The XXX film industry in Los Angeles came to a sudden halt Thursday evening after an adult star tested positive for H.I.V. After news broke of the positive test, a moratorium or temporary ban was put into effect. Thankfully Friday morning news broke that the test results were negative and activity’s resumed as normal. Fear not, more films are on there way from the adult film industry in L.A.
The Free Speech Coalition, the national trade association for the adult film industry had this to say on the matter,
“We understand that a moratorium is nerve-wracking for performers and difficult for producers. However, it’s essential that when it comes to performer safety, we err on the side of caution. We thank the producers, performers, agents and doctors who worked together during this difficult time for maintaining the moratorium, and for quickly helping establish a list of first generation contacts. While this was a false positive, it is always essential that we remain vigilant in concern to performer health. The moratorium and testing system has enabled us to prevent any transmission of HIV on an adult film set for over ten years. While opponents of the industry often use our periodic moratoriums as evidence that adult sets are not safe, quite the opposite is true.
The Los Angeles adult film industry has had quite a few problems in the past couple of years. In 2012 a law was passed to require the use of condoms while filming. As a result film permits have dropped a reported 90 percent and most of the filming has been moved to Las Vegas.
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