Bel Ami’s George Duroy: Austin Merrick Scene Description A “Misprint”

EXCLUSIVE: I’ve just received the following email from Bel Ami’s George Duroy in response to this week’s story surrounding Bel Ami’s scene description of Austin Merrick and Adam Archuleta.

Here’s George Duroy and Bel Ami’s official, unedited response:

Before commenting on the hysteria concerning BelAmi looking like a gay branch of the Ku Klux Klan, I’d like to clarify a couple of things…

The comment in the scene description on the site appeared as the following:

“For those who criticize (BelAmi founder GDuroy) for featuring non-white models, Austin is mulatto.”

Yes, if that were the true intention it would be pretty racist. The comment in the scene description was originally written as follows:

“For those who criticize (GDuroy) for featuring ONLY white models, Austin is mulatto.”

What happened is a misprint, not a racial attack. The person who was re-writing the comment online in the Prague office is not a native speaker and didn’t realize the (huge) difference in the meaning.

So The Sword article titled in the best tradition of trash journalism says: “BEL AMI TRIES TO APPEASE RACIST BEL AMI MEMBERS WHO HATE BLACK PEOPLE BY REMINDING THEM THAT AUSTIN MERRICK ISN’T ACTUALLY A “FULL” BLACK PERSON”

Fairly distasteful from somebody who could have picked up the phone and asked first. I sincerely apologize to my customers and fans for becoming a target in this disingenuous attack.

Trash journalism is something I try to avoid, but when you’re as trashy as me, sometimes it’s hard. I’m sorry.

More importantly, The Sword apologizes for inferring that Bel Ami’s members were Ku Klux Klan members.

George Duroy concludes:

Let me use this opportunity to give a short explanation:

Nobody has ever accused me of featuring non-white models because we don’t feature non-white models! One the contrary – I was repeatedly accused of “racism” by some because I don’t use different ethnicities. We live and create our programming in an ethnically homogenous region of Central Europe. Walking the streets of Bratislava I have the opportunity to see an African-American (or only African or Latino) about twice a year. It doesn’t mean we are racist. We simply work with the material we have. Some people ask why don’t we use Africans meaning black South Africans when we film in South Africa and my explanation is a simple one: because the incidence of HIV infections in RSA is incredibly high. That is the unfortunate reality.

As for using condoms with American models: I shoot condom-free only with our exclusive models or models that we have for prolonged periods of time. It is not only about HIV– there are plenty of other possible STDs which I can’t test for on the spot or quickly. At BelAmi the models are our extended family and we do everything with their safety in mind. I simply follow a set of rules which work best for us. (Of course I could shoot with condoms only and be out of business in a year).

One more time my apologies on behalf of Josh in Prague who got “lost in translation” or better yet “lost in re-writing”. I never cease to be amazed at how easy it is to demonize and abuse a simple misunderstanding. George Duroy.

[Bel Ami]

83 thoughts on “Bel Ami’s George Duroy: Austin Merrick Scene Description A “Misprint””

  1. Anthony Johnson

    After having read the various comments, the original articles, and the rebuttal replies – I am convinced that I will never ever spend any of my hard-earned money to buy a Bel-Ami product. The explanations and evasions of Mr. Duroy and Bel Ami company are laughable, and indeed pathetic. Mr. Duroy and the Bel Ami company are responsible for the messages their company sends out to the public and their consumers. The various attempts by others to smooth over, and down play the statements by Mr. Duroy and Bel Ami company members shows a contempt for intelligent fair minded folk who really understand the message that is actually being sent out. Mr. Duroy and Bel Ami company members I wish you well in your future endeavors but you won’t be getting any money from me forever.

