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Originally Posted by Robbie
I'm not pointing fingers at the gay side of the industry.
Matter of fact, it only makes sense that IF they have a group of performers who have all already tested positive for HIV and everyone knows it...they why would they give a shit if those particular performers do scenes together?
As long as any uninfected gay performers are not shooting scenes with them it doesn't really matter does it?
Testing nor condoms would be required for a sex scene with 2 guys or a group of guys who have already confirmed that they are all HIV pos
To test them or put condoms on would be downright silly.
So if that's what is happening...so what? Doesn't hurt anybody. The guys can take their pill everyday, outlive you and me, shoot their porn scenes together and live their lives.
But yeah, that is TOTALLY separate from the straight side of adult and should be treated as such.
And it IS treated as such.
That's why people are tested to shoot straight porn.
Just curious...what do you THINK the "industry" could possibly do differently?
Test every week? Everybody use condoms? Put chastity belts on all the talent when they leave the set? Lock them up in shed until needed to shoot...lol
You know better than that.
People will live their lives the way that they want to. And if they contract HIV their straight porn career is over.
So far the testing regimen has worked. It's caught the rare cases and stopped any spread throughout the general porn population.
If the "civilian" population had such standards...HIV would be almost non-existent today.
You said that the "current system is broken"...Well, I do think that it's bullshit that the testing companies are charging $130 for a $59 test, but other than that I'd say that this proves once again that the "system" worked to perfection and caught a case of HIV before it could become widespread.
Where am I wrong in this thinking?
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Honestly, I've never given a few of the issues you raised much thought since I work almost exclusively with straight male talent.
Some are medical issues that I do not know enough about. For example, I would need to know whether it is possible for new more virulent strains of HIV+ to be produced by the mixing of many different HIV+ samples, or if such behavior could further hurt someone's health, before giving you an informed answer about whether it is wise, or should even be acceptable for HIV+ people to knowingly keep spreading the HIV virus.
As for some of the other ideas which I think should be considered:
? I think that at minimum we should start with a clean pool as much as possible whenever we end a moratorium (ending the moratorium without seeing Rod Daily's test was a monumental disaster)
? Organize a summit while the moratorium is still in place to address the current issues (testing procedures/protocol, safety/incident report, more public information)
? Develop a comprehensive health and safety curriculum (Porn 101)
? Regular periodic training days to reinforce health and safety rules/practices
? Develop a performer Bill of Rights
? Create an Adult Industry Workers Union (for talent, crew)
? Free testing for talent (show them we care by the industry underwriting the cost)
? Healthcare insurance, and other pooled services for our industry
I can come up with other ideas, many having to do with how we can better fight piracy, developing a post-tube strategy for independent producers, etc (I'm sure I have several ideas written down here and there), but it is not about just what I want, and there are brighter and more creative minds than mine around here anyway.
Well, I'm headed out for a post Burning Man party, so talk amongst yourselves...
Have fun and be safe!
ADG