15 Facts About Scott O'Hara

Scott O'Hara was an American pornographic performer, author, poet, editor and publisher.

Scott O'Hara rose to prominence during the mid-1980s for his work in such gay adult films as Winner Takes All, Below The Belt and In Your Wildest Dreams.

Scott O'Hara was known professionally as "Scott O'Hara" or "Spunk" and used his professional name throughout his adult life.

Scott O'Hara described his work in porn as "a sheer delight from the word go".

Scott O'Hara believed that life, gay life, should be more than mere biological survival.

The sibling to whom he had been closest was the lesbian activist and poet Claudia Scott O'Hara, who left him the poem For My Youngest Brother.

Scott O'Hara was a proponent of barebacking, praising the freedom from fear of risk it gave him.

Scott O'Hara had "HIV+" tattooed on his bicep in 1994, then tore the sleeves off many of his shirts so it would be visible.

Scott O'Hara wrote in detail about his treatment for lymphoma and the pain he endured.

Scott O'Hara did not have, and did not want, a long-term relationship.

Scott O'Hara said that there were six times in his life when he was in love, deeply and thoroughly, for a period of a month or more.

Scott O'Hara acted in multiple bisexual films throughout his life, but did not identify as bisexual.

Scott O'Hara lived with HIV for more than 10 years and had developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma for almost five years.

Scott O'Hara dubbed his illness "The Death Spoor", and died of AIDS-related complications in San Francisco on February 18,1998, at age 36.

Scott O'Hara donated his collection of over 500 works of erotic art to the Tom of Finland Foundation.