Canada was already on Michael Lucas’ shit list after shipments of fetish flicks Piss! and Farts! were denied at the border. But then Lucas himself was detained at the border — and threatened to be sent back to the U.S. — so you can guess how the porn impresario is feeling about our northern neighbor.
Flying in for a club appearance, Lucas hit a snafu at immigration. It was just like Gitmo, minus the waterboarding, sleep deprevation, and walling!
It was instigated as I went through the first passport control zone. The unpleasantly bored man started off with the usual questions: What are you doing in Canada, eh? How long will you be here? Then the survey went a little deeper, probing at what I did for a living. What kind of company is it? Is it softcore or hardcore? His obnoxiously tired act turned abrasive and superior. His agenda at this point was to get my porny ass back to America. He jotted down a note on my white customs card and sent me off. As I was about to exit, I showed the next officer my card and apparently the little note meant to direct me further to another screening area. The secondary control procedure was a slow one. Every other person was an Asian foreigner who needed a translator. The ever-so clever and sluggish customs workers seemed to enjoy mocking them.
Eventually I got to my second interrogator. He fed me the same tedious questions that I had already went over. Then he got his amateur Scooby-Doo sleuth on. He questioned if I had cash or credit cards. I responded that I only had $300 cash because I forgot my wallet at home. He found it unbelievable that I could survive on such little funds for my 24-hour trip. He rudely questioned, ‘Do you really expect me to believe this?’ and I fittingly responded, ‘Absolutely.’ I supplied proof that my hotel and transportation fees had already been paid. He questioned why I was staying in a five-star hotel and who was paying for this. He yawnfully threatened me with, ‘Do you understand that I have the authority to force you on a plane back?’ to which I calmly responded with another, ‘Absolutely’. I continued to sit idle and destroy his idiotic quiz. Then Nancy Drew wanted to call my friend who set up my trip. After that satisfying chat he signed me off to proceed.
Lastly, in this torture chamber assembly line, I was to have all my bags emptied and rummaged through. Of course I had my movies on me, a stack of nude pictures to sign and lube. The essentials. Homophobia was running rampant with these captors and they were highly offended by said essentials. They questioned why I had so many images that depict me nude– I told them it was for my friends who enjoy my movies. They wanted to make sure I was not planning on selling my devil films to their innocent public. I assured them that the despicably sinful merchandise was only for my friends…lest they captors would pistol whip me.
Finally after two hours of incessant questioning trying to dig up anything so that they could banish a gay porn star back across the border, I was granted my freedom.
All this, on top of getting nearly shut out at the Grabbys for taking on Brent Corrigan. Such a bad 2009 Q2!
Sinforoso
How funny, that an American, citizen of a country where gays and lesbians are treated as second-class citizens comes to criticise Canadá for being homophobic….I guess that´s why so many Americans cross the border to get married here and have some legal recognition back home…because we are a bunch of homophobes….
LOL
John
As a Canadian I am embarrassed. This sort of thing is a result of laws supported by an unholy alliance between radical feminists and the religious right. Not surprisingly the idea missed its target (maybe not for the religious right) and allowed entrenched prejudice in border guards to get some justification. This sort of thing has been going on for years now. Sad. i agree with the aims of the radical feminists, but they did not think this through. Shame on them.
glen
I shall complain to my member of parliament regarding this flagrant abuse of ‘Asian foreigners’ immediately, eh.
Jennifer
Bitch, please. Try crossing the US border in a car sometime and the wrong shade of skin. Sorry to have inconvenienced you, as we know you’re so damned important and privileged.
Jennifer
When men starting killing each other on film, I’ll take the projection of gay sexual values (everybody’s equal) onto hetero sexual values (women are subhuman) for what it’s worth: more male horseshit. Thanks for the support for your allies still labouring under the hatred of your fellow males.
John Santos
This is the only thing I hate about my adopted country–the bureaucracy. You can’t fart up here without some gov’t official sticking their nose between your butt cheeks and having a sniff. A bunch of nobodies who are given a bit of power and much like the office IT geek, lords that power over any and all.
getreal
I was detained in Canada on a layover pulled out of line because I looked “suspicious” then was sexually harassed and insulted because I was wearing a cross from the second officer. He asked me why someone like me did so much traveling. He told me he had the power. I refused to be intimidated or spoken to rudely and immediately went to report his actions once i was released. I have travel all over the world have been through many many customs and have never been treated the way I was treated in Canada. Living on the west coast of the US a lot of flights to Europe layover in Canada and I will pay any amount to avoid those flights I will NEVER go to Canada again. I would recommend anyone who does not have to go there to avoid laying over there like the plague.
