He had "HIV+" tattooed on his bicep in 1994, then tore the sleeves off many of his shirts so it would be visible. He called his HIV infection, which he believed he contracted in 1981, "an undeniable blessing", and "emendously" two people who "consciously made the decision to seroconvert" (to contract HIV see bugchasing). This attracted criticism both during his life, and following his death. O'Hara was a proponent of barebacking, praising the freedom from fear of risk it gave him. Until his HIV infection, he had "a different man every night, or nearly". He frequented gay bathhouses and other men's sex clubs, and much enjoyed sex in public parks.
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He called monogamy "unnatural," and stated that "having our mouth full of dick has been a political statement like no other". He said he was "obsessed with anything sexual" as young as eleven, and that his first sex with another man took place when he was fifteen, when he seduced, or perhaps raped (the word is his), a twenty-eight-year-old. The sibling to whom he had been closest was the lesbian activist and poet Claudia (Ann) Scott who left him the poem For My Youngest Brother. The archives of the GLBT Historical Society in San Francisco preserve a collection of O'Hara's performance costumes and other memorabilia. Upon his death, he left his personal papers (consisting of 39 boxes of journals, correspondence, notes, and manuscripts) to the John Hay Library of Brown University. As a playwright, he contributed to the musical, Ex-Lovers, which had a successful run at the Theatre Rhinoceros in San Francisco. O'Hara wrote the four books mentioned above. Returning to San Francisco in 1995, he published five issues of the short-lived cultural magazine Wilde he also contributed to a number of other publications. Articles often featured rest room, park, and other risky sexual encounters, and every issue contained tips on cruising spots (public places to meet men for sex), with notes on their safety or lack of same. 1, he further stated that the publication was "all about sex – all kinds of sex, but especially public, publicly-disapproved, exciting sex". We are aware that many activities mentioned in these pages are illegal in many parts of the world, and we do not advocate unlawful activity". Our purpose is to provide a sex-positive forum for subjects considered taboo by other mags. According to its first issue, Steam focused on "public and semi-public sex. He edited and published from 1993 to 1995 the quarterly men's journal Steam, "the intellectual review of public sex", intended to facilitate cruising. Press, sinking an alleged three-quarters of a million dollars of his own money into the venture. With AIDS activist (Darrell) Keith Griffith (later noted for the website ), O'Hara started P.D.A. In 1991 he moved to Cazenovia, Wisconsin and started a new career as an author. Writing career Īfter he contracted HIV, offers to appear in porn ended. He described his work in porn as "a sheer delight from the word go". In addition to his work in adult films, O'Hara starred in Making Porn, a play by Ronnie Larsen based on conversations by Larsen with Scott O'Hara. From 1983 to 1988, he appeared in over twenty gay and bisexual-themed adult films and videos, several of which demonstrate his rare ability of auto-fellatio. Published measurement of his penis varies from 9.5 to 11 inches.
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That title became his trademark for the rest of his porn and professional career. He first came to prominence when he was awarded the title "The Man With The Biggest Dick in San Francisco" in a contest in the early 1980s. I spent the next eighteen years looking for my real name, and since I found it I have not pretended to be anyone else." In an essay titled "A Dick by Any Other Name", O'Hara wrote: "I knew from an early age that I was a changeling. Scott was known professionally as "Scott O'Hara" or "Spunk" and used his professional name throughout his adult life. While the family lived modestly on the family farm, there was inherited wealth, and for much of his life Scott was supported by a trust fund.
O'Hara was born John Robert Scott on Octoin Grants Pass, Oregon, one of seven children of Robert Hogue Scott and Martha Jane (née Farwell) Scott.