Mark Wilson (left) Mark Wilson is the webmaster behind Great Atlantic Media, a company that controls myriad blogs and porn star sites. And while he’s not a porn household name, his reach extends far across the adult industry, as he’s designed and developed (and currently manages) websites for Brent Corrigan, Jason Pitt, Pierre Fitch, and Jason Sechrest. He also oversees the “Gorgeous Boys” network of affiliate blogs, including GayPornGossip. Last night, Wilson used his GayPornGossip blog to report that Mason Wyler was HIV positive.
This morning, I wrote this of Wilson’s decision to publish an adult performer’s HIV status: “Why he chose to reveal Mason’s status today is beyond all logical reasoning. Porter Wescott’s (inaccurate) ranting about [Mason’s] Hepatitis C doesn’t even come close to excusing the unethical leap to publishing and disclosing Mason’s HIV status.”
Now, Wilson (who had until this morning maintained a friendly relationship with me) is upset, and would like the above reference to him removed from the article.
Here’s the transcript of an IM chat we just had, where Wilson attempts to justify why he exposed Mason Wyler’s private health information:
MarkWilson
What the hell is up with your statement in your post ?zachsire
i don’t agree with what you did at allMarkWilson
would you care to explain what you didn’t like ?zachsire
publishing that Mason was HIV positive!MarkWilson
I find a problem with that when I see your Adam4Adam, Manhunt RECENTLY UPDATED and actively online puts that out.MarkWilson
mason saying that he isn’t having sex isn’t quite enough. And insofar as the HepC matter, that was the information given to me back last month when this all started about Mason being “fired”zachsire
if you went through everyone who claimed to be negative on their hookup profiles who are actually positive, you’d be pretty busy. are you going to publish other porn stars’ hiv statuses who happen to have sex lives?MarkWilson
my post was not based on any communication with the Wescott boy.zachsire
seemed to me that you used the wescott thing as a peg to publish what you publishedMarkWilson
No, not at allzachsire
look, i don’t want this to be an issue for us. i just strongly disagree with what you didMarkWilson
It’s ok to disagreezachsire
if you hadn’t done it, mason could have quietly finished out his contract and dealt with what is a personal issue on his terms, on his own timelineMarkWilson
I have statements form a number of guys who related the conduct Mason has i know these may be upset queens. i went for myself last night and saw the actively online profilezachsire
if people are having sex with someone (not to mention a porn star with Mason’s rep!), they know the risks.MarkWilson
Quite frankly, it stands to reason anyone with any sense, after having been tested positive wouldf withdraw from a lifestyle such as what he protrays
zachsire
this wasn’t about protecting innocent people from someone with HIV, this was about you publishing a scandalous story. admit itMarkWilson
No it wasn’tIt had nothing whatsoever to do with that.zachsire
OK
wellMarkWilson
If I wanted to print scandelous stories my friend I have plenty to publishzachsire
wow
just…wowMarkWilson
I published that story only because of Mason’s contemptzachsire
are you writing stories about Treasure Island Media models? Do you research them, go to their profiles? Why the fixation on Mason?MarkWilson
I’m not following you – can you explain more specificallyzachsire
there’s plenty of people who may or may not be positive, who engage in risky behavior.MarkWilson
I stand behind my story 100% Zach. I’m really sorry that you feel indifferent about this.zachsire
okMarkWilson
I would kindly ask to remove the reference my network, Jason and Brent Corrigan from your post.zachsire
so, you wrote the story because you wanted to call out Mason for allegedly not disclosing his status to people he allegedly had sex with via his hookup profilesMarkWilson
Correct, I find that very unbecoming of any person.zachsire
do you have proof?MarkWilson
Read last night’s Adam4Adam profileI have no problem with anyone doing anything they wantzachsire
i don’t know how that is proof of anything (first of all, the profile says he’s in Florida, which isn’t true).MarkWilson
wanna bareback go at itbut be up front – at the very least leave your status unremarked. Dont say negative when you are notzachsire
OK, well you’ve officially made yourself the hookup profile police thenMarkWilson
Well I see you wanna be sassyMarkWilson
No need to be sassy at all, I’ve gave you nothing but support and admiration. And if you feel that way – then you feel that way. Please remove the references to my network that are not necessary and we part in peace.zachsire
Absolutely not.MarkWilson
Ok then I will take it with your peoplezachsire
ha. goodbye.
MARK WILSON, YOU’RE VERY WRONG TO PUBLISH IT – DISCLOSING MASON WYLER’S HEALTH-STATUS IS HIS JOB – NOT YOURS.
I FEEL SORRY FOR MASON WYLER THAT HE GOT REALLY SICK, AND THEN LOST HIS JOB FOR IT.