Jeez
Gaaaawd, what headline will be next, Queerty? “Michael Lukas Farts: Did He Cause Global Warming?” Can you actually post on real topics?
strumpetwindsock
Bullshit.
He got through. What’s he got to complain about.
They were just doing their jobs, and I wonder if he encouraged them with a bit of attitude
I’ve been held up at the U.S. for a couple of hours on several occasions and had them play nasty headgames. Why should he expect special treatment.
Here’s an example of bad treatment:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/03/16/bc-borderprotectionism.html
strumpetwindsock
…and actually I think he hit the nail on the head in his last paragraph. Usually Canada Customs are obsessed with looking for material you might want to sell or evidence you might want to work.
That’s probably all they cared about, not giving him the third degree for being gay.
John from England(used to be just John but there are other John's)
@getreal:
Whaaaat??
The place that allows gay marriage??
Y’know, this is JUST like the UK.
What’s the word when policies go in place etc that are forward thinking but it is not reflected in the police culture/society?
Why? Because a person of power made sure that policy went through and didn’t bother to try and educate the society..
Qjersey
Ctyomegalovirus is passed through urine…I’m just saying…
strumpetwindsock
@getreal:
Actually I crossed into Canada once in a car with a monk in robes, and he got a LOT of attention. Afterwards he said he gets it all the time because some people on the lam use robes as a disguise. Not to say it’s the same as your cross, but you never know what will set them off, and sometimes they are just psychos.
As I said, I’ve run into it in the U.S., Canada, lots of places.
@John from England(used to be just John but there are other John’s):
I interviewed a fellow once who was going to Ireland to interview IRA prisoners in the Maze (as part of a social justice group).
They caught him in Manchester on the way back, took him into a cell, where he was just shitting himself.
Thatcher’s prevention of terrorism law would have allowed them to keep him for 5 years or something with no charge.
THey grilled him for hours with questions like “had he killed anyone” “Where’s Terry Waite?” and then finally let him go.
And of course I don’t think Maher Arar will be travelling through the U.S. anymore.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/arar/
alejandro
i liked the cbc link. but im sure all customs borders are shitty in sum way. no country is perfect. and after 9/11 most border crossings have gone super hardcore.. what do u expect.
TANK
@strumpetwindsock:
You know what, windsock, you’re always the FIRST IN LINE to defend the schmucks. ALWAYS apologizing for their bad behavior, etc, etc, etc. It’s tired and telling. Whether it be jamaicans or notoriously bad behaved border patrol. “They’re just doing their job…why should he get better treatment than me or anyone else.” Not the point!
Eduvina
WTF is Michael Lucas?
Ralph
I would prefer to see less of attention whore Michael Lucas on this website, thanks.
HayYall
@Eduvina: I dunno but I think it swallowed a lemon.
Mike
I have a few comments:
1. Canada Customs has been notoriously porn-phobic and homo-phobic when it comes to books, magazines etc. (The Little Sisters Bookstore case is a horror story).
2. However, from what they asked, it seemed like they were more interested in how he was coming to Canada for a trip with nothing but $300 in his pocket and whether he was earning income.
3. He got through so it wasn’t the porn.
3. As a general rule, US Customs agents are far more homophobic than Canadian. ones. Worst experience was connecting through Pearson Airport in Toronto and having the US customs agent humiliate and berate me for daring to come up to the desk together with my partner (because we were on the same travel card as per Air Canada’s instructions).
4. How does one get on an airplane with no wallet and presumably no photo i.d. (unless he had a passport)?
5. If he acted as pompously he supposedly did at the porn awards, I don’t blame the customs guy for being a dick to him
strumpetwindsock
@TANK:
He’s got nothing to complain about.
He was carrying work-related material which is bound to get him red-flagged, and they did a thorough search. Big deal. As I said, I suspect that is the only thing they were concerned about.
They would have been within procedure if they gave him a strip and cavity search, but they didn’t.
They didn’t bar him entry either – something that happens to musicians and travelers at both our borders all the time for no reason at all.
And just an aside on Jamaica. Notice how their cops ended a plane hijacking this week without a shot being fired and nobody killed? Real schmucks.
