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You know how facebook has those cute little suggested likes on the upper­right corner of the screen? Little thumbnails that say you have 25 friends who “like” Christina Aguilera or, ironically, Alcoholics Anonymous? And, if I understand marketing, the point is they’ll get you to like it too?

Well, if you glance up there these days you just might find the tab for Barebacking, which, as of August 28, had 6,500 facebook “likes.” Hit the page, and the cover photo says “I Hate Condoms,” then gives links to different bareback clips. Got sanity?

Forgetting for a moment that hating those pesky condoms is pretty much a given, that’s not why people use them. They actually save lives. HIV is still thriving, dudes (the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that approximately 1 million U.S. citizens are living with HIV), and anal sex without a condom is your ticket to a lifetime of avoidable regret.

Complicating matters is the reprehensible actions of mainstream porn studios Corbin Fisher and Sean Cody, two cute­as­buttons man­on­man (or, checking out their models, more like man­on­puberty) sites that are now showing bareback porn. (These aren’t two thugs in a basement creating X­Tube clips—these are major competitors in the world of gay porn.) Corbin Fisher started the practice at the end of 2011, and I guess Sean Cody just felt they had to fuck the competition—or the stars.

Both sites tell viewers that their stars are tested for HIV regularly, but we all know how reliable that is. Is it once a week, once a month, once every six months? And how long do they wait after the test results to let their stars dive in? Let’s not forget the message this is sending out to young men tuning in to watch what might be their first exposure to gay sex. Bottom line: Bareback sex is stupid, irresponsible, and deadly, whether preached on facebook, professional porn sites, or with a trick after a drunken night on the town. We at GuySpy may have Private Eyes, but we’re all about public responsibility.

Don’t be a dick, dudes. If you like it put a glove on it.