PERHAPS FINDING OUT THAT HE’S HIV-POSITIVE THEN GOT FIRED BECAUSE OF IT, MUST HAVE CLOUDED HIS JUDGMENT, HOW HE FAILED TO REALIZE THAT WHETHER SOCIETY TREAT PORN ACTORS INDIFFERENTLY, HE HAS THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY (MEDICAL STATUS IS CONFIDENTIAL), THAT HE FAILED TO SEE SOMEONE HAD VIOLATED HIS RIGHT – BIG-TIME – HE SHOULD’VE SUED FOR DAMAGES…
IF HE GOT TERMINATED FOR BEING HIV-POSITIVE (AS CONTRADICTION TO SAFE-SEX RULE), THEN THAT MEANS HE NEVER LIED TO HIS BOSS; THAT HE OWNED UP HIS MISTAKE, THEN FACED ITS CONSEQUENCE, NO MATTER HOW BAD THINGS HAD TURNED OUT FOR HIM; AND MASON HAD TAKEN IT “LIKE A MAN”.
TERRIBLE GOSSIP IS MORE LIKE A DISEASE – IT SPREADS SERIOUS DAMAGE SO MUCH WORSE THAN HIV. BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE, I COULDN’T SAY WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT: PRACTICING SAFE-SEX, OR, MINDING YOUR OWN BUSINESS..?
Excuse me… But to knowingly lie about your positive HIV status which could lead to the seroconversion of a negative sexual partner is in fact, a crime punishable by jail time if it is in fact proven that the accused had knowledge of their HIV status. mason Wyler is disgusting and a turn coat for hooking up with men outside of the porn industry and not disclosing the information he clearly knew about. Don’t act like the boy didn’t know what he was doing. He’s lucky he isn’t in jail.
Zach,
You’re weird.
cannot believe anyone defended mason wyler about anything, ever. i find him boastful and vile and most importantly, not that cute!
seriously?
people are so freaking tapped.
this world would be a much better place if people worried about themselves rather than what others do or don’t do.
there is absolutely NO excuse for that type of article. period. Why be hurtful and disrespectful like that? What do you gain out of publishing an article that hurts someone?
If you don’t like someone.. or want revenge on them….whatever it may be…there are so many other ways to do it if need be. But publishing someone’s personal medical business?
That’s just shady, slimy, and mean.
I fucking hate people. grrrrr
Condoms are not that bad! they can help prevent all sorts of diseases. Play all you want with condoms. Personally I’m waiting to go bareback for love and commitment. Keep in mind I’m only speaking for myself. I just assume that I have to be safe with everyone till then, what’s so wrong with that.
So are Brent Corrigan, Pierre Fitch, and that J. Curious guy going to stop being hosted by Mark Wilson?
If i were them i sure would! Like Zach says – if Wilson’s PO’d at you watch out for what he might be “ethically compelled” to expose.
After all, Mark Wilson is EVERYON’E’s judge and jury – right?
LOL! Wilson is persona non grata now!
I agree with Zach completely.
The fact is that even if any of Mason’s profiles listed him as HIV negative, it is and will always be the responsibility of anyone he sleeps with to make smart decisions about condom use. In an ideal world, all of our sexual partners would not only be completely knowledgeable about their HIV status, but completely forthcoming about that, any other sexual transmitted diseases, and their previous/current sexual behavior. But this is not an ideal world, and mostly life doesn’t work out like that.
For better or worse, factual knowledge of someone’s HIV status – particularly in the context of casual hook ups via the internet – should not be the determining factor in whether or not we use condoms. Mark Wilson as the “savior of casual sex hook up sites” is a crock of shit.
Do people here really believe that Mark Wilson exposed the HIV status of Mason Wyler because he felt ethically compelled to do it due to (unproven) bad behavior of Wyler?? Oh come on guys, like if these big names in the business care!
There is evidently some shit that hit the fan in the backstage and hit here and there.
Besides, everyone here is speaking without asking the directly involved person, Wyler, that in his blog said he hooked up only with three other people after knowing being positive (people who were positive themselves). Of course I don’t know if it’s true or false, but for me his declaration has at least the same validity than Wilson’s.
Personally I think it’s a shame that something delicate as the hiv staus of one person has been exposed as a consequence of a petty catfight between porno’s primadonnas (including “dear” Porter Wescott that, probably for personal grudges, twitted happily here and there). Barf
I find the whole discussion interesting. I treat every guy I’m with as though they’re poz and I never bareback. I tested poz in 1992 and am in good health thanks to the meds. However, those same meds have created an air of complacency among the new generation. They don’t like condoms because they don’t “feel right” well boo hoo hoo…as Mason said, “It sucks” to be HIV+.
