Where Does ‘Public Accommodation’ Stop?įor a while now, the joke has been that political correctness is moving so swiftly that not only will you have to approve of gay sex, it will become mandatory. Despite her protests to the contrary, Ames was called homophobic nonstop online for a few days before she eventually hanged herself. Nonetheless, gay and bisexual performers resent this stigma as unfair, as every performer is subject to the same regular sexually transmitted disease tests before they are cleared to do porn. This is because reservations about crossovers aren’t typically perceived as homophobia-Ames claimed she was also attracted to women-it’s simply one of managing risk, as it’s pretty undeniable that gay men are more likely to contract HIV and STDs.

Apparently, the reticence of women to work with “crossovers” is fairly common and long accepted in porn. Ames had tweeted that she had backed out of a sex scene because it wasn’t disclosed that the man she was supposed to have sex with had done gay porn. However, her death is stirring up quite a controversy, because in the days leading up to it, Ames was being bullied heavily online, including several specific suggestions that she kill herself.