Interview wh Gay Porn Kg Michael Lus About 'Undrsg Israel: Gay Men the Promised Land' | G Philly

Contents:

• GAY PORN IMPRAR MICHAEL LUS, MARRIED
• GAY PORN STAR MICHAEL LUS IS SUED BY CALIFORNIA MANSN OWNER
• MICHAEL LUS: A GAY MAN FOR ISRAEL
• GAY ADULT FILM STAR MIKE DOZER GETS AT LEAST 8 YEARS ADD TO HIS PRISON SENTENCE – VIDEO

GAY PORN IMPRAR MICHAEL LUS, MARRIED

Michael Lus has proved that beg a gay porn star is pretty awome -- and that your reer don't end once you stop actg. Wh his geo brown ey and Rsian-Israeli herage, Lus is one of the most succsful and wily known gay porn actors and directors.

GAY PORN STAR MICHAEL LUS IS SUED BY CALIFORNIA MANSN OWNER

He is also an activist, wrer, and the foundg CEO of Lus Entertament --the largt gay porn pany New York.

) You might know him om his films Hunt & Plunge and Fire Island Cisg 1-8, or La Dolce Va, which was filmed partially the Marc Jabs store—makg the gayt movie on rerd.

" They're g the weddg to fight for gay marriage rights throughout the untry—or maybe to get attentn om gay publitns for puttg that the prs was profiled last March the New Republic as "gay porn's neon kgporn" due to his over-the-top opns on Middle Eastern polics.

MICHAEL LUS: A GAY MAN FOR ISRAEL

But he may surprise many who know him for his adult tl when he turns a b more ser the documentary he's produced, Undrsg Israel, which a gay soldier, a drag queen, a young Arab-Israeli journalist, two dads raisg a fay, and an out member of Israel's parliament all tell their didn't do alone: He teamed up wh documentarian Yariv Mozer, who prevly directed the gay-Paltian doc Invisible Men (along wh Adam Rosner). Undrsg Israel is not pornographic any way, and has been playg at mastream gay and Jewish film ftivals. )Why do you thk 's important to show the reprentatns of gay men Israel married, wh children, etc?

When to gay rights, as this movie illtrat, Israel is one the most progrsive untri not jt the regn but the world. I tried to ver as many aspects of Israel's diverse gay male muny as possible, om gay fathers to gay policians and only men?

Bee of my own history Israel, I had a stronger unrstandg and stronger personal nnectns to the gay male muny there, so seemed like to a good ia to foc on that. Israel has an extremely strong, vibrant and active lbian muny that serv to be explored greater I spoke wh filmmaker Eytan Fox about his film Yossilast year, he ma the pot that much of the gay culture Tel Aviv has bee "superficial, " and he even shows hookup se ATRAF the film. Do you thk this onle culture has helped spread gay visibily or is hrg the gay culture of Israel?

GAY ADULT FILM STAR MIKE DOZER GETS AT LEAST 8 YEARS ADD TO HIS PRISON SENTENCE – VIDEO

I don't thk gay visibily is a big problem there at this pot--and a lot of the men there are certaly visg Tel Aviv, I feel like 's one of the gayt ci on the pla: Why do you thk your film is sential? A surprisg number of people lump Israel wh other Middle Eastern untri, where gay life is vastly more secretive and dangero, and where gay people are subject to harassment, asslt, imprisonment and worse. That's why I ma this have acced Israel ernment of "pk washg, " focg on the posive aspects of gay rights, and ignorg other human rights vlatns.

Progrs on gay equaly Israel was achieved by people who fought for for years, and that fight still ntu.

Y, Israel is embroiled a long nflict wh the Paltians, and y, Israel has an imprsive rerd on gay rights, but those two thgs are not nnected. To assert that they are is as ridiculo as sayg that Ameri dismantled "don't ask, don't tell" as part of a secret plan to distract the world om Iraq and Afghanistan, or that New York legalized gay marriage bee wanted people to fet about the bankg crisis. A mass of ntradictns, Michael Lus is the Rsian-born gay-porn mogul/star who releas movi like Farts!, Feet!, and South Beach Sctns, but lls his grandmother four tim a day and regularly go to the opera.