I’m amazed at the number of people who still today either bareback or go to the other extreme and avoid poz guys completely when told up front. I have been with my partner for 13 years and he is still negative so avoiding someone who is poz is fucking stupid…not protecting yourself is also fucking stupid. A negative test result only means you were negative at the time of the test…you could sero-convert the following week and be infecting other people. Just put a damn condom on and fuck all you want…I just don’t get it.
If this Mark Williams guy and his company Great Atlantic Media, hosts all of these porn sites, his customers should be shaking in their boots. He has access to all of their emails and undoubtedly is reading everything he can get his hands on. What a piece of shit.
Sounds like no one came with clean hands in this one. Plus, you can’t talk shit about others and get mad when someone takes a low blow at you. You don’t get to control how hard people hit back.
As much BB as this kid does, is anyone really that surprised?
There is no excuse for what Mark Wilson did. He is insidious and reprehensible and I will not buy, read, or in any way patronize any project with his name on it, financed or supported in any way by him. What a horrible person he is. If I were a client I would be bolting at the first available opportunity, oh, of course after making him sign an iron-clad non-disclosure statement. I wouldn’t wish that he get HIV…no one deserves that, but I wouldn’t mind if he roasts in Hell.
C’mon neither Zach nor Mark care all that about Mason,it is just an issue of who got the story, like Mark said he called it Dibs.
So i guess the issue is
1. Should Mason have disclosed his HIV status when he was well and ready.? and when would any HIV + be ready (apparently He was only diagnosed June and this only august…rite?)
2. Mark telling the world , when he had no right to.(Whats the legal standpoint on this outing)
3. Zach telling that Mark had no right to and being joined some of his supporters( rather militantly)
Its just sad that someone like Mason who has such an obsession for sex should have allowed himself to be affected so early in his life. But if someone’s life could be saved from this , well thts all that matters
If I wanted dibs on this “story,” I would have published it in June when I first learned of it. Since Mason’s status was disclosed elsewhere, this became a story–from my perspective– about privacy issues; not about Mason, how he contracted the disease, or how he’s been conducting himself since in his private life. Those are all completely unrelated issues that–also from my perspective–are no one’s business except Mason’s.
did you EVER visit WylerNation.com, Mason’s blog, where his frequent boasts of bareback adventures and pictures of him drenched in cum are matched by his frequent statements that he keeps getting tested and all results are negative? Did’nt he already start a process of making all of this public knowledge long before someone else did? It’s not like he kept it private, go back 3 years and read the blog posts, and you can find out, encounter by encounter, and denial by denial, how he got into this situation. And, his reaction, was “over it, ready to fuck “.
Now, the other guy could have prodded Mason to make a public statement and not jump the gun for him, but maybe this was the only way he felt he could protect a “someone”, some porn worshipping guy who’s sex drive is smarter than his sense , that nameless trick, from contracting hiv or another std. Maybe if we all stepped up we could have stopped this stuff a long time ago.
Now, Mark Wilson has “scrubbed and deleted” ALL mention of this story all together. everywhere. Too bad Mason Wyler can’t do the same.
Oh thank heaven for snagit.
“snagit”? Gay gossip viewer bar graphs? Ha, I recognize you now. Hey dude, I thought you hated Zach, too?
huh?
This is why bareback is bad, bad news people.
Is it ever acceptable to out someone’s HIV+ status? What about if it’s your bf and he’s been lying to you, should a friend tell you? I saw some study out of the UK that stated that 48% of the gay men surveyed did not know anyone who was HIV+ and yet in the same report they stated that in larger metro areas within the UK close to 20% of the same guys are HIV+. How can this be possible? In part it’s possible because many of us (both HIV- and HIV+) continue with the stigmatization of HIV. Unless we collectively decide to accept that HIV is a reality of our community, and all start to talk openly and honestly about the subject we’ll have little hope of either reducing infections nor empowering HIV+ people to come out of the closet. Those of you that have recently tested HIV- need to ask yourself have I created a level of trust with my friends that they would fell comfortable confiding in me. Those that are HIV+ have you the respect for yourself and your friends to share this information?
Once we move past the whispering and gossiping and stigmatizing we might have a chance at winning this fight!
Iis it ever acceptable to willingly pass on std’s ? How is that any less serious than homophobia? pathetic.
been HIV+ for 11 years. I was in a 3+year relationship with a poz man, condom broke once- rest is history. His guilt ended the relationship. I am upfront with my status and have never found it to be a problem. Had the same batting average with guys from when I was Neg. 50/50
I’m still trying to locate someone who has benefited by Mark Wilson’s defamatory actions against Mason Wyler. I’ve been looking all around and calling everyone I know and I still can’t locate or identify anyone who has benefited by these actions which of course are Mark Wilson’s reasoning behind all of this.