  2. In Spanish Latin America, you have :

    Blanco(White/European)
    Negro(Black/African)
    Indio/Indigenas(Indians/Indigenous)

    Then you have the mixed groups :

    Mestizo(European+Indigenous)
    Mulatto(African+European)
    Zambo(African+Indigenous)
    Mestico(European+African+Indigenous)

  3. Ummm The reason given for NOT using black models is not surprisingly cockeyed. Honestly the care of not spreading STD is the flimsiest excuse I have ever heard. STD has no color and sees no color. Yes black guys may have a higher percentage , according to the stats, but question is how are those stats done? The site is driven by the users who are into white guys and the producers are ony catering to their users. Good business , period. Those who want to see black models go on a black site there are tons out there. Bel Ami works fine for its audience. Nothing racist about that.

  4. I have a problem with the fact that just because there is a high incidence of AIDS in SA ur assuming that every black male in SA has it..that is total bull. I’m black and south african yet I don’t have AIDS/HIV BelAmi should stop lying to people, ur a business all you are doing is fulfilling a need don’t hide behind weak arguments like infection rates or you live in a ethnically homogeneous place when we can clearly see you spare no expense to import models. Secondly when BelAmi SA they were in Cape Town if you look at the stats the proportion if infections is FARE lower there than in rural SA.

  5. Obviously most of you guys here like Bel Ami and self oppose racist. Most gay men are anyway like ads saying “Not sexual attracted to black or Asian guys.” Does any straight guys do that? Hell freaking NO! Only dumb ass crackers like you guys here doesn’t think “mulatto” is racist. You not mix race and you guys have NO right to comment on something you don’t know about. Just like congress “Men” telling what they can or can’t do in woman’s reproductive organs.

  6. He should NOT be filming in South Africa he he felt that way…i wonder what has been his contribution to that country is?..smmfh!

  7. I would not be surprised if the members that complained about having a black model at BA were Americans. I like Austin Merrick and biracial. I have people all the time ask me “what I am”. If I tell them a am black their reply is ofter,” no you are not, you must be mixed with something else/” Why ask me what I am, I suppose they really mean what is your ethnic background? Why does it even matter? Gay people are very racist in the US, except when its time to invoke gay marriage/race civil rights argument.

    Even in place like LA race is a big issue if you read profiles about “it just a preference.” Or I am usually not attracted to blacks, but you are different. I suppose its the white in me that is attractive not anything else.

  8. My first thought when reading all the comments is that some Americans need to widen their horizon. I think that the use of the word “mulatto” was bad but you have to realize that words can have different connotations in different countries. What is not PC in the USA might be PC in another country. This seems difficult to accept when it comes to words like “mulatto” but not every country in the world is influenced in the same degree by the ideological, political, sociological, intellectual and cultural discussions and changes in the USA. The Czech Republic was not a part of the Western Bloc from 1945 to 1989 and much of the American PC and “culture wars” debate has had little influence in the Czech Republic. Since the Velvet Revolution the Czech Republic has been trying to catch up with the intellectual debate in the West but this is a slow process and because of its recent past the themes in the Czech intellectual debate are slightly different than in the USA or Western Europe.

    Another point that was often mentioned is that BelAmi does only uses white/Caucasian models. What can one say about this? BA recruits its models mainly from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. These countries have almost predominantly white/Caucasian inhabitants and thus totally different from the USA or Western Europe. So BA works with the material that is available to them. The same goes for William Higgins and other Czech companies and I never heard someone criticizing them for using mainly white/Caucasian models. Maybe it is the success of BelAmi as a company that gets on some people’s nerves. Probably they have different tastes and do not understand why BA is succesfull. A case of success breeds contempt?
    In relation to this some commentators pointed to the fact that BA did not use black South African models. Because of the HIV+ rate in South Africa it seems a wise decision not to use these models. Condoms never give a 100% guarantee. Would you like to be held responsible when a model becomes infected on your set?

    Will this episode have any repercussions for BelAmi? I don’t think so. BA is one of the strongest brand names in the gay porn industry and they have many loyal members. I think members would be more upset if there was a piss scene. The only consequence that I can see is that the translations will be checked more thorough.

    1. A very good summary of the issue from Dutch Courage. I don´t think any of us long time BelAmi-fans would regard BelAmi (Duroy) as a racist company.

