Bobby Blake

Bobby Blake (born Edgar Gaines; August 11, 1957) is a Baptist pastor, who previously worked as a gay pornographic film actor. Blake retired from porn in 2001.

Bobby Blake
Born
Edgar Gaines

(1957-08-11) August 11, 1957
Memphis, Tennessee
Years active(?–2000)

Biography

Blake appeared in over 100 releases.[1]

Bobby Blake was a long time partner with Flex-Deon Blake. Bobby actually referred Flex-Deon to the producer Edward James, and secured the introduction of Flex-Deon to the adult industry.[2] Bobby Blake has told the story of their relationship in his book, My Life in Porn.[3]

As a subject of Gay Studies

The film Niggas' Revenge, and Flex-Deon Blake's role in it, have become the subject of academic discussion. In his book, Unlimited Intimacy: Reflections on the Subculture of Barebacking, Tim Dean, a professor at the University at Buffalo, treats Niggas' Revenge in detail because of the way in which it fetishizes the simultaneous transgression of a number of taboos, all in order, Dean argues, to “conjure the transgressive charge of unprotected anal sex among gay men.”[4] The representation of interracial sex, rape, violence, and incest (between Chris Blake and Bobby Blake) is enhanced by what Dean calls Flex-Deon Blake's "phallicized" appearance.

Autobiography: My Life in Porn

Bobby Blake has written the book My Life in Porn: The Bobby Blake Story co-written by Blake and John R. Gordon and published by the Running Press of Philadelphia in 2008. In his autobiography, he talks extensively about his youth and experiences in the adult film industry. In one of the closing chapters entitled "Prodigal Returns", Blake depicts himself in biblical terms as the "prodigal son" who "had to leave [his] church and the place of [his] birth and go out there in the far country."[5] However, he continues, "in all the years I was working in the adult entertainment business, I never turned my back on God or the Bible teachings I had grown up with."[5] Blake emphasizes that he has no regrets about his lifestyle, interpreting it as part of God's plan for him: "Now that it's over, I can accept that that journey was all part of God's plan for me."[6]

Personal life

In his personal life, Bobby Blake was the long-term partner of Flex-Deon Blake, another black gay pornographic actor. It was Bobby Blake who, by referring Flex-Deon to the producer Edward James, introduced his partner to the adult industry.[2] Bobby Blake has told the story of their relationship in his book, My Life in Porn.[3]

Blake has written that despite being "known for being a gay porn-star, I define myself as bisexual...In fact I have dated women", although most of his serious romantic relationships have been with men.[7]

Ministry

Since 2000, he has been a pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Atlanta.[8]

Bibliography
  • Bobby Blake and John R. Gordon, My Life in Porn, Running Press Book Publishers, June 9, 2008, 280p. (ISBN 978-0-786-72096-5)

Filmography

(Partial listing)

  • Black Bisexuality (2007)
  • Niggas' Revenge (2001)
  • Black Sex Party #3 (2001)
  • Black Sex Party #4 (2001)
  • Black Workout 10 (2000)
  • Bobby's Big Stick (2000)
  • The Underboss (2000)
  • Get Hooked on This (1999)
  • Black Ballers (1999)
  • Black Ballers 2: Foul Play (1999)
  • Black Power (1999)
  • Bi Bi Black (1998)
  • Black Bi Demand (1998)
  • Black Nubian Fantasies (1997)
  • Goldie Locks and the 3 Bi Bears (1997)

See also

References
  1. Bobby Blake at the Internet Adult Film Database . Retrieved on 2007-12-14.
  2. See Owen Keehnen, More Starz, 90–2, esp. 90.
  3. See Bobby Blake with John R. Gordon, My Life in Porn: The Bobby Blake Story (Philadelphia: Running Press, 2008).
  4. Tim Dean, Unlimited Intimacy: Reflections on the Subculture of Barebacking (Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2009), 157.
  5. Blake, p. 9.
  6. Blake, p. 277.
  7. Blake, Bobby (2003). My Life in Porn: The Bobby Blake Story. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Running Press Book Publishers. p. 57. ISBN 9780786721504.
  8. TBC, TBC elders and ministers Archived 2018-02-08 at the Wayback Machine, tbcatlanta.net, USA, accessed February 7, 2018

Further reading
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