Helping people. Helping people so that they can benefit by the exposure of Mason Wyler’s personal, private and protected medical information.
Surely there must be someone out that there is benefiting by this irresponsible, reprehensible, reckless and morally bankrupt behavior. I mean wasn’t that the reasoning behind all of this? Helping people?
Well, this just in! We have found someone! and low and behold it’s the irresponsible, reprehensible, reckless and morally bankrupt Mark Wilson himself.
Building web traffic takes time and due diligence. You must offer something to your readers that makes them wanting to come back. It’s also about partnering with other sites and their owners and developing good faith and honor amongst and with them.
Obviously, Mark Wilson, the irresponsible, reprehensible, reckless and morally bankrupt owner of gaypongossip has failed to do just that because since the launch of his trash blog, he has failed to draw anything but a little over 500 visits to his hate blog daily. Now in web traffic terms, that’s less than what the scumbag kruezer draws.
Here’s a look at this past weeks traffic at gayporngossip. Historically, the weeks and months preceding 08/19 and 08/20 are the same with little to no change. But look at what happened after the irresponsible, reprehensible, reckless and morally bankrupt Mark Wilson, published Mason Wyler’s personal, private and protected medical information.
You be the judge, because beside Mark Wilson, I can’t find anyone else who has benefited from this at all.
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William, your help is needed! We all aware of your sincere concern of the defamation per se committed against Mason Wyler!
Unfortunately, Wyler published information pertaining to the mental health of another adult performer back in November. This information included that of suicidal threats made by said performer!
The statute of limitations is almost up for this young man to seek justice for Wyler’s defamatory remarks. Please get your buddies to make sure Wyler is likewise sued. I know you care so damn much about these matters!
this response was AWESOME
If mark Wilson believes for one second that pulling the knife out of Mason Wyler’s back – In the form of removing his trash article on his HIV is going to make all of this go away he is sorely mistaking.
If Mark Wilson believed he was in the legal right of the judicial system that post on his gossip website would still be up. As Zachary stated earlier – “This wasn’t about protecting people from HIV, this was about punishing someone WITH HIV because you did not approve of their personal behaviors.
Sometimes people have to learn that vigilantism is no more acceptable in society than is shooting someone in the head and killing them. Which is pretty much what Mark Wilson did to Mason Wyler’s personal life when he chose to publish his personal, private and protected medical information.
Perhaps Mark Wilson got his idea to publish this personal, private and protected medical information after he saw how much positive press and support Steven Slater received from the public after bailing out of his Jet Blue aircraft. If he did, he would be dead wrong.
it’s called pro bono Mike and it IS happening. There are attorneys out there, you may or may not know, who are looking for just this type of case to make precedent. Mason simply needs to pill the trigger.
“There are attorneys out there, you may or may not know, who are looking for just this type of case to make precedent”
Well, Mason Wyler in court sure would be “precedent”. Lawyers in the future could ask their clerks “Sally, get me that “cumbucket ” case….”
that was just uncalled for. Why do gays hate each other so?
Dewayneinsd and Mark Wilson of Great Atlantic media Group, gayporngossip and the georgeousboys network have now officially identified themselves as judge, jury and executioner of all gay HIV+ porn performers, and who knows, maybe regular guys like you and me too, who choose to have consenting sex with other adult partners.
They are coming for you so beware. If Mark Wilson or Dewayneinsd feel that you are being irresponsible in your private consenting activities, even though they have NO proof of those activities, they are going to out you on their blogs and destroy whatever career you might have at the time. It strictly their own subjective criteria they will be using so you’ve been warned.
But you know what? They’re seriously mistaking if they think this will end up anywhere else except for in a civil and perhaps even a criminal court room. Mason has already been presented with representation against Wilson and it will be his call as to how he wishes to proceed.
If Mark Wilson wants to reinstate witch hunts back into our society – he better have the assets and resources on hand for a long and expensive fight. Because Mason already has them and folks are just standing buy waiting for the go signal.
Mason has “assets and resources on hand for a long and expensive fight”?
Ha-ha-hee-hee-hoo-hoo. (crying)
That’s why the big news was the other day was him and his boyfriend being tossed out of an apartment by the third roommate for mooching and not paying towards any bills and then moving into his boyfriends or his parent’s place. Wow, that’s going to be a high-powered legal team they can afford to get involve with the legal ramifications of a bunch of gay porn gossip queens and gay porn “stars”. Get me Gloria Alred on the phone!! Tiger Woods Who?!
