John Holmes' early gay movies (pics/videos included)

Originally Posted by Bbucko

OK.

First regarding some myths and half-truths about HIV that I've seen here:

Tops get infected, though not at the same rates as bottoms.

The average incubation period for HIV is six weeks, though some people will seroconvert in fewer than four and others will take as long as eight. Unless one's immune system has been destroyed by chemotherapy or long-term IV drug use, everyone will test positive following infection within thirteen weeks.

Everyone's immune system reacts differently to infection with HIV. Some people suffer terribly while seroconverting, others feel no effects whatsoever. I cannot remember any bout of illness that I can reliably state marked my seroconversion, but it happened so long ago that I would probably have forgotten it anyway.

Once infected, everyone responds differently. Some people get very sick very quickly, and , depending on the quality of their care and their own body's ability to fight off the virus, might never recover. They are called Rapid Progressors.

Others will remain healthy for years and, never having shown signs of seroconversion, would have no way of knowing that they carry the virus without getting tested. Depending on when I was infected, I could have been carrying the virus for as long as fifteen or twenty years before my first bout of opportunistic infections, getting tested and beginning treatment. I am a Long-Term Slow Progressor.

There is a tiny minority who have lived with the virus without ever getting sick at all. No one knows why. They are called Long-Term Non-Progressors.

Infection Scenarios:

1) World-wide, the most common mode of transmission for HIV is unprotected vaginal sex.

2) In Western Europe, The US, Canada, and Australia, the most common mode of transmission is unprotected anal sex between men.

3) The sharing of hypodermic syringes and needles has been, historically, how HIV has been passed into the heterosexual community in Western Europe, The US, Canada and Australia; However, once infected, women and men can and do pass HIV through unprotected vaginal sex.

4) Cuts, abrasions, etc are poor transmission nodes. The areas of the body that facilitate transmission are special cells in the mucous membranes lining the rectum, the vagina, the urethra and the inside of the foreskin.

5) The presence of saliva, which is highly acidic and toxic to HIV, precludes almost any oral sex scenario from consideration. This is highly controversial right now, as anecdotally some men insist that they were infected by giving blowjobs. But this is contradicted by science.

6) The risks of transmission from mother to child during childbirth, while they are troubling to an HIV+ mother, are outside this area of discussion.

Relevant to this topic:

John Holmes might have been infected through the unprotected anal sex he had with men during the filming of The Private Pleasures, though it's no less likely that he was infected engaging in unprotected anal and/or vaginal sex with his countless female partners at the same time.

We will simply never know.

What we do know now (and have known for over twenty years) is that using a condom during vaginal and/or anal sex is the surest way to prevent HIV infection, barring celibacy or strict monogamy between two uninfected individuals.

Originally Posted by thirteenbyseven

Sometimes you have to be careful with those anecdotal stories. We were at a nudist resort once when this guy starts to talk about meeting up with the legendary porn king at an airport in Daytona, Florida. He had cool dude sunglasses because he didn't want anyone to recognize him and a big 'ol ten gallon hat to add to the incognito disguise. But what got to this guy was all these race car people who met John Holmes. He had no idea John Holmes was so much into racing.

It was NASCAR driver Richard Petty.

Originally Posted by bigboy9239

I heard he actually got rock hard when he screws the guy.....in cointrast to his normal semi hard state. Still even semi hard..he was huge!

Originally Posted by boynextdoorpt

He was not a good looking man.

Originally Posted by visualalert

Here are box covers for a couple of film re-releases on DVD with Holmes that are currently available. "Black Velvet" is still worth a watch today, even with the poor production values. Not because of Holmes (I personally think he's kinda nasty looking), but because of the short with "Big Bill" and John Traynor (a playgirl model of the day). Both are built and Big Bill is seriously long and thick.

Originally Posted by John Estes

John's vids can be really surprising; sometimes he looks like a low 8 inches and other times it just jumps out at you like a 12 inch ruler. Here's a good clip that really jumps out at you!

Originally Posted by senor rubirosa

(Jeez, I feel a bit embarrassed responding.)
Well, John, near the beginning, it seems to me that his unit hangs roughly two-thirds of the way to his knee.
Now, if the middle of his knee is about 12 inches from his groin, that would give him eight or perhaps nine inches. Not more, in that clip.
Certainly not 12 inches.
Didn't one of Holmes' early girlfriends claim he told her that he had measured it at 10 inches? (Think I read that in Rolling Stone one time.)
No need to add a full two inches to that figure.
That said, he did have a gift.