TANK
@strumpetwindsock:
You prove my point by filling in the gaps that you’ve no reason to suppose with the story.
And I guess that means that the jamaican cops who overlook gay homicides and bashings or participate in them are…off the hook by your lights… Embarrassingly self loathing. Airlift this to Iran, please.
rightaway
Last time I check, entering into Canada requires crossing a foreign border.
I wasn’t sure if this was intended to be a cautionary tale about foreign travel. But I’m not sure there are any extrapolations to be made from this that might be applicable to your typical reader.
Yawn.
Sampson
@strumpetwindsock: I promise you that there is no legislation in the UK that allows someone to be detained for five years without charge or trial. The current Labour government has been trying to get 90 day detention through for terrorist suspects and has so far been defeated everytime. If they can’t detain a person for 90 days without charge or trial, they certainly couldn’t do it for five years.
strumpetwindsock
@TANK:
I’m sorry TANK, that first string of words was not a complete sentence, and I have no idea what you mean by it.
The customs officers did their job and let him in the country, something which they did not have to do (and he made out better than the Canadian businessman in the story I posted).
Perhaps I should respond in the way I have been talked to by some (not all) Americans. He’s a guest here, and he’s lucky they let him in at all. Our border guards have a job to do and if he doesn’t like it he doesn’t have to come here.
(not my personal sentiment, but I have heard it enough times, and it is a hard reality – don’t fuck with the border guards, even if they deserve it)
So are you going to continue arguing on your own or are you going to impersonate me again with that little “STRUMPETWINDSOCK” puppet you registered yesterday?
Do your lips move when you make posts and pretend to be me?
undercoverpants
@Ralph: @Eduvina: Michael Lucas = pageviews
Bitches, Please
Who the fuck is michael lucas and why are we spending our time discussing this nobody? Is the gay world so devoid of role models that we are now fishing at the bottom of the barrel and reduced to discussing this glorified street walker?
strumpetwindsock
@Sampson:
Sorry, my mistake.
The fellow I interviewed actually meant detentions (lasting several years without trial) involving bogus charges. He mentioned several cases of people being arrested and held as long as possible, then released and re-arrested on new charges.
This was in the late 80s under Thatcher’s Prevention of Terrorism. And you are right. The longest possible detention without charge at that time was one week.
Actually Canada’s War Measures Act and other anti-terror legislation is more draconian than that.
mb00
@strumpetwindsock: I agree with you. American border “officials” behave the exact way, if not even worse.
And yeah, I am an American, living in America, but the stories are all the same.
I have a friend who’s ex-bf convinced him to cross the border to Canada, except that the psycho ex wasn’t an American citizen and of course didn’t have a passport, so naturally they got about the same treatment that Michael Lucas did, in fact, worse cause they had to go to court. But that’s their job isn’t it, to question the questionable?
Michael Lucas probably lives in a diluted world where being a gay pornstar equal’s royalty. Ummm, he needs to remember that the world doesn’t revolve around him, and had it been anyone of us, we would have to just live with it.
So Michael Lucas, LIVE WITH IT!!!
KPC
I am a U.S. and a Canadian citizen and have seen and had difficult crossings into each country (even as a child) and never for any good reason other than that border guards often seem crabby and itching for some sort of confrontation. They have an important job, but it is very monotonous and often these type of jobs attract people inclined to control and manipulation. It can’t help to leave your wallet at home — right away you stand out.
kevin vancouver
ummm US customs folks are dicks as well…. get over it
strumpetwindsock
There’s an amusing scene in Atom Egoyan’s “Exotica” involving a gay Canadian customs agent. Won’t give it away, just in case anyone wants to watch it.
Cone to think of it a central plotline of his movie “Ararat” also involves an interview with a customs agent (played by Christopher Plummer).
Yeah, they can all be jerks, though I remember one Canadian border guard who let my passengers sit down beside the car and drink half a bottle of booze so we didn’t have to pay duty, pour it down the drain or “turn it over to the Queen”. She didn’t even call the cops on us when we drove away with open liquor.
But that was in the 80s. I doubt that would happen nowadays.
John from England(used to be just John but there are other John's)
@Sampson:
There was when he was talking about Terry Waite in the 80’s…! I’ve had enough people I know and worked with who’ve had longer…
Labour, sorry ‘New’ Labour rewrites it’s rules ALL the bliming time!
