Raging Stallion Studios

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Raging Stallion Studios
Company typePrivate
Industry Gay pornography
Founded1998 (1998)
Founder
Headquarters
San Francisco
,
United States
Key people
Products Pornographic films
OwnerGamma Entertainment
Website www.ragingstallion.com

Raging Stallion Studios based in San Francisco, is an independent major adult film studio and one of the world's largest producers of gay pornography.[ citation needed ] It was begun by Chris Ward and J. D. Slater; Michael Brandon later became a co-owner. [1]

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In 2005, Raging Stallion released 22 new feature films.[ citation needed ] In 2009, Raging Stallion merged with AEBN/NakedSword.com. [2] AEBN then purchased Falcon Studios in 2010. [3]

RSS have has taken inspiration from pop culture for more than one of its movies. [4] [5]

In 2018 it started producing bareback movies. Questions have been raised about the risks for the health of the actors and the messaging of showing bareback sex. [6] [7]

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References

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  2. AVN, Benji Featherstone. "AEBN/NakedSword Merges with Raging Stallion, Pistol Media AVN". AVN. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  3. Archived March 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
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  5. "This Is Why Raging Stallion's Latest Film Has a MAGA Hat". March 10, 2020. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
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  8. 1 2 XBIZ Award Winners, February 2011