    2. That’s quite a delusional rant and underestimation and HIV+ rates in Eastern Europe. The repercussions for Bel-Ami would be they would now need to join the 21st century.

      Mulatto is derogatory term in socially evolved European countries. Look it up!

      1. In my country (The Netherlands) “mulatto” is indeed a derogatory term as it is in most parts of Western Europe. But the Czech Republic is not a West European country, it is an East European country, or more precisely a country that is part of “Mitteleuropa”. Its postwar history is totally different than that of West European countries. The communist dictatorship meant that the American intellectual and sociological debate had little or no influence in the Czech Republic (unlike Western Europe where the USA has had a profound influence on the intellectual and sociological debate). Furthermore, the absence of non-white ethnicities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia has meant that an important force behind the revaluation of accepted (but dubious) words for race was absent. Whetter you like it or not: each person’s Weltanschauung is a product of the time he lives in and the history he is part of. If you think this view is delusional so be it (but I silently ask myself if your views on sociological questions are the same as your parents or your grandparents).

        1. Dutch Courage, we’re living in the 21st-century European Union. The Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia are all part of the EU. So are Spain, Portugal, Southern Cyprus, France, Germany and the Netherlands. If you are a citizen of an EU country, you can work anywhere you like in the EU. This includes models who do gay porn.

          The argument that you only use white models because you’re in a country where there are few ‘ethnic’ models only stands up if you are a local porn producer with a limited budget. If you can afford to import models from America, pay for their visa and legal costs and promote them as being ‘unique’ talents, and then send them off to South Africa, you can afford to pay the travel and living expenses of different-coloured European models who can get to the Czech Republic on the train or a short plane flight.

          So far, so Big Picture. But let’s get meta. We are discussing this on an English-language site in English. We are discussing a porn site that gets a significant amount of its business from the English-speaking world. We are also discussing the meaning of words in the English language. We are doing it for free. No one is paying us and neither of us will make any money from this discussion. George Duroy sells his product in the English-speaking world. He is the face of a commercial organisation. He makes money from his use of English (in how he sells his product). You and I don’t.

          Your defence of this man is nonsensical.

          There are zero practical reasons why Bel Ami doesn’t use black, brown, yellow, red (and variations thereof) models. It uses a specific type of model because it wants to. It’s a commercial decision. It’s how Bel Ami makes money.

          There is also no defence for using the word ‘mulatto’. I’ve asked various friends in different countries about this and the general consensus is that if you said it to someone mixed-race in their countries (and this includes Estonia, Sweden and Latvia), you couldn’t complain if someone smacked you in the face in response.

          We’re in the 21st-century, Dutch Courage. You know as well as I do that excusing the Eastern European countries for living in the 18th century is a specious argument. You should be ashamed of yourself.

          1. Take a camera, go on the streets of some Czech city and ask people where PC stands for. 99,9% will say Personal Computer.

          2. Poland is a member of the EU. Doesn’t seem to make that country very liberal on sociological issues.

  9. Well,I am not sure if Mr.Duroy is a racist or not,but he has a point about South Africa’s HIV/AIDS rate,we have one of the world’s highest infection rates and people living with the disease.I do understand his apprehension to use a certain group of South African males.

  10. This is BS! BA made a big deal about Austin being bi-racial, predominately black. Why? Because they know 100% of their models are caucasian. George getting offend because he was called out on his BS is laughable. Cut the shxt. You pick your “models” for a reason. And like any other studio, you have an abundance of opportunities to go outside your comfort zone. You chose not to so accept the flack you’re gonna get.

  11. Interesting that Duroy says using condoms would put Bel Ami out of business in a year. It confirms the notion that studios “go bareback” to avoid closing.

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  13. Some copywriter for whom English is a second (or third, or fourth)language made a mistake. BA should have caught it. Zach raised the issue (which was good). They fixed it and apologized. There’s really no reason to believe the apology or the explanation was untruthful. Move on.

  14. Yes, different cultures and countries have different attitudes, languages, and terms. A company that intends to be internationally successful should always take this in consideration in order to not bite the very hand that feeds them. I am shocked that a long lasting company like BelAmi didn’t consider for a second that something race related can be a very tricky topic in some of the countries they operate and sell their stuff to.

