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Canadian Model Denied U.S. Entry Over Sexuality Concerns

4/11/2026

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Milo Miles, a gay Canadian adult-film model, says U.S. border patrol agents banned him from entering the United States.
The incident occurred in January as he traveled from Toronto to Las Vegas for the GayVN Awards.
Border patrol agents interrogated him for hours about his sexuality.
Miles believes facial recognition software used to identify sex workers flagged him.
Law professor Pooja R. Dadhania criticized U.S. laws targeting sex workers as outdated.

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Story summary

Milo Miles, a gay Canadian adult-film model, says U.S. border patrol agents banned him from entering the United States.
The incident occurred in January as he traveled from Toronto to Las Vegas for the GayVN Awards.
Border patrol agents interrogated him for hours about his sexuality.
Miles believes facial recognition software used to identify sex workers flagged him.
Law professor Pooja R. Dadhania criticized U.S. laws targeting sex workers as outdated.