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Originally Posted by Robbie
ADG, I suggest you stay the fuck out of my personal business.
Or next time I see you, it won't be pretty.  |
Didn't realize I was getting into your personal business when I asked whether or not Claudia Marie is honoring the moratorium, and whether she is still escorting while the moratorium is in place.
To me, that is one of the questions the industry needs to ask. If people are not honoring the moratorium, or are escorting to earn income during the moratorium, that raises many issues for the adult industry.
Not sure how my question puts you in a bad spotlight, since only you know the answer to those questions, and apparently choose not to answer them.
Other than that, you are open about Claudia escorting, so I did not say that to show Claudia Marie in a bad light. Like you, I think prostitution should be legalized (although I probably think it should be regulated more than you).
I simply did so to raise another important issue confronting this industry, and that is how escorting adds risk to the equation, since unlike tested industry talent, most John's are untested, and probably less likely as concerned about their health and hygiene than the average adult performer (with the pro performers I have hired, they usually arrive fresh and clean, and then they clean up more before their scene).
Anyway, nothing personal directed towards you or Claudia Marie. I apologize if you took it that way.
My main objective in this thread was to keep the HIV issue on Page 1, while others wish it would die away, by asking hard questions; hopefully to get some answers, but also to stir debate and get people to start asking themselves some serious questions that impact us in many more ways than just our pocketbooks.
I am deeply disappointed with anyone in the industry attacking any of the people who have contracted HIV, and Cameron Bay in particular. I don't care how much testosterone you take Robbie (and I mean that as a sarcastic joke, so don't have roid rage, lol), Cameron Bay has bigger balls than you or anyone else in this industry for how she has owned up to her illness, and how she is dealing with it.
If you are forced to take pills daily to keep HIV in check, your life is changed forever.
I have been trying to put a human face to HIV, in the hopes that each and every person, no matter what their role is in the adult industry, does take people getting infected with HIV in our industry personally.
I've spent most of my adult life living here in the Bay Area, Ground Zero for HIV and AIDS.
Over the years I have lost over a dozen friends to AIDS, most in the late 80's and early 90's, including a couple of dear friends. Perhaps that does make me extra sensitive about this issue.
I'm happy that better treatments are now available, and I don't have to visit friends in hospices as often, or attend as many funerals as I had to in the early days of HIV/AIDS.
There is nothing I would like better than to see a cure to such a dreadful disease. We're in the adult industry, so we celebrate sex. How tragic that undiagnosed and untreated, HIV/AIDS can kill you.
Dislike my if you wish to Robbie. We're similar in many ways (although you are more Keith Richards, and I am more John Lennon). I mean that with regards to how we are both passionate independents in this industry, who pretty much speak our minds, and try to be honest and ethical when we do so.
I hope on the issues which we do agree about, you'll continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with me (piracy, etc).
I'll end this thread with a post from the
Cameron Bay HIV Medical Fund:
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Some chick in SF $25.00
Dear Cameron,
I don't know you, but I wanted to reach out and tell you that I am rooting for you, and see you as a brave, fun, sexually liberated soul with a tough road ahead.
I sincerely hope that your fellow man does not make it harder by casting judgement or ostracizing you. I hope people step up, especially those in the industry, and show you immense love and kindness to give you that boost your spirit and wallet need right now.
Sex is great. Porn is great. It's a tragedy that there is a virus that is spread by something as awesome as fucking...but that's all that it is: a virus. It has nothing to do with you as a person.
Remember that.
Some advice:
- Read some Eckhart Tolle
- Don't get too caught up in social media; turn it off if it's becoming a negative force.
- Continue to be candid and honest about this experience - it's fucking refreshing and will continue to destigmatize Poz people.
- Educate the haters - a lot of people judge Poz people because they are seriously misinformed.
- Exercise. For your sanity and vanity.
- Listen to good music - as Bob Marley says, "the one good thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain."
- Lean on your gays - no one understands and doesn't judge what you're going through more than gay men.
- Laugh. Smile. Cry. Travel. Eat Tacos. Breathe. Etc
- Don't do anything self destructive. This is not a death sentence by any means. You are going to be around for a looooooong time, so don't switch into "I have nothing to live for" mode. It's a marathon, not a sprint.
- Lastly - for real - move to San Francisco. You will never find a city that is more well accommodated financially, spiritually and emotionally for people living with HIV. The services available for no or low cost here are unlike any other place on the planet.
All the best. Much love,
"Some chick in SF”
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Peace and Love
ADG