John from England(used to be just John but there are other John's)
@strumpetwindsock:
“This was in the late 80s under Thatcher’s Prevention of Terrorism. And you are right. The longest possible detention without charge at that time was one week.”
As if that truly happened….come on..
strumpetwindsock
@John from England(used to be just John but there are other John’s):
I stand corrected again.
I looked up Thatcher’s Prevention of Terrorism Act and it only said 10 days, so I presume my friend must have been talking about charges, though from what you say it may have been an illegal detention, because he definitely mentioned people being held for years, then re-arrested.
I think part of the problem was the Brits were surprised he had gotten in and was heading back to Canada before they found him.
michael
What utter bullshit. My spouse and I have lived in Canada for going on 5 yrs now. Every
time we cross the border into Washington State we get some sort of homophobic crap about the “nature of our relationship” and why we live in Canada. Of course we never say its because America fucking sucks. When we crossed into Canada to obtain our landed immigrant status by car the border guard joyfully waved us in to a parking place and said “welcome to Canada”. Try getting that to happen coming into the U.S.
Canada is also hardly a prudish country. It is just as legal for a woman to walk down a public street topless as a man. We have nude family beaches that are flocked by thousands. All the bath houses, sex clubs and porn you could want. But Canada does take child porn very seriously and all porn coming into Canada is suspect for that reason. There have been some cases where border guards have been accused of over reaching their authority and denying entry of porn at times. But even Canada has its idiots now and then.
Now that said I suspect that Michael Lucas was sashaying his way across the airport in his usual look at me and how fabulous I think I am sort of way. Canadians are not impressed with tacky ego’s and Zoolander pouts. Michael Lucas probably looked like some kind of pink powder puff thug, crime boss and lets face it, he has no problem shooting his mouth off at the most inappropriate times. His self importance is legendary and you can count on the fact that there is another half of this story. I doubt very seriously if the border agent made any comments about him staying in a 5 star hotel. That was probably inserted to remind us of what a V.I.P. he is. Michael Lucas’s stench precedes him where ever he goes and I am sure the border guards smelled him before his plane even hit the ground.
As a gay U.S. citizen living in Canada I found it to be a warm, open minded live and live place. Other than having to occasionally answer questions like why are Americans so fat, or why would so many people vote a man in for president who cannot even speak proper English, I have met many wonderful folks. No matter who my spouse and I have dealt with in the government we have been treated with the utmost respect. The hardest thing to get used to was that people would call Paul my spouse or my partner when they asked about him, instead of my “friend” as he was always referred to back in the states, even though we had been together for 6 years. I love Canada and within a few months will be a citizen and I am nothing but honored.
strumpetwindsock
@John from England(used to be just John but there are other John’s):
I interviewed him myself, He was part of a church-sponsored social justice group going over to interview IRA prisoners.
And I have spoken with people who have had worse done to them. One fellow I met in Germany described it as a war against anyone who was a traveller or homeless. Police would just attack them and wreck their vehicles/homes; he and a lot of others like him had to flee to the continent as refugees.
michael
@Bitches, Please: My sentiments exactly, maybe thats why we command so little respect from others.
Tom in Lazybrook
Isn’t Lucas some right winger who votes for the GOP? I say so what to him.
Thick4Skin
Michael Lucas is Queerty’s #1 celebrity. Already this is one of the most commented and trafficked pages on the site today. I think that’s is evidence enough of why he’s being talked about.
And to those who are nitpicking over the details — I think it’s safe to assume the man had his passport on him, since he was traveling to a foreign country. No one is that ridiculous. Also, can anyone here pull out $300 or more from their pocket right now? Anyone…anyone…? I’m presuming that many of his expenses were covered by the organization hosting him, so he probably didn’t need much to begin with.
Oh, and Japhy (or David, or whoever is still there at this point), none of Lucas’ websites have gone on “hiatus,” so I wouldn’t point fingers and talk about “bad quarters.”
michael
@Thick4Skin: Thank you Lucas Entertainment for your reply. You can report back to your low rent boss that he is such a huge celebrity that he managed to get 39 hits (by 7:00 p.m on an obscure gay web-site. So tell him to relax and go practice his Zoo lander facial expressions. He is the biggest star the universe has ever known.
BettyB
I call bullshit. If he had been crossing into the States with no wallet, $300 cash, porn and some naked pictures of himself, he would have been treated a lot worse. No wallet and a stack of cash would have been enough to earn a strip search and some questions in most countries.