  15. Tucker11,

    So if I find GD’s explanation wanting, I’m a troll? As for being a studio, maybe you should learn how the internets work. It’s easy to discover my lack of studio status. But don’t worry. I’m done. I’ve learned a good lesson. A gay porn studio can use the term mulatto and all is forgiven because it makes a good product. Good to know. Kisses to all.

    1. there’s just one thing you don’t seem to get… and it is that in most european countries (where I live) mulato is a word with no derogatory meaning, it’s the only word used to describe a person of mixed origins (white and black). There’s no history of african slavery in Europe, so most words that may sound offensive in the USA are completely PC in Europe.

      1. That’s BS.

        If that’s normal and accepted, I dare you to pick up for example Germany’s Handelsblatt, France’s Le Figaro or Briton’s The times. I can promise you a mixed race person is NOT going to be described or called mulatto.

        You don’t use that word for simple reason.

      2. Albert, dear boy, can I just look at you a little askance when you say ‘there is no history of African slavery in Europe’?

        There are entire cities in Western Europe that only exist because they were the hub of the slave trade in the 18th century.

        I’m not going to get into a discussion about indentured servitude for the ‘white’ people of Europe, but Europe was intensely involved in slavery of one sort or another for centuries.

  16. I have been a big BelAmi fan for 20 years and I still am! I think Mr.Duroy´s mail to The Sword was very well-written and clarifying. I also think Duroy´s posting 3-4 lines above is a very good one! I´m rather sad and disappointed that this discussion has become so hysterical. I didn´t know that “mulatto” was such a controversial word in the US. I would say It is semi-controversial in my country, but not highly controversial. And no one would connect “mulatto” with the period of slavery. I do believe the explanation that it was a misprint. I regularly see small mistakes when it comes to the english language on the BelAmi website.

    Sweden is a country with many immigrants – Central Europe is not! BelAmi czech model Dolph Lambert commented on this in a short smalltalk at the Balaton lake (with the americans Mick Lovell and Alex Waters). He said that he was very surprised (or “not used to” as he put it) when he got to the US for the first time and saw all people of different skin colours.

    Lastly – On the issue why BelAmi not are using black South Africans as models when filming in South Africa. Some wrote that You could use condoms to avoid the high HIV risque in South Africa. Pardon??! Even if I would use a condom I don´t want to kiss or suck/be sucked of a person, where there is a big risque that he may have HIV!

    1. Your ignorant and unfounded fear of kissing someone who is HIV-positive is far more offensive than anything Bel Ami said.

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    Lord, the Jake Genesis Fight Thread disappeared(He is a cop & a star! Don’t crack on his Mama!)and the Czechs are in the mutherfuckin’ house!

    The executive realness has descended from atop 30 Rock.

    Zach… You in danger gurl!!!!

    My uncle knows people who know people at Ralph’s.

    How are your fresh seafood handling skills?

  18. The only reason to watch Bel Ami is to see Eastern European WHITE models. When I want to see latin boys or other ethnicities, there are plenty of other niche studios to cater to my whims.

  19. Sorry…Bullshit. They’re attempting to spin the un-spinnable. Trash journalism my ass. So, no one edits at Bel Ami? There are no native or fluent English speakers who write or edit these entries for them? And their method of acceptable appeasement for those who criticize them for not having performers of different races is to say that they have a half or partially white performer? I guess that is literally their attempt to meet their critics half way.

    IF they’re looking to place blame on someone, it should be themselves. How do you handle having a person of mixed race or another race entirely on your typically lilly white site? You celebrate it. You don’t say “Here! Ya happy now???!!” The edit to their original response is not much better than their original statement. And the statement is not one of a confusion in syntax or language. They are different statements; we’re not talking about a missing word or something. The person that wrote that statement knew what they meant. They did a bad thing; but they didn’t think so at the time. Now that it has been brought to light; like a petulant child, they are reaching for anyone and everyone to point the figure at.

