Late Thursday, county heath officials released data indicating that there were 16 previously unpublicized confirmed cases of HIV in adult film industry performers since 2004. We're very comfortable with what AIM is doing with the 30-day testing.' As a result, we decided to go condom optional. 'They came to us and said repeatedly, 'Could we have choice?'.
'What happened was the talent didn't want to use condoms,' said Steven Hirsch, co-Chief Executive of Vivid Entertainment Group, one of the multibillion-dollar industry's largest filmmakers. But they said both actors and audiences quickly rebelled. He called for the use of condoms on all adult films as one means of providing necessary worker safety.Īfter an HIV outbreak in 2004 spread panic through the industry and briefly shut down production at several studios, many producers did indeed begin making condoms a requirement.
