There’s a confronting rumor going around Schoolies about who OnlyFans star ‘Kay Manuel’ REALLY is. LUCY MANLY spoke to her after a twenty-man orgy and asked a very difficult question…

If you google ‘Kay Manuel’, the news stories are the first thing that comes up.

‘Porn star expelled after Schoolies stunt.’ ‘OnlyFans sleeps 55 schoolies in one day.’ You know, the kind of scandalous reporting that got Bonnie Blue’s visa ripped up.

Next to emerge is her adult content – mainly collaborations with recent high school graduates and “spontaneous encounters” with Uber drivers.

And if you keep clicking through the search results, you’ll get to the rumors.

Yes, the rumors. There are people who claim to have proof that Kay says she does slept with 75 teenage school dropouts in her first week on the Gold Coast – is a transgender woman.

When I meet Kay in a cafe near her accommodation, she squirms as she says it, but I get the feeling she knew the question was coming. After all, there have been blogs, Reddit posts, and YouTube videos about her supposedly born husband.

She firmly denies the gossip – and tells me where the hurtful rumor came from.

“I think it’s because I have a deep voice,” she explains, adding that if she were trans, she wouldn’t hide it.

Kay Manuel, an OnlyFans performer, is currently on the Gold Coast filming group sex scenes with 18 and 19 year old Schoolies. She has denied online rumors that she is a transgender woman

‘If I were trans, of course I would communicate that to the men I film with.’

When I show her photos from an old Facebook account of a young man who online sleuths say is Kay from a past life, she laughs and says the resemblance is purely coincidental.

“We look a lot alike, but no, I’m not… and no, I’m not trans.”

She also says there is “no truth” to claims that she has been nominated for “best transgender porn star” at an industry awards ceremony for two years.

Kay tells me it was a mistake by the show’s organizers.

“I talked to the awards about it, yes, and they just said it wasn’t true because I didn’t win anything,” she clarifies.

Now that the false rumors are out of the way – and there’s no suggestion otherwise – our chat turns to a more well-known controversy: the OnlyFans stars – including Kay, Bonnie Blue and Annie Knight – filming content with teenage boys at events like Schoolies, Freshers’ Week and spring break.

These ‘barely legal’ group sex events have led to accusations of ‘predatory’ behaviour, with some critics saying the 18 and 19 year old boys taking part do not fully understand what they are agreeing to.

“I think it’s because I have a deep voice,” she explains, adding, “If I were trans, of course I would communicate that to the men I film with.”

Kay tells me the consent process for her Schoolies content is much more complicated than just checking a box and signing a form

But Kay, who has already put dozens of Schoolies to bed this week, disagrees. She tells me that the consent process involves much more than just checking a box and signing a form.

Participants must provide identification proving they are over 18 years old, pass a sobriety test, and sign multiple consent forms for the various platforms Kay uses to distribute her adult content. They can also hide their identity and have the option to withdraw consent once filming is completed.

“What a lot of people don’t know is that my content is filmed during the day because Schoolies need to be sober to film,” she explains.

“Consent is very important, so I understand why people are outraged about it.

“There’s an initial meeting – basically a consultation – and I have all the different consent forms ready and it takes between 20 and 40 minutes to get through that paperwork.”

Kay’s 24-hour operation involves more than just herself; she employs 25 people, including videographers, assistants and security

The men have the option to show as little or as much of their bodies as they want during the scene, allowing them to remain semi-anonymous.

She says eight in 10 men choose to keep their faces and recognizable tattoos hidden. The teenagers who participate also receive the images afterwards, so that they can see for themselves whether they are recognizable.

“The men have the right not to continue filming, and I’ve turned a man away before because I didn’t think he was continuously giving consent, even though he said yes to everything,” Kay adds.

If a participant changes their mind during or after filming, they can withdraw their consent and the footage in which they appear will not be shared. If it has already been posted, it will be edited or deleted.

“I had two guys I was filming with last year when they were applying for a government job who contacted me asking me not to post the footage, so I didn’t,” she tells me.

Kay’s 24-hour operation involves more than just herself; she employs 25 people, including videographers, assistants and security.

She explains that creating content is more about self-marketing and administration than actual sex work. Health and safety also take up a lot of her time.

‘I’ll take [STI] test every day. The industry standard is biweekly, but I do this every day,” she tells me.

As she says this, she notices semen on her arm and casually tells me that it’s “left over from the twenty men I filmed with this morning.”

She continues: ‘Luckily I haven’t had an STD for 16 months – that’s before last year’s Schoolies.’

Looking to the future, Kay hopes to continue working in Australia and the US and push boundaries with her content. She also plans to use some of her six-figure income to purchase an investment property.

“I joined OnlyFans the day I turned 18 and it was the best decision of my life,” she concludes. “I’m hungry for money and sex.”