![]() ‘Why would a gay porn company chose to separate minority groups into their own race at an event that is supposed to celebrate the gay industry in its entirety? My response, “…I am respectfully declining my nominations in all categories…”įull letter here. Meanwhile none are nominated as best actor or supporting actor. The awards announce nominations including a BEST ETHNIC SCENE category for black, Latin, and Asian models. ‘Why? Why were these scenes not just included in the best scene category?’ Hunter asked. Only three actors of the 15 nominees in the Best Performer category are non-white. With an average of around 20 nominees per category in Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, the exclusion of black, Latin and Asian performers looks even worse. ‘It now appears as if the GayVN Awards have chosen to make this racism and bigotry more blatant in their return to the awards arena.’ Writing in a letter posted on Twitter, Hunter said: ‘The gay porn industry has always been a place of veiled racism and bigotry. ‘The gay porn industry has always been a place of veiled racism and bigotry’ The GayVN Awards, launched in 1998 and returning for the first time since 2011, honor achievements in the gay porn industry. ![]() The model and cabaret performer took the awards ceremony to task for confining POC actors and scenes into the ‘ethnic’ category. Top gay porn actor Hugh Hunter has declined his nominations for the GayVN Awards, citing industry racism.
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