HIV And Porn

A female porn actress has tested positive for HIV and has been given the unfortunate moniker of "Patient Zero". The "real" Patient Zero was supposedly an airline steward who crisscrossed the world having tons of sexual encounters and unwittingly spreading HIV. Although given what has since been learned about the virus and how long it may or may not have been in existence, the whole Patient Zero story may just be an exaggeration if not a fabrication.

In any case, this (so far) unnamed porn actress has been put in vagina lock-down along with three other adult performers. Initial reports claim this is the first porn HIV+ test since 2004.

Now comes word via LA County health that at least 16 other "previously unpublicized" adult performers have tested HIV+, 10 of which are likely men who have sex with men, although they have not been identified as predominantly performers in gay, bi, bareback or straight porn.

Given the "mainstreaming" of bareback porn and the newly-accepted practice of cum-swallowing that has erroneously been deemed as "safe" even among strictly condom-only gay porn productions, this news is not exactly shocking or a big surprise.

And as an aside, it kind of sucks to be faced with testing positive and then have that information potentially posted on the internets before you've even had the chance to deal with the emotional implications, but that's another article entirely.