By Donell James Foreman
Donell@queervoice.net

Well hello there, reader! Let me take this second sentence to introduce myself – I’m Donell James Foreman. Yes, all three names. Or, you can call me The DJF – I answer to either. I’m twenty-one years old and am an actor for New York (who isn’t, right?). I am very excited to be writing for QueerVoice and I hope you all enjoy what I bring to the table.

A little about myself? Well, I am currently on the national tour of Mamma Mia! taking the US of A by storm. I’ve been on tour for approximately 23 months now – I did Hairspray right before I joined this tour. I’ve been living out of a suitcase this whole time, and I haven’t slept in my own bed in ages. Touring the country definitely has its ups and downs depending on the day, but the best part is that I get to see all the corners of the country; including lots of places I would never think to go. I even went to South Dakota, if that’s any indication. I call it, vacation during the day, and work at night.
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As one of our new features here at QueerVoice.net, we’ve decided to profile a porn performer every week. This week, our performer is Jeremy Bilding.

Bilding was kind enough to take a few minutes out of his day to answer a few questions for us, here’s his interview:

QueerVoice.net :First, I guess is the obvious question of “How did you get into porn?”

Jeremy Bilding: I had actually always wanted to get into porn. There had been an enticement since I had first discovered it. Over the years, of course, I had only thought of it as a fantasy. So, after making a few changes in my personal mantras a few years ago, I decided it was time to start doing what I wanted to be doing, and I started researching how to get into porn. I was living in Denver, and had replied to a Craigslist ad for male talent seeking work. The ad was for a scout that had put me in contact, or I should really say showed me a few websites/studios. I had started filling out the “I want to be a model” forms, and starting St Patrick’s Day week 2008, I started shooting my first scenes.
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Editor’s Note: This is Patrick’s first column at QueerVoice.net. He will be writing a new column each week dealing with gay sex and love. Welcome Patrick!

By Patrick Clines
Patrick@queervoice.net

So there I was, alone in my bedroom, laptop resting on my stomach, searching for Mr. Right. Nothing happened, like always. It seems like the more you search online for something real and meaningful the more the reality of the situation appears. As a post-modern gay man it’s frustrating that the only sanctuary in the name of intimacy is worshiped with the clicking of keys and trading of illicit photos, snapped in the bathrooms with your pants down.

I use the words ‘post-modern gay man’ to put a label on what is going on now with our culture. The more we look for intimacy on the tubes (the inter-tubes that run from my house to yours and carry all the information, Al Gore made them) the more we become more disconnected with what is really out there. I must confess that I have fought in the trenches of Manhunt, Gay.com, and a sundry of other sites that cater to more varied appetites. These are websites that deliver exactly what they promise, a few hours of wasted time. I have known friends to find wonderful boyfriends on so-called dating sites (they’re actually for tricking, we all know this).

I have even found a few downtrodden souls in search of nourishment and let them suckle at the teat that is my wonderful personality and demeanor. Kidding. But I have gotten a few really good dates, and even wonderful relationships, sexual or purely platonic.

I remember the days of AOL chat rooms, where all you needed to get dick was a dial up modem and a sundry of lubricants. The adventure of it, it truly appeals to men. We get the search, the delicate conversation that evolves from ’stats’ to ‘on my way over’, the pornography fix that we save in secret folders kept way back next to dissertations and kitten pictures. At my peak I was pulling a good trick a week, I had a bet going with a dorm neighbor, he won. Not for my lack of trying, his penis was the size of an Aquanet can.

It was a simple ‘hi’, pic exchange, and then the evening was set in motion to bring mischief, danger, and hopefully lubricated intimacy with some guy that could only be later identified by his screen name when I recalled the story with friends.
It was hot.
It was also very dangerous.
And I’m not talking about the kind of danger that involved guns or Republicans.

Real danger, like STD’s and the endless cycle of searching for something you don’t even know you’re looking for. We search for that bond, that little glimmer that someone will hold us when it’s snowing, without a screen name.

But it gets so old. The further a gay man moves away from urban life the less selection of actual gentlemen come our way. We have to rely on friends to set us up with their friends. I once met a guy in a library, he had a huge penis, it lasted 8 months.

So why not just be single and stay off the tubes. Because it’s damn hard. Most of the time I’m not even looking for anything.

Just browsing.

Like everyone else.

By Jesse
Jesse@QueerVoice.net

Hello, hello! I figured I would give all of you a little background on myself, being a new contributor and all. My name is Jesse, I’m 26 years old and currently reside in the booming metropolis of Raleigh, North Carolina. I was born and spent the first 13 years of my life in Gainesville, Florida; I relocated to North Carolina in 1997. I went to college in the mountains of North Carolina, where I majored in Theatre Performance with a minor in Dance (this degree has been used very rarely…). I spend my days doing a “job that pays the bills” while I spend my nights performing in – and sometimes directing – theatre around Raleigh and the surrounding burbs. Since my return to the area in 2005, I’ve been in over 10 productions, like Titus Andronicus, Beautiful Thing, columbinus, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The Santaland Diaries, A Midsummer-Night’s Dream and The Crucible, just to name a few.

So, Jesse, are you dating anyone?
Well, yes, actually. I’ve been dating the same person since Feb 15, 2008. Going on two years! I love him very much and we will soon be relocating up to Boston, MA, so he can attend graduate school and I can refocus my life and hopefully have a career change that will allow me to work for a theatre company in the greater Boston area.

What’s your life goal?
Well, ultimately I’d like to be able to live off of my theatre work, whether it be by performing, directing, or just working for a theatre. If theatre could be my morning, noon, and night…that would be most excellent.

I’m thrilled to be a part of QueerVoice.net (big thanks, Zach!) and I hope I entertain you all as much as I entertain myself! If you have any thoughts, questions, quandaries or concerns, feel free to shoot me an email! You can reach me at: Jesse@QueerVoice.net

XOXO,
Jesse