This story will be fizzled out in a couple days and Mason will be filming for Owen Hawk’s Dark Alley or Treasure Island or SX. Quit being silly with talk of lawsuits and HIPAA laws.
I have no desire to get into a pissing match but if you look above it was Owen Hawk that said Mason Wyler was super sexy and that was what I referred to. I will make this as plain and simple as I can. I spoke with Mason Wyler on several occasions 2 years ago. I related to him the story of Ashton Ryan and how I told him (Ashton) that if he did not change his behavior he would get HIV. He ignored me contracted it and gave it to many people around me, and countless others. He then made a public announcement stating he had it, then proceeded in time to deny it so I screamed from the mountain tops that he was deliberately infecting people. I was called crazy and I am sure delusional until Jason Seacrest had him on his radio show they both called me crazy, talked about Ashton had barebacked a twink all night long and how hot it would be to double fuck him bare. This while those who had contracted it from him were treated like shit. Then Jason said prove Clarke wrong and come and get tested. He said he would and never showed. Then it was obvious what the truth was. Mason was told all of this, and like Ashton Ryan ignored me and ended up where he is, and I do feel sad for him and about that.
As I said Mark Wilson and I had discussed the issue of escorts lying about their status and putting others at risk, there was the one I mentioned, and another that is currently doing the same thing. In that context there were Masons sex ads claiming to be neg and looking for sex. If the point here, and it seems to be, that a person’s right to lie about their status and risk others lives it something we should stand for, then I’ll will be called delusional, crazy, or any term you want. If it stops one person from getting these horrible diseases then I can live with that. If in some way you want to stand for the rights of people to harm others with lies and diseases good luck with that. This entire thread is shameful as as a community we should fight the spread of HIV and Hep C. Here it’s ok to stand up for the right to infect and ultimately kill because you are super sexy. Thia is a fight I will gladly have, and I will as delusional as I may be not stop because Zach Sire thinks he knows best.
Your reading comprehension is not too hot, is it?
Do you have any factual proof that Mason has lied about his status to people he, in fact, has had sex with? If not, you or someone else have no right to violate his privacy, none whatsoever.
As for “you can live with that” – do you really want to go there? Where people can police each other’s deeply personal information without erring to the side of caution because they protect others? Never mind proof of actual guilt? How would you like it if people outed say your personal medication, mental health issues, criminal record or sexual preferences just in case they might prevent something nasty from happening?
“Here it’s ok to stand up for the right to infect and ultimately kill because you are super sexy. Thia is a fight I will gladly have, and I will as delusional as I may be not stop because Zach Sire thinks he knows best. ”
Are you stupid or just deliberately vigorously punching holes in a strawman in hopes that someone would believe that this is what the original poster in fact said?
Please don’t conflate being HIV + with being dead. They are not the same thing. It is not appropriate to speak of someone dying or being killed when they contract HIV. Thank you.
Who the hell are you Kevin Clarke? So you spoke to someone about the perils of unsafe sex and he/they “ignored” you? No, they ignored common since, all of the health information readily available, ignored the free condoms available almost anywhere and then made stupid decisions. Get off of your high horse and shut the fuck up. And take that freak Mark Wilson with you. Regardless of what any of these guys have done or how they represent their HIV status, it’s still my responsibility to practice safer sex with any sex partner I come in contact with.
Oh yeah, I agree. Your reading comprehension sucks.
BTW, I used to have sympathy for all of the mess you, Dewayne in SD and Mark Wilson had with that Kreuzer character. Now, I see that you are cut from the same cloth. You guys are just as slimy as he. Just goes to show, that “nothing is ever as it seems.”
Did any of you so called bloggers go to Wyler to express your concerns and get his comments BEFORE you blasted his private medical information or before you piled on?.
Kevin Clarke — You stink and my instincs about you were right…you’re a creep.
DeWayne in SD — You’re just a wanna be porn insider and your obsession with barely legal guys is creepy. I hope that you’re not a pedophile.
Mark Wilson – You are the same as Damon Kreuzer. You just have better graphics.
That’s just fascist. Why do you feel the need or think there is a need to protect stupid people from them selves. -if you are going to bareback then you need to realize that every one who barebacks is poz and it is a matter of time before you are too. Even condoms are only 93% effect even when used properly (CDC website)
Want to be 100% sure of not getting HIV through sex the don’t ever have sex.
Want a good chance of never getting it; always, always, always, wear or have your partner(s) wear a condom.
Love the feeling of skin on skin; stick to one guy your whole life and never stray as will he never stray (good luck with that one.
Enjoy bareback with guys you don’t know, expect to get stuff.
Why all the fuss.
Stripping me of my civil rights and telling people about my medical history- I’ll sue you.
To lie about you HIV status is considered a crime in some state.