    I understand Bel Ami is most likely a significant advertising client for “The Sword” and that there is a practical need to put appeasement before common sense, but Tim, no one is beyond reproach.

  20. A quick search on Google explains how strong is racism in Eastern Countries versus people from Africa. Specially students from African countries.
    So, Mr. Duroy is just “in the ambiance” of that part of the World.
    As long as someone did not became true friend (not on a sexual base) with someone “different” feelings are just stupid and full of suspicion.
    About barebacking? I hate that! It’s never exciting in my eyes nor in my libido.
    I feel so sad for Josh Weston and many other whom passed away!

  21. The “mulatto” issue is most probably a language one. In Europe using the word mulatto is not politically incorrect, as far as I know living there.

    GDuroy’s answer was indeed a bit too arrogant, yes. However, nobody likes being accused of protecting their own racist audience…

    I still believe on their honest mistake (if only because writing the original phrase as reported by The Sword would be just plain stupid).

    1. If you are a native English-speaker in Europe, the word ‘mulatto’ immediately raises warning signs. It’s not a word regularly used in European English and if it were used in even the most right-wing newspapers in Britain, the editor would be on TV stuttering over his apologies time and again to every journalist who challenged him on it.

      The ‘European’ defence is meaningless. The United Kingdom is part of Europe. The United Kingdom created the English language. If you use the word ‘mulatto’ in an English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish publication, you’d better have a damn fine argument behind you to back it up because you would be slaughtered by public opinion if you didn’t. Any English speaker who knows the word, knows it has a loaded history and should not be used lightly.

      If the word ‘mulatto’ doesn’t have the same loaded meaning in French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Latvian, Estonian, Slovakian, Czech, Hungarian, Polish or whatever, so be it. But this was written in English. And English words have specific meanings and specific conatations.

      As England is part of Europe, if you misuse the word in an English context, you cannot say that the word is differently used or has a different meaning in Europe.

      Sir, your argument is cretinous. Please refrain from using it in future.

  22. The word Mulatto is not considered racist in Europe and Central- and South America. It’s just a word to describe persons of African/European heritage – just like people use the word Eurasian for people of Asian/European heritage. A lot of mixed African/European people use the word Mulatto with pride.

    On the internet, where people communicate with persons from all over the world, they often forget that some words have different meanings (or different associations) in other parts of the world.

    1. Obviously you are a competitor studio. Where do u see a belami ad on this site dummy? Of you don’t cause there aren’t any!!! Haha.

  23. As for word mulatto: American language sensibilities hasn’t arrived to our part of the world yet and word mulat is simply used here for a person where one of the parents is black one white. No one here considers it negative or racist. I am not native English speaker and wasn’t aware that in the US this word might have negative connotation. So I apologize for my linguistic insufficiency.
    As for accusing me for being homophobic: Well I am gay and hardly homophobic. Substantial part of my income goes to gay causes – certainly much bigger than litper’s. And yes – most of my models don’t identify themselves as gay – I often joke they are flexi-sexuals. :) This hardly makes THEM homophobic. If they were they certainly wouldn’t shoot gay porn. And I certainly didn’t BRAG about ALL my boys not being gay – some of them are some are not – it is not important for me. As a matter of fact I never select my models based on race, nationality or sexual orientation. Main criteria is looks, personality, sexual flexibility, reliability… Many of gay boys are what you could call porno-phobic. Strictly speaking Gay porn (porn with gay actors only) never existed and the term is about as outdated as word mulatto. What exists and always existed is All male porn.

    1. Thanks for that clarification GDuroy, it was very much needed. I didn’t want to believe that you were racist but the scene description really couldn’t be taken another way. I don’t think that The Sword over-reacted because if this were your true sentiment, it warrants reproach. Clearing the air will go a long ways in restoring lost fans or even gaining new ones (me).

      The difference between not having many options to shoot black actors is very different from not providing that option. Its good to know you don’t let race determine eligibility to model for Belami.

