The work offers a quick buck, and the exposure can lead to other types of work. The number of opportunities for queer youths in the adult film industry is growing. 'It allows me to experience whole new things as a different persona.' And he says that the money he makes is enough to pay for his schoolbooks and other expenses. 'It allows me to be someone I'm not,' says Stephenson. He's a junior at Miami University of Ohio, has been on the dean's list every semester, and was president of his high school class.īut doing porn was something he always had in the back of his mind, and he hasn't really worried that it could come back to haunt him someday. Tom Stephenson, 21, doesn't fit the typical image of an amateur porn star.
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