The expose is “beyond logical reason”? When his hookup profile states HIV Neg? Who the fuck are you protecting? Not his potential bareback partners that’s for sure. More like your own $$$ interests methinks. You’re the one that should be ashamed.
I understand people’s anger at Wilson, but I have to express as much as I may feel sympathy for Mason Wyler, the situation also makes me really angry and I don’t understand why more of the commenters here aren’t equally outraged. There is no acceptable excuse for Mason contracting HIV. He is a college educated individual, who is far too smart to have let this happen. I have been reading for years about Wyler’s (often unsafe) sexual activities — often from his own blog. He has cavalierly commented on being a big slut basically taking on (and in) anyone and everyone. He is not a victim of some unfortunate circumstance, and we should not be reacting to him as such. If anything he should be a cautionary tale, and I hope that he now spends as much time writing about where he went wrong as he did regaling us with his sexual exploits. With all due respect to Chris Ward and others who are making offers, continuing in porn is the last thing Wyler needs to be doing. Instead he should be undergoing treatment for his sexual addiction and distancing himself from people like his boyfriend who got him into this sexually promiscuous lifestyle in the first place.
I think that is all beside the point. I feel no pity for him, only sympathy. He lived like that because he enjoyed it so much that he was willing to take the risks. He would not be the last intelligent and educated person who leads risky or even self-destructive life. Reading his blog he has never struck me as nothing but very upfront and blunt individual about his lifestyle, so I won’t assume he has been deceitful to anyone unless there was some proof of that.
CMH, why does THIS situation make you nagry? Unfortunately, people are diagnosed with HIV everyday where are you writing about the anger you have when everyday people are infected with HIV? And , yes, even college educated people continue have unsafe sex.
We will never no what Wyler did in his personal life to contract HIV and frankly it’s none of our business. Just because Wyler chose to talk about his promiscuity, does give any one the right to invade his personal life. Regarding Wyler’s future, why are you assuming that he’s not receiving the treatment he needs. Is Mark Wilson feeding you his calendar of medical appointments? Butt out Gladys Kravitz.
Having an ‘acceptable excuse’ is not a requirement or condition for contracting HIV you hypocritical, judgmental, so and so
So are we saying that it’s ok to remain silent when someone who is known to be HIV+ is lying about their status and hooking up with other men? It’s just basically too bad for the guys that hook up with him if they believe him when he says he’s negative and then engage in bareback sex?
I don’t think this is exactly what they are saying for a variety of reasons, not least of which the fact Wilson had no information on what Wyler really was doing other than an adam4adam profile that 1) may or may not be his 2) would be irrelevant if Wyler, for instance, did warn people in private conversations but because he didn’t want it out there, didn’t change his actual profile (not that I think this is what happened but how would Wilson know otherwise?). We are talking about making really heavy revelations on someone based on nothing more than rumors, innuendos and guesses.
But regardless, the guys who hook up with him and TAKE HIM AT HIS WORD AND THEN ENGAGE IN BB SEX are engaging in risky behavior. You don’t have bareback sex with strangers, period, regardless of what they SAY is their status. If you fuck BB, you are responsible for what happens to you, and whether their partner is intentionally lying or ignorant of his status is besides the point.
You particularly don’t want to bareback with someone who won Unzipped’s “Slut of the Year” award. Oh my god. Darwinism in action.
No, that’s not the problem here. The problem was Mason’s HIV Status was publicly disclosed by a gossip blogger, thus he had no say or choice in how he himself would deal with this.
It’s his right to remain silent about his HIV status and whoever his partner’s right to ask. If he lied about his status then that would be reprehensible, but there is absolutely no proof of that.
This douchebag blogger justified ruining someone else’s life because of info on a cruising website. I guess he was thinking “Oh no, I have HIV, I better update my a4a!!” That’s totally Stupid
If you engage in BB sex and believe the other person to actually know their current status- ie, get tested, wait for results, – result, wait 3 months (average conversion period for HIV virus) with no BB sex, get tested, wait for results, – results, and then YOU are the only person he is going to have BB sex with before he does this all over again, then you are one big fool. The above is the only way to know for sure if you are actively have sex with out a condom.
There are no permanent Neg people who engage in Bare Back sex- trust me i know.
“Also Mason Wyler is super sexy” Well that makes it ok. Having been on the front lines of this battle seemingly for years, it to me is mind boggling that The Swords concern is that Mason Wyler may not fulfill his contract and lose some money. I know Mason Wyler. In some ways I consider him a friend. I sat with him on the roof of the Waldorf Astoria and discussed how the behavior of a model of mine Ashton Ryan had consequences on people’s lives that were inhuman. We talked about how his behavior was putting him at risk, and that in turn it was putting others at risk. He heard what I said but he did not heed the words. I feel for Mason now, as I would feel for anyone in his situation. However I feel more for some young man who will have to say to his mother Mom I have HIV, and Hep. C but it’s ok, the guy was super sexy.
