The TESTING did not PREVENT anyone on the qlist from being EXPOSED in the workplace.

This is how the system works,,,,,after having multiple unprotecd sex partners for 14 days you go and get tested to see if you caught something. You dont get tested BEFORE you work, you get tested AFTER you work. The testing system is like the industry bathtub, you clean up after you get dirty, not before.

In fact, the industry’s argument about why condoms are not required (even though such protections would be required in any other industry) is that it doesn’t matter who performs or what is their status because the testing protocols will catch it.

Now, porn could probably discriminate if it wishes because no performer or group of performers is likely to get their acts together and file a class action suit. But, I am certain it would be patently discriminatory on its face to have an industry policy that states that homosexual or bisexual performers cannot participate in heterosexual scenes.

Stop blaming gays everytime a female performer tests HIV+ it’s no longer a “gay” disease in case you have not noticed. Not only is it homophobic to immediately blame a gay guy for this but it is biphobic as well. She could have gotten it from a straight male who unknown to her was an IV drug user the scenarios go on and on.

TIM as in Treasure Island Media? This was a straight performer first of all and I don’t think any performer who works for Treasure Island is stupid enough to think that their costars are all negative. Performers should be able to be open about their HIV status. And not be treated like outcasts because they are HIV+.

@davenet

This is exactly why the industry needs to implement a standard protocol that applies to all performers. Performers working for TIM will no longer be advertising they are either HIV+ or don’t care if they get it because those with HIV would need a suppressed viral load to be eligible. Raising the bar of eligibility to HIV- or suppressed viral load means less stigma for the increasing number of crossover performers who are held to same standards as heterosexual.

Maybe I’m naive but can’t get on board that crossover meeting same testing criteria is more risky than straight performer having anal sex here there and everywhere.

@mdxx,
One major problem, the only people who could possibly blacklist any crossover performer are the same people who are knowingly hiring them on a daily basis.