Dustin Lance Black Nude Photos: Perez Hilton Crosses Line by Posting
Oscar-winner Dustin Lance Black's private photos of him having sex with an ex-boyfriend were posted on Perez Hilton.
Sadly, Black was photographed having unsafe sex and while that's obviously not smart -- it's Perez Hilton who once again has crossed the line and has shown that he is a complete hypocrite.
Why is it okay for Perez Hilton to post these pictures?
Here is his rationale:
We'll say it again, no matter WHO you are, do NOT take naked pictures of yourself or make a sex tape. It WILL get out there, even if you're not famous now and never think you will be. They will get out there and everyone at your work, in your team, in your dorm will find out.
Good advice -- but that doesn't mean you have to post them Perez! You are crossing the line. At what point did you think pressing the publish button was a good idea?
Plus, you do realize that kids read your site and the Black's mistake of having unprotected sex will lead many kids to believe that having unsafe sex is okay.
Not only does Perez show his complete lack of good judgment, he demonstrates the highest level of hypocrisy.
On the one hand, Perez is bashing the former Miss California Carrie Prejean for not supporting gay marriage. Meanwhile, he intentionally brings down a gay man who made a mistake in the privacy of his own home -- which will only make it harder for gays in this country to secure equal rights.
It's a sad day for Dustin Lance Black -- but I'm convinced he will quickly move past this embarrassment and continue his meaningful work for the gay community.
But, it's an even sadder day for Perez Hilton, who clearly has lost any sense of right versus wrong.
FYI: Here is Black's response to the unfortunate incident:
It is unfortunate that individuals and other outside parties are trying to profit from material which is clearly private," Black said in the statement released to E! Online. "I have had the privilege to speak to people across the country, both gay and straight, on a number of critical issues including safe sex. More important than the embarrassment of this incident is the misleading message these images send. I apologize and cannot emphasize enough the importance of responsible sexual practices.
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It doesn't matter if Black and his boyfriend had unsafe sex. It matters if they had unsafe sex with anybody else.
Gay or straight, sex without a condom in a monogamous relationship is reasonably safe sex, but you have to keep communicating about it, verifying and re-verifying, while staying open to honest answers and not scaring your partner into lying about it.
Worse than hearing your lover has cheated on you is knowing that she or he didn't protect you in the process.
Hilton is being inflammatory and shows how unschooled he is if he can't consider all the alternatives available to a couple capable of negotiating their private sex life.
Very thoughtful and reasonable post. Thanks.
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Go Lance! You are an adult and it's a free country. You have my support to fully enjoy your love and life! No worries.
Perez did a lousy thing to Prejean and now he is simply continuing in his style. What he did to Prejean was inexcusable but many did not see that or they did not care. He will shame anyone he can for whatever reason he wants to. I personally think he will dry up and go away sooner than later. I do not think reasonable people will miss him at all.
What he did to Prejean was wrong in some reguards. However, she dug her own grave after that little mishap.
As far as releasing photos of someone having sex? It really is no ones business what two people are doing in their bedrooms. I just have more important things to worry about than whether Lance or whomever is having safe or unsafe sex. Their problem. Not mine nor anyone elses except those paries involved.
I don't read this Hilton character. And really could care less about what he thinks anyways.
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I see nothing wrong in what "he did" to Miss Prejean. He just asked her a perfectly reasonable question, which was his duty as a judge in that meaningless competition, a question that was no more or less good or bad than any other question the dimbulb contestants were receiving from judges. It's hardly his fault that her answer exposed her as a homophobic, superstitious cow.
What he did with the Black photos was exploitative, sleazy, and hypocritical.
It's almost as though he has more than one side or facet; that he might even be complicated, inconsistant, and contradictory, like, you know, an actual human being. I don't like the little sleazemonger; never have, but I see no fault in what he asked of Mz Prejean.
I disagree. I think what he did to Prejean was not a good idea. I think that maybe it would have been a better idea for him to go after Trump and take down the whole circus tent. I may be wrong about how I feel about this but the feeling I got from the vicious attacks on Prejean was like going to a stoning. I could see where people would have just rolled their eyes and LOL but some of the reactions I have seen to her very mild statement causes some concern with me. I just can't see kicking this woman's head in for expressing her views in what I consider an appropriate way even if I disagreed with her. I don't want to play the victim but I also do not want to make victims because I am mad and frustrated.
What Perez did -- in addition to being unethical -- is also ILLEGAL as hell!
See 18 USC 2257 (aka the "Traci Lords law"). It requires a p0rn publisher to get a signed release form and proof that those in the photo were of legal age at the time.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/usc_sec_18_00002257----000-.html
nice catch.
Could this be grounds for a lawsuit?
Wonder if this would really have any leverage since Paris Hilton, Pam Anderson, ect,. have have unconsented publishment of their private sex tapes.
Mr. Black has nothing to be ashamed of. If he was not wearing a condom, that is a choice between him and his partner. As an HIV poz young gay black man, (the ultimate in statistics sadly) my only concern is when MY boyfriend and I are doing it. I didn't bareback before because I saw "my idol" doing it, I did it because I CHOSE to. If Mr. Black and his boyfriend decided to have unprotected sex, then maybe they were both tested and talked about it. I see no reason why, as someone stated earlier, two gay men must ALWAYS wear condom while a man and woman don't have to. HIV may not be the big scare in the straight community that it is for gays, but there are other things, such as pregnancy, that should be avoided.
Gays moved in large numbers to condom-only sex in the 1990s, and it brought infection rates down.
Amazing to me that some need to relearn the lesson.
