When Zachary Travis appeared on Fox’s perennial paean to pop, American Idol in 2006, Simon Cowell took one look at the long haired boy singing Whitney Houston’s “Queen of the Night” in a blouse and high heels and declared him to be “confused.” Well, Travis never made it to Hollywood, but like many a failed actor before him, he made it to the San Fernando Valley, home of oranges and porn.
And he’s not growing oranges. Working under the name Kirk Cummings, Travis has been seen in videos for Falcon, Channel 1, Hot House and Studio 2000 and on the cover of Freshmen.
The Sword, which broke the story, reports that Travis isn’t all that shy about his new career and that even his Mom supports it:
“Kirk” himself hasn’t exactly been quiet about his alter ego. Kirk’s Myspace band link goes to ZachIdol, a fansite for Zachary Travis. And in a recent interview for the Falcon blog, Kirk confessed that he’d been gossiped about in People magazine. (After the American Idol fiasco, Zach told People that “when I can afford it, I want to get the operation.”) While we certainly wish Zach the best in his future surgical endeavors, we’d hate to lose a piece as fine as this. Either way, Kirk’s lucky he’s got supportive parents — not only were they behind the transgendered young star at the Idol audition, they’ve now told him they want to go to the porn awards with him as well!
Considering the fate of most American Idols, we think Zachary/Kirk has made a brilliant-career move. Porn is a recession-proof industry and instead of dropping loads of saccharine overproduced pop-drivel onto the world, Zachary is doing what all entertainers want to do: Make people happy and get laid a lot. That he’s able to do both at the same time is just gravy. Who’s laughing now, Simon?
seitan-on-a-stick
At least he’s not a “failed gay.”
ggreen
And he is the favorite type of Falcon and Channel 1 (Chichi LaRue) model, gender confused, former or current female impersonator. One question where are his multiple tattoos and body piercings?
Butterpantz
Japhy…the new ad platform SUCKS. I used to be able to ready queerty anywhere. Now I won’t. Honestly leave the pron to Fleshbot.
Rall
Japhy, I agree with Butterpantz. I actually read this entry because I thought it was something more. Instead its a fluff piece on a porn actor that waters down his decision to do porn as no big deal. Why isn’t this on your sister blog’s page? As your mast head points out this blog hints towards the “gay agenda”. Porn is not a part of this discussion. Its why I don’t visit fleshbot. Your choice of accepting the background ad was already disappointing. Now Im wondering if the new editor is envious of his fleshbot colleagues.
kelly
The new background makes this site very hard to read at work…
John
I have to agree with butterpantz and Rall AND Kelly…I could read this at work and now it’s attracting MUCH unwanted attention from people who loudly ask “are you cruising for PORN on the internet at work!?”. I understand advertising dollars means you get paid for you hard work and I want you to be successful and I get that those advertisers are gay porn sites…or as this latest ad has us believe, some sexy guy in a pool who is waiting to meet all of us if we join gaydar.net….frankly I would join if there were a regular guy on there instead of some dude who spends his time in a gym begging for everyone to worship and idolize him, but oh well…back to the ads, if you could shrink them that would be great…I wonder if readers of straight news websites have to think about this sort of stuff.
Mickey
Isn’t that the same guy at CircleJerkBoys.com and BoyzParty.com?
Ray
a male to female transsexual selling their body for money? unheard of.
Gary
And he is also in a couple of videos on onthehunt.com
Charles J. Mueller
Japhy, I am in full agreement with the previous posters on this blog.
The new platform sucks and makes it very difficult to peruse your site in public places where people can look over your shoulder. Where I choose to visit and what I choose look at on my computer should be between my computer and me and not a matter of public information.
In fact, the very intense background color of aqua, against the white background of the printed matter, is so in your face, that it actually makes it difficult to concentrate one’s eye sight on the subject matter.
