Two porn companies postpone filming over HIV test
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An actor's positive HIV test has caused two of the US adult film industry's largest studios to postpone filming.
Wicked Pictures and Vivid Entertainment told The Los Angeles Times that production had stopped as a precaution.
The unnamed actor was a member of the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation.
Clinic spokeswoman Jennifer Miller said efforts were being made to notify other performers who may have had sexual contact with the actor.
This is not the first time the billion dollar industry has faced closures.
In 2004, an HIV outbreak spread panic in the industry and briefly shut down productions at several California studios.
Up to 14 people were believed to have been infected during on-camera sex with a male actor.
Last year, a woman tested positive for HIV immediately after making an adult film.
Officials in Los Angeles have criticised the pornographic film industry for the lack of condom use on porn sets.
According to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, workers in the adult film industry are 10 times more likely to be infected with a sexually-transmitted infection than members of the general public.
In August, the Aids Healthcare Foundation (AHF) submitted an official complaint in California against adult entertainment mogul Larry Flynt.
At the time Mr Flynt said he delivered "what the consumer wants".
Federal law requires that all porn actors are tested for HIV 30 days before the start of filming.
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Hmm… always a touchy issue. Does the study about 'Sex-workers' having a much higher HIV-rate than the general public go into detail about the performers' personal lives? Are we certain that the thousands of people who make porn films are celibate off-camera, or use condoms 100% of the time?
Also, I've seen several 'condom' films that don't really promote 'safe-sex'. People think that as long as the guy wears a condom for 'most' of the scene, it's OK. I've seen the same top penetrate multiple partners without changing condoms. I've seen full on penetration during 'foreplay' before the actual sex starts. I've seen 'condom' gangbangs' where tops are cumming all over the general area of the bottom's freshly torn ass, and continuing to fuck.
Some people are vehemently opposed to 'bareback sex' because they're in the mindset that it promotes HIV infection. And for me, it comes down to personal responsibility. I can't blame a porn film if I choose to go out and have unsafe sex with strangers. In fact, my porn collection is about 95% bareback, and I've been having sex for almost 15 years, and I'm still HIV negative.
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Hmm… always a touchy issue. Does the study about 'Sex-workers' having a much higher HIV-rate than the general public go into detail about the performers' personal lives? Are we certain that the thousands of people who make porn films are celibate off-camera, or use condoms 100% of the time?
Also, I've seen several 'condom' films that don't really promote 'safe-sex'. People think that as long as the guy wears a condom for 'most' of the scene, it's OK. I've seen the same top penetrate multiple partners without changing condoms. I've seen full on penetration during 'foreplay' before the actual sex starts. I've seen 'condom' gangbangs' where tops are cumming all over the general area of the bottom's freshly torn ass, and continuing to fuck.
Some people are vehemently opposed to 'bareback sex' because they're in the mindset that it promotes HIV infection. And for me, it comes down to personal responsibility. I can't blame a porn film if I choose to go out and have unsafe sex with strangers. In fact, my porn collection is about 95% bareback, and I've been having sex for almost 15 years, and I'm still HIV negative.
Quite correct. It should be at the responsibility of the indiviuals participating in the film to have the proper testing done prior to engaging in such activities. The practices demonstrated in most films also don't leave much for the lines of "low risk" activity, even when condoms are used. They're only effective when used properly, which in most cases is just not the case.
