I first heard about this in 2016, when the headlines broke. While I do sympathise with the fact that America’s entertainment industry is still homophobic, I felt that it was incredibly irresponsible for Mack Yusaf to claim that he was drugged and raped before admitting that this wasn’t true. I know that there are victims of human trafficking who work in porn, but some porn actors choose to be porn actors without any form of duress. And if you decided to appear in a porno and then later claim you were forced to make an appearance, you’re making it harder for actors who were actually forced into their gigs to come forward about their traumas. But I’m glad he’s reconciled with his family.

I get the impression that Yusaf still hasn’t come to terms with his orientation, since he wants to date trans women. Yes, trans women are male, but they look like women, and there are cases of gay men dating trans women to maintain a facade of heterosexuality. Maybe he’s in to hyper feminine men, and it seems like he considers trans women to be men, but there are extremely effeminate gay men out there who are happy being men. It feels like the industry would rather a gay man date a trans woman than a real man, which is sad.