October 14, 2010 | The Biz

Gay-for-pay porn star tests positive for HIV

AIM Healthcare -- the organization charged with testing (mostly straight) porn performers for STDS  -- says that an active adult industry performer has recently tested positive for HIV.

AIM’s clinical administrator Brooke Miller told Adult Video News, “We are currently quarantining and testing all exposed partners and we will have no further information until the end of the week. We are contacting everyone that might have been exposed.”

Because of privacy laws no name has been released, though the individual is said to have been involved in both straight and gay porn. A number of straight porn studios, most of which do not use condoms, have ceased production until all exposed individuals have been screened.

Free Speech Coalition Executive Director Diane Duke said, "The responsible thing to do is to wait for AIM to come back with their results. I applaud AIM for quickly identifying the risks and addressing the physical and emotional needs of those involved." 

AIDS Healthcare Foundation President Michael Weinstein took the opportunity to critizice AIM Healthcare and the no-condoms studios, citing the incident as proof that testing "is not adequate protection against HIV/AIDS and other sexually-transmitted diseases among porn performers. How many more people have to be infected with HIV before Los Angeles County steps in to do its job and protect performers."

Stay tuned for further developmnents.

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