Beloved Gay Porn Star Erik Rhos Found Dead

Contents:

• GAY PORN'S ERIK RHOS IS DEAD AFTER SLOWLY DYG PUBLIC FOR YEARS
• GAY ATHLETE FOUND HIS NICHE AND HIS HBAND THROUGH ROWG
• 18 MATCH FOR ERIK GAY
• ERIK RHODES GAY MOVIE STAR

GAY PORN'S ERIK RHOS IS DEAD AFTER SLOWLY DYG PUBLIC FOR YEARS

The gay porn muny lost one of s last te "stars" early this morng wh the passg of Erik Rhos, a.

Rhos was known as one of the last "Faln Classics, " referrg to the San Francis-based stud known for creatg ins gay adult cema, datg back to their pneerg days the early 1970s. Rhos was om Long Island and his porn reer began eight years ago (a verable lifetime gay porn) a film lled Flh om S. All of felt at tim like an art project, a crique of gay male norms and body image issu, which he, himself, was the medium and the subject.

GAY ATHLETE FOUND HIS NICHE AND HIS HBAND THROUGH ROWG

I have a much different life than what I thought was possible for growg up whout any gay fluenc or role mols. And sce I didn’t have a lot of iends growg up, I assumed that much of what was available did not apply to me bee I am gay. To this day I am still cur why was important to announce to strangers I was gay when walkg to a classroom, a locker room or a dg room.

18 MATCH FOR ERIK GAY

Whout knowg a sgle thg about beg gay and never havg met an openly gay man, I feared beg gay om as long as I n remember. My experienc told me that was bad to be gay. By the time I graduated llege, HIV transmissn had h s height wh the gay muny.

Still, I had never met an openly gay man or talked to anyone about HIV or AIDS. If I was gay, then the thought of sex translated to a ath sentence.

ERIK RHODES GAY MOVIE STAR

And if I was gay, I knew I uld blend and hi my achievements. We all took re of each other, looked out for one other, and supported each other ways I thought were not for me bee I was gay.