is about $10,000 a year.
Where models make money is by escorting. They treat gay porn as a big 75-minute advertisement for their escort services. An average gay porn star can charge $500-$1,000 for his services, and more depending on what the client wants him to do. Most johns actually only want the porn star to strip, dance on the bed over them, and masturbate to orgasm. (Most johns are too fragile-ego'ed to actually ask for sex.)
Many gay porn stars will escort four or five times in a week. Even at the low end ($500 a pop), a model can earn $2,500 a week. With drugs (Viagra, Caverject, etc.) a model can escort even more heavily. Talvin DeMachio, for example, was rumored in 1996 to be having as many as 50 clients a week. He'd fly into a city, and have them back-to-back-to-back for five days. He was popping six to 10 Viagra pills a day to get his cock working. DeMachio was earning enough money to support himself and his entire family (mom, siblings, etc.) for several years.
But escorting destroys gay porn. Models come to shoots so exhausted from sex that they can't perform. On top of that, when you are forced to have sex every day -- in other words, when sex becomes your job -- models burn out on sex. They avoid it as much as they can. But the allure of prostitution (and the money it can make you, for a time) is too high. Almost every gay porn star engages in some prostitution.
Live appearances are the other big money-maker. The bigger-name performers engage in it, but it usually requires an agent. So far, the only real gay porn agent is David "Pimp and Druggie" Forest.
Because the gay porn industry has so few studios and so few models, most performers cannot do more than eight to ten films a year. Annual income, therefore, is about $10,000 a year.
Where models make money is by escorting. They treat gay porn as a big 75-minute advertisement for their escort services. An average gay porn star can charge $500-$1,000 for his services, and more depending on what the client wants him to do. Most johns actually only want the porn star to strip, dance on the bed over them, and masturbate to orgasm. (Most johns are too fragile-ego'ed to actually ask for sex.)
Many gay porn stars will escort four or five times in a week. Even at the low end ($500 a pop), a model can earn $2,500 a week. With drugs (Viagra, Caverject, etc.) a model can escort even more heavily. Talvin DeMachio, for example, was rumored in 1996 to be having as many as 50 clients a week. He'd fly into a city, and have them back-to-back-to-back for five days. He was popping six to 10 Viagra pills a day to get his cock working. DeMachio was earning enough money to support himself and his entire family (mom, siblings, etc.) for several years.
But escorting destroys gay porn. Models come to shoots so exhausted from sex that they can't perform. On top of that, when you are forced to have sex every day -- in other words, when sex becomes your job -- models burn out on sex. They avoid it as much as they can. But the allure of prostitution (and the money it can make you, for a time) is too high. Almost every gay porn star engages in some prostitution.
Live appearances are the other big money-maker. The bigger-name performers engage in it, but it usually requires an agent. So far, the only real gay porn agent is David "Pimp and Druggie" Forest.
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