This isnt a Canadian thing, its not a homophobia thing, its not an American Tourist thing. Its a dumbass thing. Anyone crossing any first world secure border would have been treated the same. Don’t think so? Try it and let me know how it goes.
strumpetwindsock
A bit of a tangent, but your homeland security secretary doesn’t seem to think she needs any excuses to make the border even tougher. But then, she thinks the 9-11 terrorists got into the states through Canada:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jrYwIUz0dRwFPFtxAYwD-9D6gBfw
And regarding photo ID, yes, he must be bullshitting. I almost was not able to board a DOMESTIC Canadian flight when I lost my wallet. Luckily I found it or I would have been walking home.
ChristopherM
Any chance they can detain him on his way out? Like permanently?
Michael
@alejandro: I expect all government employees to act polite and professional when dealing with people – citizens or not.
I’ve had several shitty experiences dealing with US border agents, especially when traveling with my partner who is not a US citizen. Luckily, other countries, including Canada have been nice and smooth so far. Fingers crossed.
Elliot
That’s awful– thank god he held out and made it through. I went out and saw him that night and he was amazing…very nice and very sexy.
Chaz
I’m friends with him on facebook and he posted earlier that he loves canada and loved the trip– just bad incident with border control. so those who think this is an anti-canadian post– i dont think that is so.
traffick
He is performing at a bathhouse this week in Toronto. Which is the reason for his trip.
Will he be paying any taxes on the money he is making for this personal appearance?
Duane
As an owner of a gay-oriented business that serves both sides of the border, Lucas did this to himself. He was being PAID to come to Toronto for a personal appearance at a bathhouse. To do that, he is required to have a temporary working visa, which those booking him could have easily filed with no hassles. It appears they treated this like he could just come over and say he’s “visiting a friend” and avoid any paperwork. You simply cannot do that, whether you own your own business of not. It is more stringent coming from Canada to the U.S.
If you come into the country with only $300, staying at a 5-star hotel, have a history of pornography (which it’s not unreasonable for a Canada Customs agent to assume he might actually turn tricks) and say he forgot his wallet, damn right he’s going to get scrutiny. Making porn is not the issue, but remember it is also an industry with that is rife with prostitution and drug trade, both of which are illegal. He gave them every right to question his trip because he didn’t have all his i’s dotted and t’s crossed. They interrogated him multiple times because if someone is going to come in for impure motives, the holes will quickly form in their story.
Had he have just filled out the one-page visa form (he runs his own business, this is extremely simple), had his wallet, and presumably been up front about the reason for his trip, he would likely have no problem.
strumpetwindsock
@Duane:
If he’s in the country right now working without a permit (or if he ever plans to return) it may not be the wisest move for him to be writing about it and publishing it online (and badmouthing Customs for doing their jobs).
Not that I expect CC to target him, but if they happened to get wind of it things might not go so well for him. As several here have said doing business (working or selling) in Canada without a permit is a real big deal.
I have heard the joke that if they caught you with guns you’d get in more trouble because you might sell them than the possibility you might kill someone with them.
strumpetwindsock
@Duane:
And performers getting turned back or delayed at the border is an everyday occurence – even if they have paperwork in order. I have seen it happen many times at music festivals and gigs.
So I agree, for him to tempt fate like that is foolish, and to flaunt it is even worse.
Captain Freedom
This is pathetic! Queerty should be ashamed of itself for tarnishing the good reputation of the most gay-friendly nation outside of The Netherlands!
getreal
@Captain Freedom: As someone who was harassed at the Canadian border don’t blame Queerty Canada treats people like crap at the border and deserves the tarnished reputation.
AS13
A co-worker of mine travels to Canada 4 times a year. He is a huge queen and he’s never been stopped. Canadians aren’t homophobes, Lucas is an Ass.
allstarecho
Did I mention how much I loathe this douchebag Michael Lucas? I’ve figured out his jealousy all boils down to Brent Corrigan getting the better role in the Another Gay Movie sequel.
TIM
WOW, BRENT CORIGAN GOT LOTS OF TIME ON HIS HANDS TO MAKE ALL THIS NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT LUCAS
Helga Von Ornstein
@Thick4Skin: Rest assured we ALL (those of us who are over 12 years old) have a tail or two to tell where it was always “them” and never “us” that caused the problem.
