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A Porn Stars Goth Past
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Skin flick star Aiden Shaw is known as a big, beefy Brit, but as his own recently released photos show, as an adolescent he was a goth who wore more eyeliner than Boy George.
Shaw lent some of his old pics to the gay porn blog The Sword, and the transformation from teen Shaw to 40-something Shaw is quite extraordinary.
"I was still trying to decide whether I was a boy or a girl," Shaw told The Sword. "But finally I decided to be a boy -- and a sexy one, because I wanted to attract the beautiful boys I was beginning to fancy."
Shaw's experiences as a young man, including his ascent to porn stardom, are recounted in his new memoir, Sordid Truths(published by Alyson Books, a sister company to The Advocate).
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