Secrets of a gay Marine porn star / Rich Merritt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Merritt, Rich, 1967- author.

Contributor:

Penn Sexuality Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Merritt, Rich, 1967-.

Merritt, Rich.

United States. Marine Corps--Biography.

United States.

Gay military personnel--United States--Biography.

Gay military personnel.

Bob Jones University--Alumni and alumnae--Biography.

Bob Jones University.

Gay men--United States--Biography.

Gay men.

Gay men in motion pictures.

Gay pornographic films--United States.

Gay pornographic films.

United States. Marine Corps.

Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

ix, 468 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Kensington Books, [2005]

Summary:

"Here's the story of Rich Merritt--the good son, teacher's pet, Southern gentleman, model Christian student at Bob Jones University, Marine officer, and the not-so-anonymous poster boy for a New York times magazine article on gays in the military--whose complicated sexual past caused an international scandal when The Advocate "outed" him as "The Marine Who Did Gay Porn," putting his life in a tailspin. It's the compelling, poignant story of how a boy who never listened to pop music, never cursed, and didn't have his first drink until he was eighteen exploded into a life of drugs, alcohol, promiscuity, prostitution, and pornography. And above all, it's a triumphant story of self-forgiveness and identity, of a man who refused to allow himself to be defined by the standards of anyone else--gay or straight." -- Provided by publisher

Notes:

"A memoir."

Local Notes:

Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center.

ISBN:

0758209681

9780758209689

OCLC:

60770060