I tend to be nonplussed about gay for pay/G4P porn actors because it is all fantasy- I will probably never encounter many porn actors (I've actually met 2 - so yeah, weird), and unless I am interested in having sex with them (which for even ones Im attracted to…yeah, no), this wouldn't be an issue.

This post made me think about strippers a lot.  I live in a city that doesn't have male strip clubs, but there are some not too far away, and there's something I like about the attitude of the strip club which is why I go.  If a stripper was hitting on me and then said he isn't gay or bi, I'd probably not be interested.

For example there was a club in South Florida (that doesn't exist anymore) which was notorious for having strippers who were G4P - only went one and never again.

I realize this is something of a dead thread, but it came to mind when I had a discussion last night.  A friend of mine essentially said most people are seroconverting because of bareback porn.  It shocked me because he is an HIV positive man (who is HIV poz for 20+ years) and a former educator.

Im negative and a former educator, and I call hogwash.  I think a goo number of people can separate the fantasy of porn from reality; not just barebacking but the romanticizing (and cleaning up) of a lot of sexual acts that occur.

I think it's an easy red herring to label porn as the cause of rising HIV rates, but the fastest growing populations are younger and minority in the US - so that doesn't seem to match the "porn consumption crowd".

I wish I knew what the lynchpin was - I'd love to reduce the possibility of infection for so many at risk

Complicated answer:

Personally?  I love running.  I enjoy it because it was something I never did well, but as soon as I hit 33 or so, I fell in love with it.  It was helpful when my mom died, because it was therapeutic.  Running cleared my mind.

For the most "bang out of your buck", it's the ergometer/rowing machine.  It is, by far, the best cardio.  I just have a small gym I go to that only has one machine, so there's normally a fight for it.