Rod Daily announces being HIV positive
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Porn industry in crisis as second star in two weeks announces that he has tested positive for HIV
Porn star Rod Daily told his Twitter followers that he has tested positive for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS
Comes less than two weeks since Cameron Bay, an adult film actress, confirmed that she had a similar diagnosis
Debate in porn industry about whether performers must use condomsBy Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 03:47 GMT, 4 September 2013 | UPDATED: 11:52 GMT, 4 September 2013
A porn star has announced that he has contracted HIV, making him the second such adult film actor to contract the disease in less than two weeks. The actor, who goes by his stage name of Rod Daily, announced over Twitter that he has been diagnosed with the virus that causes AIDS.
'Drumroll please!! I'm 32 years old and I'm HIV positive. Acute HIV, which means I recently was infected. For that I am blessed,' Daily wrote on Twitter on Tuesday.
'I'm blessed for the fact that I caught it so early that I can blast that s*** with meds.'With the tests I have done the doctors have figured out that I was infected within the last month. My antibodies just showed up on a test this week which is scary because they didn't a week ago,' he said in two other tweets.
A trade group representing producers of pornographic movies in Los Angeles called on any of Daily's sexual partners to be tested for the virus.
However, the group, the Free Speech Coalition, stepped short of calling for a moratorium on adult film productions. The group said it could not yet confirm whether Daily truly had contracted the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, but it warned his partners to be tested. The Free Speech Coalition were the ones to confirm on August 22 that the actress who goes by the name of Cameron Bay was also infected with HIV. Daily has been linked romantically to Bay on the adult film industry website XBiz.com.
California Assemblyman Isadore Hall, who has been trying for months to get a bill passed in the state Assembly mandating the use of condoms in sex scenes, said Daily's reported infection shows the need for such a regulation. 'This is the second individual within a week and a half to contract HIV in the industry,' said Hall, a Democrat. 'There will probably be more.'
The multibillion-dollar adult film industry is centered in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles. The industry has vigorously opposed efforts to require condom use on set, protesting against a 2012 voter-approved measure requiring condoms to be used in Los Angeles County and successfully arguing against an earlier effort for such regulation at the state level that would be specifically geared to film productions. The Free Speech Coalition said in an email to Reuters that Daily acted in gay and transsexual sex movies in which condoms were used.
In a series of Twitter postings, Daily cited this brief moratorium as an example of how the industry is unwilling to change- to the detriment of it's actors.
'That does not change anything though. A week later people are back at it shooting without condoms.
'I have also learned that people can be so well medicated that they test negative. Scary, the test everyone relies on.
'Magic Johnson has HIV, and can infect other people but his test comes up negative. Is that so impossible for anyone else to do the same? NO.
'Just sayin be careful because that test ain't shit without a condom strapped up with it.'Daily appears to be taking a positive approach to the news, staying optimistic by saying: 'Had to pinch myself a few times no doubt. But the sun still shines on my face and its warm. Can't take my heart ever. I love life, blessed.'
'I felt bad for the guy who had to read me my first test result. His face turned to stone, I wanted to give him a hug and say it will be ok.'
Bay's scare resonated outside of the porn industry, as it was revealed that she had recently had sex with the male performer who later appeared in a video starring Sydney Leathers, disgraced congressman Anthony Weiner's sexting partner.
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Truly sad news indeed. However, these are adults and I assume they are fully aware of the risks they take in doing Bareback films. Sometimes when you dance you pay the Piper.
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From the latest/updated version of that article, he (Rod Daily) used condoms in his films.
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From the latest/updated version of that article, he (Rod Daily) used condoms in his films.
I thought of that too. The article mentiones a rumour that he had a 'relationship' with Cameron Bay which could be an explanation.