I drive a tractor-trailer and have NO problem entering Canada or the US. Co-operate with the border guards regardless of how frustrated or board you KNOW they are. Only a dummy or well taken care of queen would bother with arguing with what will clearly be a losing argument at your expense. Any fool should know that by now. Customs agents are St. Peter as far as your vacation/business travel getting off to a rosy start.
Imagine pissing off guards so bad that they give you an x-ray and determine that something suspicious showed up. Now they have the right to not only detain you but give you laxatives to force a bowel movement. Now to put the icing on their cake they give YOU rubber gloves and make you squeeze your own feces.
I KID YOU NOT THE ABOVE DID NOT ONLY HAPPENED BUT THE PLANTIFFS IN THE CASE LOST. THE GUARDS WERE IN THEIR RIGHTS BECAUSE OF THE BELLIGERENCE OF THE TRAVELERS. AND IT WAS ALL ON TAPE.
Considered how over exposed this anus of a human being is what else is left for one to wonder as to who ‘really’ started it.
Duncan Osborne
US Customs ain’t no prize neither.
http://www.gaycitynews.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=17006163&BRD=2729&PAG=461&dept_id=568864&rfi=8
CHIP
I got detained for about an hour at Montreal’s airport because I said I was in town to meet up with friends, and somehow they assumed it was for alterior motives, got questioned for 15 minutes, explained it was a bachelor party (a straight guy’s bachelor party) and then they had me wait for another 30 minutes before stamping my passport.
Chinchilla Jim
Has anyone here considered the possibility this alledged border incident never happened? That’s it’s completely a work of literary fiction, designed to keep Lucas’ name in the blogs for another week, AND plug the videos he managed to prominently mention in that blog post?
Are there any witnesses to this alledged incident besides ML? NO.
Has anyone at Canadian customs made a public statement on the alledged incident? NO.
Has Queerty and the 58 commenteers above me just been punk’d by ML, again?
Quite possibly.
Folks, if you notice, he pulls some Barnum and Bailey stunt every week, just to keep his name in the news cycle for another week. Admittedly, some of these stunts are real (the mic grabbing at the GAYNs, for example), others however, he just makes up out of thin air.
I suspect this one is in the latter catagory.
will g
@Chinchilla Jim: Such cynicism! Your vacation is coming none too soon!
Helga Von Ornstein
@Chinchilla Jim: I’ll bet you are right. I did question that. You went to another country and did not double, triple check you had ID?
He has to be paying people or trading favors to print stories about him. A story about him was on an all black site not too long ago and the host of the site stop the comments at about 19. Out of that 19 and least 14 of them were not going in his favor. Even the host of an all black site had tired of this controversy causing human being.
My guess is he is hoping new comers will go to a pay-per-view site and click on his movies. I can imagine the jump after the Gayvid awards debacle but it has gotten obvious that there is more to this over saturation of him that is going on now.
rick
terrence and phillip are number one in canada with their fart based humor and michael lucas can’t get his movie across the border to be sold there? for shame!
is lucas trying to get his very own episode of south park?
sparkle obama
it would be cuter for you to be propping lucas up as a gay pop culture icon if his politics were not so rotten!
it ain’t cute, blanche!
i love & respect rupaul & the lady bunny but, as a consumer i wish that their friendly collaborations with him had never been put on video.
the movies are lovely, but i think the ugly aura surrounding him can bring everything down .
am i too oblique here?
i like the french guy with the tattooed hairdo, francois sagan.
wait, that’s not right, what’s his name??
he is avant garde & gentle.
he has a much more positive aura and is a million times more chic than lucas.
(i haven’t watched their videos, per se)
b. scott’s online adventures with playgirl model marcus patrick have been more positive & progressive than lucas’ reptilian collaborations with drag’s two great lady standard-bearers.
to be honest, i was disappointed when they lent him their shine.
i revere them, and it pains me –
but, like millie jackson, I Had to Say It.
Jared P.
you fiends need to do something with your lives and get your own press. jealousy is ugly. as im sure you are too. This dude is fantastic and makes me proud to be a gay man.
Mark Z
Immigration is tough on both sides of the border. I’ve been detained a number of times for no reason when going to the US. It’s luck of the draw if you get a good or bad customs/immigration officer. To write about it like he was so hard done by is silly. The guy loves to showboat. If he was let through with no incident then he’d be writing about the slack security measures we have here. ML is a dick, why do people even mention his name?