The information about his status came from the people who paid for the tests. Mark Wilson seeing the I am negative postings of Mason, and the words of his roommate saying they are spreading diseases decided that warning people that they were in danger was something he had to do. How dare he!!!! Didn’t he know that Mason is super sexy? That alone means spread whatever disease you want in “Sword” speak. I had a long conversation this weekend with Mark Wilson regarding a former Cobra and Helix model that died of a heroin overdose in March who had HIV, Hep C and virtually every STD known to man and was tricking unsafely, and lying about his status until the day he died at 25. He thought, as seems to be the prevailing opinion here, that if they are stupid enough to have unsafe sex with me then they get what they deserve.
In that context Mark Wilson stood up and said enough is enough. Saving lives was more important then Mason Wyler making a few bucks. Tell me Zach what words does an 18 yo boy say to his mother when he tells her what he caught? Does he say my community thinks that it is more important that this guy is super sexy and needs to make a few bucks then my life? Look in that boys eyes and tell him the needs of gay porn commerce are more important then his life. Anyone who thinks that this next generation of gay men is practicing safe sex ignore the reality of what goes on now. I had a young friend of mine try to use condoms, and the guy said if you want to use condoms you must have something so I will not sleep with you. Reality and judgment turned on it’s head. Just like Mason is super sexy so protecting our community from death sentences are secondary. Mason makes a few bucks, vs people dying… How could Mark Wilson ever make such a misguided choice. After all Mason Wyler is super sexy, and therefore has the right to take out anyone he wants. If he was about to hit a boy in the head with a baseball bat you would stop him. How is this any different?
Where in the world on The Sword have I expressed “concern that Mason Wyler may not fulfill his contract and lose some money.” You’re delusional.
What a piss poor argument and a total misread on what Zach posted. Zach said Mason was sexy, personal preference, he did not infer that he should not have been outed HIV positive because he was sexy. He explicitly stated that it was not up to a blogger or anyone else to reveal private medical information about another person…period. Your long boring diatribe was worthy of a Fox News story with all its misinformation and spin and it still failed. Mark Wilson was not a hero and he wasn’t saving the youth of the community or anyone else. What he did was for his own benefit, to draw traffic to his worthless blog and, of course, to hurt Mason. I thought Mark Wilson was an asshole, nice to see there is always someone there to show they’re a bigger one. Spin another fairytale dick…we’re not buying this one.
Blah blah blah. If Mark Wilson actually had some ironclad proof that Mason Wyler has unprotected sex and lies to people he actually has sex with after finding out his HIV status you might have a point. But since the whole point was that he had no right nor anywhere near enough evidence to back up such a decision your moralistic drivel #fails.
Not sure where you got this from in the article. The point is- no one has the right to disclose any medical information about someone other then themself. It is called the HIPAA Law – to disclose any person information found in some one else medical file with out specific written consent is in violation and a Federal offense.
I think Mr Wyler should create a civil case and put the s.o.b. who disclosed through the ringer.
An assault upon one of us is an assault upon all of us.
While I completely think it’s horrific to basically “out” someone’s HIV status, I also think it’s equally slimy to post a private IM conversation.
What gives you the idea that IM’s are private? Unless there is a disclosure statement signed beforehand then digital written media is the same as printed. If it’s on my mobile devise or e-mail account it belongs to me, same as if you sent me a letter. I can use it as I see fit. If people were not so quick to run at the mouth or text/IM with out thinking about what they are communicating then it would never be an issue. If you are self centered and think every one needs to hear what just passed through your brain as it happens, then you are assured of sound stupid. Compose, edit, proof, and have some one else proof and edit, reread, then submit.
Mike, threatening to do something and actually following through on that something are two entirely different things. Mark Wilson outed and exposed Wyler’s medical condition because he did not approve of his personal behaviors – which to be honest, he couldn’t even confirm or verify to any reasonable assurance to begin with. Just some selfish, reckless and irresponsible behavior to milk him some traffic.
Sassy Zach!
What’s with all the HIV outing? To be fair, there have been 2-3 porn performers I’ve read this and that about, whether on a blog or Twitter, who lately seem to have posted “Oh, I’m going to expose….blow the lid off….blahblahblah……” Didn’t Diesel say that? I thought he ranted about some HIV pos scene partner (he didn’t do the scene but was more than happy to blog about it naturally). And there are one or two bareback porn performers (who indeed may be HIV negative, but blackballed) who say they’re going to spill the twit about “the studios” that won’t hire them, I guess. Lots of backstabbing happening during bad times and low hiring periods I guess.