    2. Mr Duroy,
      Two things come to mind:

      i) If you can import white American men to model for you, then you can also import men of other ethnicities to work for your studio. Also, given the employment laws in the EU, it would probably save you some money to use models of different ethnicities from within the EU. There are lots of them there – and they don’t need a work or residence visa.

      ii) If you are a professional organisation and selling your product to an English-speaking customer base, it behooves you to employ someone who understands the nuances of the English language in writing or proofing your copy before releasing it to that section of the public. Or if you don’t want to employ someone for that purpose, at the very least have a native English speaker as a friend whom you can ask if something works.
      I don’t particularly care one way or another about the meaning of the word ‘mulatto’ in the Czech language. Mainly because we aren’t discussing that. We’re discussing its English meaning.

      Instead of trying to justify yourself on this, Mr Duroy, you really ought to simply apologise.

      If you say you’re not a racist, I’ll take your word for it. However, you’ve proved yourself to be incompetent in at least part of your organisation. Admit you fucked up, learn from it and move on.

  24. I call TOTAL BULLSHIT on the “misprint”, “lost in translation”, “lost in re-wirte” theory –

    A simple input into Google Translator producers this result – The words “Only white” in Czech translate to “pouze bílá” And the words “Non white” translates to “non bílá”

    Seems hard to mess up the translation of NON vs POUZE! Just for kicks Mulatto = mulat. How funny GD is outraged over The Sword not having called him first to ask for clarification (IS HE FOR REAL?!) considering the facts Mr. GD should be more outraged that he has total idiots working for him.

    Also, I love this line from GD “(Of course I could shoot with condoms only and be out of business in a year).” NOTE – there are many studios still in business producing CONDOM ONLY. What he means to say (Of course I could shoot with condoms only and not make as much money as I do now). This only proves if anyone is prone to bouts of hysteria it is GD for this silly non apology.

  25. What I don’t understand is … OK Maybe they did not mean to use the slightly offensive term “mulatto”. I can believe that.
    But isn’t the real problem the SENTIMENT behind it? It does not matter what the word used is here. It matters that GD that, apparently criticized for featuring a non-white performer, GD felt the need to 1) defend himself rather than telling them to fuck off and just skip the scenes where Merrick was in 2) defend himself by saying “Well, he is only half-non-white”.
    Whatever the vocabulary used, how in hell is that acceptable?

  26. Seems nooone cared when Duroy said “None of our models are gay” in a proud tone a few years back, so it’s ok to be homophobic. But now when he’s also a plain racist, everyone is upset.

    1. Maybe none of these models are gay in his weird Mr. D’s marketing ploy…gay men love to believe this fantasy and it sells so it has been shoveling that reality down our throat for 20 years..personally I have NEVER like BelAmi with its incestuous look…no real diversity and nothing really clever going on with the studio…just cashing in on the fantasy of pretty fair skinned guys who:

      1. moan weirdly

      2. can not suck dick

      3. are not gay

      4. never seem to have a dick inserted deep in their ass

      5. subtitles in porn is about as boring as 3D porn

      1. You should really change your screen name. 1. Truewords is absurdly pretentious. 2. Very little of what you said is actually true. Kevin Warhol, Luke Hamil, Julien Hussey and Dario Dolce are amongst the best dick suckers i’ve seen in porn, any one of those models will certainly take all of a dick. Hell, Jack Harrer and Manuel Rios will take all of Trevor Yates’ monster. Bel Ami never advertised that the models are not gay. That’s Corbin Fisher. All he did- all he’s ever done- was simply answer the question honestly. In fact the site itself has done the opposite maintaining that all the models ARE gay, changing the gender in the interviews from her to him etc. I don’t really care for either method of dealing with sexuality. My only concern is that the models convince me- for the duration of time on camera- that they love gay sex. There is one model- Kris Evans- that to me sounds phony when he moans. But even though i’m one of the first to bring it up- i think the issue of Kris’ moaning has been done to death.

        I like subtitles. I wish that the technology were there to turn them off for those that don’t like them. But your decleration that they’re “boring” is simply your opinion and not a fact that all people- or even most people- share. Many of us want to know what they’re saying.