And please, don’t tell me that it is the skimpily-clad model model that is making it difficult to concentrate on the printed matter. Looking at the same bod over and over and over as one scrolls downward on this site, gets a little tired after awhile.
Does the advertising have to be so blatant that it overshadows the content of Queerty? I almost don’t feel like visiting Queerty anymore and wonder how many other posters are feeling the same?
Gay.com, on which I paid $90. for a premium membership also changed their platform this year, and not for the better, I might add. They have lost many, many readers and bloggers, including myself, because no one is happy with the new platform…and they don’t seem to care.
I hope that this will not be said for the readers of Queerty as well.
EdWoody
OMG! I just wrote a really good porn review about him. He’s an excellent bottom. I don’t want him to get the snip – I want him to stay a boy who loves to get fucked. But if that’s what he really wants, all power to him.
Jade Marciana
I don’t know what is so positive about being a porn star. It is so degrading for the human body. I feel sorry for him.
HYHYBT
Just set your browser window to the width of the “real” page and you don’t have to see the parts you don’t like. (Why most people run web pages full-screen I’ve never understood; either the page is set up like this one with filler on the sides, or the part with text stretches out making it harder to read)
Charlos
“Simon Cowell gave it to me really hard when I tried out for American Idol. Surprisingly enough I liked it! So instead of trying to be Britney Spears, I decided to get it hard on cam! Woo did I mention my parents are proud I get screwed for money! Thanks Simon I always imagine its you!”
Joshua
Something is terribly wrong with his family. How can they feel good about allowing him to do this.
Tom on Vine in Denver
I have had the opportunity to know Zach. Enough that I feel comfortable calling him and his partner friends. Both are easy to look at but when you get past that part, they are good people with enough going for them that they can have meaning conversation with older people as well as those in their own age. That’s a quality lacking in many. To know Zach has made it possible to add a new dimension to the mosaic of my life to make it a brighter picture with positive feelings. He has done more for a lot of people with varied challenges than most of us could do in a lifetime. Keep it up Zach!!
Tom on Vine in Denver
Tom and Don
Little Kiwi
here’s what i think is rather beautiful, and should serve as food for thought for some of you:
here’s a young queer person, working in the adult industry and indeed one who has defied gender-norms….and has the full support of his family.
a young gay and possibly transgendered person working in the adult film industry who has the support of his family. that is, in itself, a rather wonderful testament to what love and acceptance actually are.
there are plenty of gay men out there who are still working their asses off, and failing, to embody what their bigoted families deem to be “normal and acceptable”. they’re, likely, the ones who will be most angry at Zach. He can be a gender-nonconformist working in porn and still be accepted by his family. No wonder people are going to be so angry and resentful and bitter about him.
cosmos35
@Little-Kiwi, are you serious!!! So basically working in the gay porn industry is an exceptable GLBT lifestyle choice!!! well it ain’t and that working in the gay porn industry will advance the cause of GLBT!! well it won’t, you said ‘a young gay and possibly transgendered person working in the adult film industry who has the support of his family. that is, in itself, a rather wonderful testament to what love and acceptance actually are’ are you for real? What Mother/Father would be proud of her/his son/daughter!! being rodgered for the whole population to watch!! a morally bankrupt, screwed up family that’s who. Wtf happened to making love in private and whats really scary amongst certain young gay men is that they think it’s actually a really great career choice to enter into the porn industry, FFS get a grip and get some morals Sheeesh!
spacegod
Ugh. He was so cute.
And then Falcon turned him into orange beefcake.
I am so sick of perfectly twink boys thinking they have be Oompah-Loompahs with muscles.
Stay cute and skinny! There are enough effeminate orange weightlifters already.
Billysees
@cosmos35: Re 18
Very well said.
You’re perfectly correct to say what you did.
There is something “lost” and “pathetic” about the porn industry.
It’s an industry to stay far away from — if you know what’s good for you.
There’s no future in it.
There’s no love in it.