Miss Conceived
Ahh, an American porn guy had a little inconvienence. What about all the Canadian gay men who have been turned away at the American border because the patrol discovered anti-retroviral meds in their luggage?
JamesR
I am assuming Canada has certain prohibitions regarding the importation of poisonous animals? He should not have been admitted.
DeWayne
Yep I vote for totally manufactured fake controversy never happened. How would Mr. L get on the plane without his wallet and cards?
Nice to see all us Queertys have not let Mr.Lucas down with all our love being shown! 😉
#64 said”This dude is fantastic and makes me proud to be a gay man.” Jared honey you need to set your standards a tick higher than a past his prime Escort/producer!
Meow!
michael
@Jared P.: Jared, you obviously don’t come from much do you? How interesting that you find your “gay pride” in a man who pisses on people for a living.
Jared P.
@MICHAEL– get a life dude. youre pathetic.
Captain Freedom
Queerty has been fucking up a lot lately. First they WORSHIP Perez Hilton. Then they show us irrelevant blog posts that don’t help our community one bit. Now they are posting this crap about some uppity gay who enjoys piss and farts only in an attempt to tarnish Canada when America is the one passing all these Nuremburg Marriage Amendments!
Canada legalized same-sex marriage by provincial parliament vote and then national recognition. America has rejected gays state by state. Don’t fucking tell me that Canada is the gay basher! I’m willing to bet they will have an openly gay Prime Minister long before we ever do.
Did I also mention this site slandered Michael Phelps and lied about him having a DUI simply because he was linked to Miss California?
Skinny Young Dude in Boston
#35 Michael said:
‘Every
time we cross the border into Washington State we get some sort of homophobic crap about the “nature of our relationship” and why we live in Canada. Of course we never say its because America fucking sucks.’
‘As a gay U.S. citizen living in Canada I found it to be a warm, open minded live and live place. Other than having to occasionally answer questions like why are Americans so fat’
F.U. DICKHEAD
Skinny Young Dude in Boston
Yeah, those commonplace gay bashings in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, etc., are just those sensitive, kumbaya loving Canadians showing their love for homosexuals unlike those fat, nasty,smelly, uncultured Americans…
That’s it! That’s the ticket!
I can go into any Canadian high school (for example) and it’ll be a gay/lesbian paradise because, well, Canadians are fucking superior and better than the rest of the world, especially of course those 300 million fat,ugly Americans.
Skinny Young Dude in Boston
As someone who grew up on the border, Americans in the far reaches of our country,str8,gay,whatever, should be aware (if they aren’t already) Canadians are born and raised to hate Americans … they even had a popular PRIME-TIME TV show that mocked and ridiculed Americans by an unfunny, high school drop-out angry gay man.
Speaking of un-educated dolts, did I mention Canada has a much higher HIGH SCHOOL drop-out rate than the United States of America? Did I mention the age of consent in Canada is 14(!)…can anyone say YEE HAW!
Seriously, no wonder Canada is well known as a global center of child porn
strumpetwindsock
@Skinny Young Dude in Boston:
Wow. Sounds like somebody pissed in your poutine, er.. baked beans, I mean.
“Talking to Americans” was just a covert operation to see how seriously you guys take yourselves. Guess what? You fail.
It’s not all bad. After all, Rick Mercer convinced Mike Huckabee that our parliament met in a “national igloo”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_to_Americans
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/01/05/mike-huckabee-congra.html
And sure Mercer’s gay. I wasn’t aware that was a problem.
And yeah, he’s a dropout with a string of hit TV shows.
Actually the age of consent up here is 16. There are close in age exemptions (someone 12 can have sex with someone up to age 14, and 14 up to age 18).
If you guys are all so sell-educated perhaps you should tell your brilliant Homeland Security Secretary, as well as John McCain that none of the 9-11 hijackers entered the U.S. through Canada (as they have been yapping in the past few days). You guys issued them all visas yourselves.
Funny how when things fuck up down there there are always those who point a finger in our direction. Next thing you know someone will be saying Canada was the country which broke the world economy.
Skinny Young Dude in Boston
STRUMPETWINDSOCK:
Fuck you pisant
Skinny Young Dude in Boston
Canadians:
Americans aren’t to blame for the big ass chip on your shoulder.