        If you don’t see diversity between Julien Hussey, Kris Evans, JD Chagall, and Ariel Vanean then you’re just not looking.

        It’s allright for you to not like Bel Ami. There’s different porn tastes for different folks. But it’s not OK for you to outright lie about it. Which is what you’re doing.

    2. T: I’ve heard lots of models are “straight”. Is that true? Is this a cultural difference, because I think it’s hard for some Americans to see them enjoying enthusiastic sex with men, then identifying as straight.

      GD: “Gay” porn was never dominated by gay models, and in the case of Bel Ami, not even half of the employees are gay. (In the last three years, we had seven babies born to our employees.) Gay porn should be more accurately called “all-male porn”. I don’t see this necessarily as a cultural difference—most of the models working for Corbin Fisher or Sean Cody are straight as well. I know some gay models in the U.S. who claimed to be straight to get a job with some of the American Studios.

      On the other hand, I can’t imagine that a really STRAIGHT man would be able to perform the way our models perform, no matter what they think they are. I, for one, certainly wouldn’t be able to be “straight for pay”. We live in a world where traditional labels don’t apply anymore, partly as a result of gay emancipation. Being gay is not taboo anymore, and I’d say at least thirty percent of city boys in the Central European region happily experiment with their sexuality. Many enjoy it, but they wouldn’t think of themselves as being gay. They simply mingle freely, going with their girlfriends to gay bars and fondling other boys in front of girls. And now tell me—what is their orientation?

      Sometimes I joke, saying that very few gay men are so enthusiastic during sex with other boys as these “straight” boys. I suspect that gay men lost their monopoly on gay sex as a part of their social acceptance. Or that experimenting with all-male sex is simply “in”.

  27. Fight the real enemy

    Belami is a European company…U girls need to relax. Have you ever thought that mullato
    Might not seem outdated in Europe? Not to mention Google it. It is debatable if mullato is a derogatory term depending on who you ask.
    Team Belami all the way on this one. I agree with “marvel”about what treasure island and Lucas entertainment etc are doing to
    The gay community is far worse and damaging. I also agree with “tv” that GDuroy is a legend!

    1. Calling your BS. Followed your advice about Google for a laugh. First entry is Wikipedia. Here is what they have to say: “The term is not commonly used any more but is generally considered archaic because of its association with slavery, colonial and racial oppression; accepted modern terms include ‘mixed’ and ‘biracial’.” Why you given GD a pass on outdated language?

      1. Fight the real enemy

        James I say in this in all sincerity. U are an idiot. The FIRST thing Wikipedia says is “Mulatto is a term used to refer to a person who is born from one white parent and one black parent, or more broadly, a person of mixed black and white ancestry.[1”. Secondly you saying his comments on South Africa was loopy? Really? Here’s a fact for you. “HIV/AIDS in South Africa is a prominent health concern; South Africa is believed to have more people with HIV/AIDS than any other country in the world” Wikipedia. Get over yourself and get your facts together.

        1. Fight the real enemy

          Lol oops meant you “aren’t” an idiot. Sorry wasn’t being insulting. There are varying opinions online about whether the term mulatto is derogatory or not. You can’t call someone a racist for using that term, it’s just wrong! And I’m out.

        2. Listen you clown. The term is archaic, only used during a historical time period. Did you read that part of the definition? And as for HIV in SA, use condoms on the set if you’re worried about virus transmission.

          This conversation is funny: in the early 21st century going back and forth if the word mulatto is offensive. What’s next? Bring back colored? What about the n-word? Why not call Austin that? Or maybe zebra? Half-breed?

          1. The question is whether the term “mulat” is archaic in czech language. “Mullato” was used by czech person.

          2. I think that a lost of terms that may be outdated in the US or English speaking countries may not be in a country where English is a second language. Slavery of this kind wasn’t an issue in Eastern Europe, so the word doesn’t have such strong significance. And the issue is already about an alleged mis-translation and miunderstanding of how a simple change of word makes a huge difference, so why would GD deliberately use a word he would know to be racist and offensive? Labels, terms and phrases we use do not have the same impact to non-English speakers, so we have to realise this when we take point in Bel Ami using them in a way we would not.

