Several current and former adult film performers who have tested positive for HIV spoke out Wednesday about working conditions in the industry. Cameron Bay, the actress whose positive HIV test result prompted a weeklong moratorium on filming last month, spoke at a Hollywood news conference about an on-set incident that she said had put performers at risk. She said the actor continued performing without a condom. Bay said she had been in the adult film industry for three months and had shot 10 scenes before learning she had HIV on Aug. She had tested negative for HIV on July The news conference was convened by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which has pushed for legislation to require condom use on all adult film sets. The group backed a measure that was passed by voters in Los Angeles County last year -- currently the subject of a lawsuit -- and a state bill written by Assemblyman Isadore Hall D-Compton that died in committee in the legislative session that ended last week. Industry representatives have insisted that the three performers who tested positive during that time -- including Bay, her real-life boyfriend, Rod Daily, and a third performer who has not been publicly identified -- did not contract the infection on set and that frequent STD testing protocols are working.
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Porn film productions across the US have been shut down after an adult film performer tested positive for HIV. The actor received a preliminary positive result for HIV, the virus that causes Aids, at a clinic outside California. Further tests are needed to confirm whether the performer is HIV positive.
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From to , 22 HIV cases in the U. According to former pornographic actress Shelley Lubben , a s outbreak of HIV led to the death of 27 porn stars between and , including Wade Nichols who died in , [7] John Holmes , Marc Stevens , and Al Parker Six months previously, he had tested negative. During the summer of , Holmes, knowing his HIV status, agreed to perform in two pornographic films to be filmed in Italy, without informing the producers of his HIV status. It was concluded that James had been infected while engaging in unprotected anal sex with Brazilian actress Bianca Biaggi during a scene for the video Split That Booty 2 in Rio de Janeiro. The heterosexual segment of the porn industry voluntarily shut down for 30 days a day moratorium was originally announced but it was lifted early while it tried to deal with the situation.
Image: [email protected]. If you want to shoot a real, budgeted, professional porn, you have to do a few things. Before getting naked and having sex in front of a camera, porn stars have to go through three checks—all for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. The New York Times writes :. First, they show each other their cellphones: Each has an e-mail from a laboratory saying he or she just tested negative for H. Cobi quickly inspects their mouths, hands and genitals for sores.
