Johnny Rahm
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Johnny Rahm (June 11, 1965 Milledgeville, Georgia - November 7, 2004 Atlanta, Georgia) was an American pornographic actor who appeared in gay pornographic movies and magazines. Born Barry Rogers, he attended Gilead Christian Academy, a Christian high school, in Macon, Georgia before attending fundamentalist Bob Jones University (BJU) in Greenville, South Carolina. Rogers left BJU after his sophomore year because he no longer chose to hide his homosexuality.
In the late 1980s, Rogers moved to California and worked for more than a decade in the gay pornography industry. He won two gay video awards, the Adult Erotic Gay Video Award in 1991 for "Best Supporting Actor" in the film Body Search (directed by Chi Chi Larue), and the other in 1995 for All about Steve.
After becoming HIV positive, Rogers committed suicide by hanging himself with wire on the fence of the Atlanta Botanical Garden.
Rogers' roommate, Kahn Rousey, who was also raised as a fundamentalist Baptist, described Rogers as a kind and gentle soul, a loving, caring person: "Within five minutes of meeting him, people loved him. He was always the comedian and wanted to make people laugh and feel good about themselves.”
A high school friend, John R. "Robbie" Long, believed that Rogers "could have been another superstar in the mainstream movie business. He was good looking, likeable, friendly, and extremely talented in acting. Barry could make anyone laugh...or cry...by his acting. Had he chosen to stay mainstream and not go into the shadowy world of gay porn, the world would have gotten to see the good side of Barry; he could have made millions and entertained the entire world. I feel he'd still be alive today and never had become destitute if he had not chosen to go into gay porn and the gay lifestyle."
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