            Anyway, he has given an apology and explanation, and it is logical. If Austin has a problem with the word used to describe him, he will address it with his employers. After all it is actually him and his feeling on this issue that is actually the most important.

          3. I think you just sound like an idiot-troll now. The guy explained and apologised and your response is just to try and stoke a now non existant fire

          4. James Yeah you are a troll obviously just like beary says below. You are probably a jealous underperforming competing studio. you obviously keep trying to fan the flames of a non issue. So typical. Good luck I’m pretty sure Belami will continue their porn dominance either way no matter what a troll like u says.

    2. I refer to my nephew and niece as mullato on the rare occaisions when i do refer to their race at all. What’s the better term? Half black? Mixed race? halfrican American? I’m really confused.

      1. Austin is of mixed race would have been less incendiary than mulatto. Why would he use “mulatto” at all? That word has no history in Europe.

        1. I’m sorry Jack, but as a European, I can assure you that “mulato” not only has a lot of history in Europe it is still much used when refering to someone with mixed origins… and no, in Europe it’s not offensive, it’s just descriptive. Just keep in mind that there’s no history of african slaves in Europe, a lot of words referring to black people that may sound offensive in the USA don’t have any kind of derogatory meaning in Europe.

    3. “Fight the real enemy”…why do i get the feeling u’re an decoy posting for Bel AMI…so apparent you’ve got to do better toots…*wink*…

  28. “For those who criticize (GDuroy) for featuring ONLY white models, Austin is mulatto.”

    So the original is better? Does GD get that calling Austin a mulatto is…..outdated?

    And his explanation about filming in RSA is just as loopy. Are there no condoms in the country?

    Silence would have been better.

  29. I never comment on The Sword posts, and unless a meteor lands in our office anytime soon, I wont anytime soon!

    I do feel compelled to on this occasion.

    Don’t keep the lights on.

    The mission of The Sword is to have fun in a good way,and entertain. And promote all of us.

    We also want to call attention to what is going on politically and strategically in the Gay Porn world,and of course in our straight and gay culture.

    We,The Sword,jumped the gun. In my opinion, on this. So we learn and move on.

    G.Duroy is beyond reproach. Period!

    tv

  30. Amazing how The Sword lets Treasure Is. get by with utter trash and filth and making our gay community look like pigs and worms and disease-spreading scum, but BA gets obliterated for uttering a word that I, honestly, have never even heard and I live in a community that is more black than white. So, PC about race issues but we can kill and teach death sex to our youth and nobody bats an eye.

    1. well there models are “pretty and don’t have that HIV+ look”…and that is ALL that matters to the Sword and its readers

    2. *Marvel* your post is why the phrase “reading is fundamental” ..how did you get a comparison between TIM and Bel Ami out of this topic…apparently you have a distaste for TIM and that’s your rite..but one his absolutely nothing to do with each other regarding the topic at hand…i’m not a fan of TIM but last i checked they have a array of different ethnic background SEX workers…and they have NEVER to my knowledge discriminated !

  31. Wow. His passive-aggressive ‘clarification’ made Mr. Duroy and Bel Ami look even worse. I disbelieve his story about the error. And I’m offended by the use of ‘mulatto’. And the bit about the HIV rate in South Africa was pretty gross. He should probably just STFU and KIM. And find some PR expert who’s fluent in English to speak for Bel Ami from now on.

    Most important, that Mr. Duroy STFU.

  32. To be honest this is more believable than BelAmi and all of their members are KKK card carrying racists. I thought it seemed a little blown out of proportion. Good for GD for actually taking the time to stand up for himself and his company. I’m still a BelAmi fan!

  33. In the US the word mulatto is often seen as racist. It was a term used in the deep south in the slavery era to describe a person of white and slave decent. As a person was impure.

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