What’s the line between porn actor and porn consumer?

BY ROB SALERNO – A couple of high-profile stories about teachers who were outed as gay pornstars grabbed our attention earlier this year. First there was Florida math teacher Shawn Loftis, who was outed as (former?) porn kingpin Collin O’Neal in March. Then there was the case of Massachusetts elementary teacher Kevin Hogan, who Fox News decided to out as a former pornstar last month.

Rob Salerno is a playwright and journalist whose writing has appeared in such publications as Vice, Advocate, NOW and OutTraveler.

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