Alt Erotic Brand Ambassador and top tattoo artist Josh Gray was featured in a recent episode of the Truly channel’s Love Don’t Judge, an online series that spotlights the amazing true stories of real people who live outside the box of conventional lifestyle norms.
The episode, “How Will My Blind Date React to My Vitiligo?”, introduces Bailey Ramirez, a model, barber and single mother to three young children, with a skin condition called vitiligo – where white patches of skin appear all over the body due to the loss skin pigment cells – and is looking to find love again.
During their date, they find common ground through their appearance; the heavily-tattooed Gray notes that “with most people, they’re like ‘I need to get tattoos in order to look different and stand out… this happened to you naturally. It’s a gift – that’s how I see it,” says Gray.
He informs Ramirez that he works in the adult industry, so is well aware of societal judgment: “It’s very hard for me to explain to a female that I’m a normal dude… they’re going to make assumptions about you without knowing who you really are.”
The date goes well, with Ramirez remarking that “I felt like I was talking to somebody who got it, like, ‘You GET it… the highlight of the day for me was just being able to connect with somebody on that level.”
Of the Truly experience, Gray says, “I think the industry gets some backlash on the idea that we don’t care about love or connection; it’s really hard to tell people you work in the adult film industry. If I can have a connection with someone, it shouldn’t matter what kind of lifestyle one leads. Love is love.”
Gray, who stars in Ink Motel (as Felix) and Ink Motel 2 (as Duke Daybreak), can be seen in the upcoming Ho Hunters as Dangle Daybreak, Duke’s tattoo-free twin brother. To find him on social media, visit his Twitter @TattooJosh666 and Instagram @joshua-gray87.
