Well, I'm glad if you could deal with the past coming back to haunt you. Later when you have a wife and kids and a real career, I hope that'll be true.

Regarding STDs and STIs in the porn industry, they do happen there just like they do anyplace else, probably at far greater levels than you can imagine since porn work involves so many partners and so much sleaze. Legitimate employers, producers and production companies test people and make sure they’re healthy. But if you think that all porn producers in the world are legitimate folks who’re working hard to make sure their employees are healthy, you don’t know much about that industry. It’s one that preys on young people, and ethics and employee health don’t rank highly in their concerns.

As I look back on what you originally wrote, I may be wrong about your motivation being ego-driven. You don’t have the same “I’m going to be God’s gift to porn” tone that some of our previous porn-ambitious posters have had. Still, I know there are a lot of young men who aspire to go into the industry because they think their bodies are going to be the be-all and end-all that rockets them to the pinnacle of porn success. Just realize that it’s not like that for most people. Like I said before, the ones who survive to tell about having worked in that industry (those who don’t die of suicide, STDs or drug overdoses—do some reading, I’m telling you the truth here) do not tell happy tales. My guess is that it’s an industry—like prostitution—that doesn’t generally beckon to happy, healthy, emotionally whole people to begin with.

As far as your being in the 1/4 of the industry that isn't gay, good luck with that. A job is a job, and that'd be a job. You'd be expected to do what was asked of you.