That is just ignorant. If you and your partner have been tested, you can have safe sex anytime or anywhere. If you make a choice not to, you are playing with your life but it is everyone's right (IMO) to do so.
Shouldn't everyone abstain from any sex with another human because there will always be a risk of catching something deadly no matter how low you think your risk is?
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Perez Is like the Gay Dick Cheney, Guys on his side wish he'd shut the F up.
Read The Name Damm It.
Baaaa.
are you effiing joking?! Perez Hilton is a gossip site! If he had not posted these pics he would have been guilty of hypocrisy because he would have been showing favoritism to an oscar winner because he is a gay man and a supporter of gay rights. He posts pictures of naked celebs regularly, and his point is DO NOT film or photograph yourself nude or having sex because look what happens, it is stupid and will lead to embarrassment regardless of your celebrity status.
An ethiocs-free gossip monger like Hilton who would post humiliating photos of a person who has not wronged anyone has no business lecturing anyone about anything.
This creep created the Miss America mess which ultimately hurt the gay community.
People should start shunning this twisted narcissist.
Yeah, it hurt the gay community so much that since then other states have legalized marriage, donations are up to pro-marriage support groups and legislations is moving ahead fast in several other states where it had stalled. I'm not sure how you judge that the gay community was hurt but I'm not sure where you are getting your info.
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So by your logic, if a murderer kills someone, we shouldn't criticize him for it because, hey, he's a murderer, killing people is what he does. To not kill someone would be hypocritical.
But criticizing someone for taking pictures of them self having sex, while posting them knowing that the prurient appeal will increase your site-traffic, is hypocritical. His comments boiled down to "If you take nude pictures of yourself, they WILL get posted online -- by ME!"
Thanks from everyone who reads your "OMG that's EW WRONG!" post -- because we'd never have known otherwise. Perez just picked up thousands more hits on his site -- maybe hundreds of thousands. And its all due to you, you sly little minx! Oh, sorry -- I meant, shill for Hilton's site. Potato, Potatoe.
What is being said of those who use Perez Hilton's site to see Black's nudes?
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Lucky, because the pictures are lovely, although I saw them elsewhere. I've never visited Mr. Perez's page.
What sanctimonious crap!
A celebrity which doing something which subjectively might be considered scandalous.
A scandalmonger exposed the scandal -- with irrefutable evidence.
Good job, Perez, you make the world a more honest, albeit skankier place.
Please tell me what the scandal is - a gay man had gay sex?
The scandal was that he was having UNSAFE sex.
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OH MY GOD, someone had SEX!!! We MUST put a stop to it! Thank you, Perez for exposing this lubricious sexpot. Because neither I, nor I'm sure you, Superlive, have ever debased myself by having sex. Well, by having sex today. Well, within the last 20 minutes anyway.
SCANDAL! SCANDAL! SCANDAL! SCANDAL! SCANDAL!
i disagree with your characterization of Dustin Black as "a gay man who made a mistake in the privacy of his own home" -- two men in a committed, monogamous relationship are no more "guilty" of not using a condom than a committed, monogamous straight couple would be
I agree- the idea that it's "not smart" to have unprotected sex is silly at best and shows a lack of understanding the issue.
the mistake is taking photos, IMO
everyone needs to get a clue on that one
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There's no mistake in taking pictures of it either. Why not? Lovely pictures of lovely people having lovely fun. What's wrong with that?
So they got posted? So what? It makes a sleaze of whoever slipped them to Perez, and it makes a hypocritical sleaze of Perez for posting them with a sanctimonious, wrong-headed lecture, but Black and his boyfriend DID NOTHING WRONG, either in the sex, nor the photography. (Well, the lighting in some of the shots could have been better.)
As straight woman, I need some insight on a subject. From the comments here, is it correct to assume that the common wisdom is that gay male sex should ALWAYS be with condoms? Even if between two people who have been tested and are in a committed relationship? Or are people assuming that DLB and this guy were not such a couple?
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Some people take a hard line that ALL gay sex MUST be condomed. Some say all gay sex that someone might someday see MUST be condomed. Some say that, even when you're not (yet) famous, you must nevertheless follow THEIR rules for being a "Role Model" at all times.
And some of us think it's none of our business, and could do without the retro-active safe sex police.
Am I in favor of encouraging safe sex practises among all people, gay and straight? You bet. Am I in favor of dictating all private and semi-public behavior follow MY rules? No. I take personal freedom seriously.
And of course, determining that the person you're having sex with is safe to have condomless sex with IS a safe sex practise.
Ok. There seem to be a few issues getting muddled here.
First, this was DLB's "Hollywood Babylon" moment. Or let's hope this was it, and that there isn't another one out there, ready to spring its ugly head at him. I think he needs to say an "Oops! I probably should have taken the camera away from my boyfriend, but my heels were in the way" kind of thing.
Second, Perez is not one of my favorite bloggers, but what he has done is not a greater 'oops!' than what DLB did. In other words, Perez could not have "embarrassed us" had DLB not created the situation to begin with.
Third, as far as "corrupting gay youth", if the argument is that Perez has shamed DLB, then that should only dissuade them from 1) practicing unsafe sex; 2) recording private moments. If anything, Perez's posting is more of a warning than it is an enticement, so I am NOT convinced of the "corrupting gay youth" argument at all.
Fourth, DLB needs to bitchslap the ex that released the material. Or sue. Otherwise, I don't know if shrugging it off is going to sweep it under the rug. Of course, that said, raising legal hell might not be such a great option either. But that is HIS problem.
When will responsible members of the gay community realize that people such as Perez Hilton do nothing-NOTHING--for the cause? Throw that loser under the bus now.
Better yet, throw a pie.
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