Also disgusting: the other blogger who felt the need to mention who his last scene partner before his diagnosis was. Sh*tty.
I don’t know who this jerk is, but i do know that NO ONE had the right to publish that information without express permission. Mason Wyler and any other person of public interest has the right to have their privacy maintained for such personal information. Thank you Zach for standing up for integrity.
First of all Zachary, I absolutely applaud you. I love you and want to have your children. Ok, not really. Well, maybe.
Seriously. There’s a lot that you and everyone else does not now about Mark Wilson. A lot! And this really is the way he has operated in the past and is no surprise to me that he continues so to this day.
It really is unfortunate that Brent Corrigan, Jason Pitt, Pierre Fitch, and Jason Sechrest have fallen under his control. They did so because they did not have the time nor the technical expertise to keep their own websites current and updated. Wilson does it all and has access to everyone’s information who visits one of these sites.
It started with Brent Corrigan. After failed attempts to get a membership site up on his last website and after a bad falling out with his then webmaster. DeWayneinsd who is tight with Corrigan (and Wilson) turned him {Corrigan} onto Wilson and the rest is history. The rest of the boys soon followed and they all now have Stepford WordPress looking websites that are under the control of Wilson.
But Wilson is much less than what he may look like under all those so called branded websites. There is no Coca Cola place office in Atlanta, there is only a home office and a few who assist him. He also produces straight sex sites and quite frankly gives a shit about us gays.
Mark Wilson says “I published that story only because of Mason’s contempt.” And you must know, whoever might be reading this, that Mark Wilson has contempt for anyone who he does not like. He simply contains it better most times. His crusade against Damon Kruezer might be valiant, but most of the things he published about the scum bag kruezer are lies or made up anyway. He has no real intel.
I am disgusted and feel like vomiting over this. As a gay man living with HIV my heart goes out to Mason Wyler. Even with the advances in meds and medical treatment – Mason Wyler’s life has changed forever and this should have been on his terms NOT some fat old Hillbilly’s terms who is not even gay!
Brent Corrigan, Jason Pitt, Pierre Fitch, and Jason Sechrest should dump Mark Wilson as their webmaster. And DeWayneinsd needs to wake the fuck up and realize who he has gotten hmself in bed with.
Hello Mr. Wolbrecht.
“His crusade against Damon Kruezer might be valiant, but most of the things he published about the scum bag kruezer are lies or made up anyway. He has no real intel.”
That is an absurd statement. His “crusade” is based on well-documented facts, public records, and first-hand experience. Believe me, there is no need to make anything up about that individual when the truth is so damning.
Also, I challenge you to back up your idiotic assertion that Wilson “is not even gay!”
“His crusade against Damon Kruezer might be valiant, but most of the things he published about the scum bag kruezer are lies or made up anyway. He has no real intel.”
Once again, Damon Kruezer shows up under one of his sock-puppet names and makes the story all about him. Damon, go the fuck away.
Greg, my thought there was poorly communicated. There is no question that scumbag kruezer is a hideous creature that resides within our community. My point, which was poorly stated was the all that Wilson does on his site is taunt and tease his readers that the end is near, the end is near, for the scumbag. If you follow the great Atlantic Media Group twitter, for years it’s been a constant drum beat of teasers and creative writing. Honestly, if someone is that horrendously guilty of a crime(s) it shouldn’t take years for the authorities to prosecute. I hope his sorry ass does wind up in jail however at this point, Mark Wilson should be less concerned about the Kruezer’s legal problems and more so about his very own.
I don’t know who Mark Wilson is and I am no Ivy league student, but his grammar sucks.
Go Zach!
A much bigger problem is guys lying about their dick size in their online profiles so they have to start coming over to my house for PLV – Penis Length Verification – before posting. It’s the least I can do to make sure all these hook up ads are accurate. : )
What proof did this blogger have that it was Mason Wyler in person to update those profiles?None!And even if it was him that would still be irrelevant.
Good job in exposing a personal medical condition…..everybody is safer now thanks to Detective Dipshit!
Live by the blog die by the blog. Mason has a history of putting other’s private matters on his blog. You can’t expose others and then act shocked when you are the one being exposed. I guess the same can be said to Mister Wilson.
I agree with you Zach, and thanks for sticking up for people’s privacy.
I don’t think hook up sites should allow people to put their HIV status — it discourages communication. Make everyone’s default status ASK ME. Since you can check any status regardless of reality, it encourages people not to communicate about their status and makes it too easy to misrepresent.
Also Mason Wyler is super sexy.