Scare quotes need to be placed around ALL of these names, because as everyone knows or should know, performers' names are not their birth names.

Imagine the outrage if the other movie industry had this kind of testing and subsequent naming of names. The lack of solidarity with their brothers and sisters in celluloid is damning. Ain't they all actors?
I'm no fan of porn or the SFV industry, but I'm sure there are A-listers who'd flinch from a public blood test.

At the age of 50, I'm certainly not naive, a prude, or inexperienced, but WHAT is DOUBLE anal?????
gj

Two male appendages in one female a--.

Why am I not surprised that about the last news outlet on earth to report this story was the LA Times around 10PM Thursday.

I faxed the LAT's about several recent HIV infections in porn in the fall of 1997. In January 2003, after another half dozen infections, the LAT finally published their story.

Thanks for covering this, Kevin. As Luke points out, the real scandal here is that industry practices weren't a scandal years ago.

Strangely enough, I don't think a movie about shooting Bill Gates in the head is a good thing (see the Fleming link). Considering the Jon-Erik Hexum case I don't think having to hire state-approved pros is a bad thing. But, at the same time, the last thing I want is the gov interfering on porno sets. The porn industry has apparently started AIM in response to the Marc Wallace incident; I'd suggest letting them police themselves. The alternative is likely to result in a state screwing.

Fleming also says Darren James got infected in Brazil. I read on a blog somewhere that native Brazilian tapes featuring just Brazilians usually use condoms, especially when shemales are concerned. Those observations have not been confirmed by this blogger. However, perhaps they know something that Americans visiting Brazil don't.

My owner is about to vomit as she reads this, but this is one reason why we cats are superior than humans: we don't have to worry about p--n and whatnot. We only get in heat once or twice a year, do the pooky, and thats it. Cats don't masturbate, think about sex, or anything. Why don't humans give up their entertainment for the easy life--watching birds and dreaming of the ol' days? Its Man's own fault that he has to film intricate sexual scenes to please some middleaged impotent ol' f***s while he gains weight, infects his fellow man and makes a mess of it all. Who made you dastardly humans this way? Your G-D? Really, you guys. If I were a human, I'd pray to die soon and reincarnate into a cat. Live the easy life!

Kotoka's owner ought not to read these stories lest her blogging privileges be rescinded...

On the other hand, I guess this is one cat that's out of the bag. Please, Kotoka, tell your owner to at least refrain from entertaining everyone at Sunday school camp this weekend about this topic.

Dear Kotoka ~

Speak for yourself -- rub, rub. Come up and see me some time, and definitely don't let your owner speak for you anymore.

Love,
Sirius (17 year old hunter loverboy)

It still blows my mind that you cannot legally engage the services of a prostitute, but you can pay individuals to have sex with each other and document that encounter. Who writes these laws? Porn producers?

I wonder about the same, hors (as well as wondering about people who post in the voice of their cat). It's much more ethical -- in fact, it's highly ethical -- to pay for sex rather than fooling somebody into thinking they're going to get commitment out of it. My view on prostitution: "It's your body, sell it if you want to."

Who writes these laws? Porn producers?

Entertaining, interesting angle. If you're interested, the decriminalization of prostitution and prostitutes' rights continue to be high profile issues (the infamous Margo St. James) in San Franciso, with branch offices in Los Angeles. (Paste the link to Bayswan/COYOTE, html links don't seem to be working in the comments.)

http://www.bayswan.org/COYOTE.html

The agony of an HIV infection notwithstanding, i find the tone of the "pornblography" site to be so telling.

first, these people and their detachment from the reality of the porn business is nothing short of incredible. i'd use the term "narcissistic" but i don't think it quite describes the true level of self-absorbtion.

when i worked at a large dot-com contemplating the integration of streaming adult content into a mainstream presentation, we met with numerous high-profile producers and content library owners. for the most part, they fell into 2 groups: old-style, middle-aged Times Square-era sextoy retailers (actually pretty nice folks, considering the stuff they surrounded themselves with) and the adult children of what appeared to be mob types -- put into business or catapulted into it by family connections, drivers of expensive cars, tooters of meaningful chemicals, etc.

it was a world that, i finally realized, had no place in my life, despite my total acceptance of its legality and mainstreaming (to a degree).

it's ironic that one of the largest revenue producers for our community is the creation of adult content, despite the fact that most of the very same creators seem to have very little to do with LA culture and lifestyle whatsoever.

and maybe that's just as well.

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Sounds to me like you doth protesteth too much, Jon.

Hey, Jon, those scenes sound pretty HOT! Thanks for the links!

hiv can incubate for 10 yrs or more, if no cure is found, full blown aids, it is the bugs nature evolution

all quarantined adult performer are doomed!

i as a human research biologist doctor, will try to work a little faster, but money talk, bs walk, as they say in the industry!!!!

be smart play safe!!!!

tony barbosa