This is going to shock you but Canada isn’t the center of world attention or American attention,especially the big chunk of the American population who aren’t Anglo and live far from Canada.
And the funny thing isn’t that a prime time scripted fake comedy show attempts to mock Americans, but that Canadians go to such lengths, because trust me, the obsession isn’t reciprocated.
And finally please, do something about those obnoxious Canadien fans who come down to Boston for Bruins games and act like complete assholes…they put even Yankee/Red Sox fans to shame…..inform them that, yes, you need your passport as positive I.D. to buy booze, your Quebec passport isn’t acceptable….how hard is this to sink into Montreal fan’s skulls?
strumpetwindsock
@Skinny Young Dude in Boston:
*snicker*
Classy comeback. And my name’s in lowercase like this:
strumpetwindsock
For the most part I like Americans, BTW. Very friendly, smart people.
It’s just the rude, stupid and arrogant ones I have a problem with. But then, we have a few of those up here too.
DeWayne
strumpetwindsock Canada has strong Anti-Hate speech laws correct? Hmm maybe If someone sends them copies of all the Michael Lucas Anti-Arab Rants and we shall see if Canadian Customs lets him through again!
I still want to know WHY they let Michael Lucas IN and refused entry to Mason Wyler! Wyler maybe CRAZY but he is a much more attractive HOE than Lucas! Especially one SO FAR past his “Sell by Date”
Nothing worse than Deeply Soured Milk!
strumpetwindsock
@DeWayne:
Good point.
Well, as I said, if he keeps writing about how he got over the border to work illegally he may get himself barred all by himself.
Or maybe he should take Skinny Young Dude’s excellent advice and start carrying proper I.D., not just his New York passport, or whatever it was he had.
@strumpetwindsock:
Just read your last post.
So someone DID piss in your poutine, or at the very least pissed you off while you were working selling popcorn at the arena.
I feel terrible for your experience with the nasty, pushy Canadians. Other than the odd border guard or internet troll, all the Americans I have met have been really nice, friendly and intelligent.
The only big problem we have is with your insane fucking government, breaking trade agreements, muscling in on our social policy, our copyright and patent laws, our energy and environmental policy, extraditing Canadians for actions in Canada which are not illegal here, kidnapping Canadians en route through the U.S. and extraditing them off to Syria to be tortured.
.. oh, and your ambassador shooting his mouth off and picking sides during our elections.
..and having one of your fighter pilots drop a bomb and kill a bunch of our soldiers, and then having comedians on Fox News crack jokes about how Canadian soldiers want a break so they can do yoga and relax.
Actually we don’t mind that you don’t pay attention to us all the time. Frankly we’d prefer it if your government didn’t know we were here at all.
strumpetwindsock
@Skinny Young Dude in Boston:
Ah, silly me. That last bit was for you.
You should chill out, actually. You are right about Canadians having a national obsession with how different we are than Americans, but the fact is it’s kind of annoying living next to your country, not because of your people, but because many of you aren’t aware of things outside of your country. We’re not any smarter than you Americans, but we do live in a place where we see the rest of the world, and your huge monolithic culture.
And for every snotty Canadian there are 10 (because you are 10 times our size) Americans who think they are the most free, the most just and the most democratic country in the world.
We all have our myths. man.
strumpetwindsock
Ha. Read what happened to this concert pianist coming through U.S. customs.
THey destroyed his piano because it “smelled funny”.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/apr/28/krystian-zimerman-missile-defence-poland
Paul
Wow, based on some of the comments, it sounds like Michael Lucas isn’t the only one with an ego. In any case, pro-gay legislation doesn’t equate with categorical acceptance. For example, I heard of a story in Switzerland, a country where everyone pretty much minds their own business in which a Brazilian gay guy was attempting to pass through customs and, due to his skin tone, was detained. Unfortunately, he had porn movies and magazines in his luggage. One of the customs officials asked him, “Are you carrying any drugs?” After the Brazilian guy responded in the negative, the official said, “I hope you’re telling the truth because homos are known to take drugs.”
I was like WTF! So public policy can help to an extent, but there’s always going to be bad apples, much like racism. I say just shrug off these sorry pieces of human garbage and go on doing what you want with your life because as long as you’re not bothering anyone, who the fuck cares what some dope with a badge thinks.
StevenX
I assume the Canadian border agents were caught offguard because no one had told them that a “Zoolander” sequel was being filmed in Canada. Michael Lucas is such a joke.