"The public sees these people as disposable." - David Gurley, staff attorney for the California Labor Commissioner's office. "An alarming number of performers are infected with HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. And nobody seems to care."
"There are no condoms on the set. There's no toilet paper in the bathroom. The performers brought boxes of baby wipes. Soiled sheets litter the ground, creating a trail to the bed. For more than two hours, Taylor and Rain engage in unprotected sexual acts with a male performer. During a break, Rain asks director Thomas Zupko for her co-workers' HIV tests. Handed a stack of papers, she flips through the documents. One is missing--Taylor's. Rain asks repeatedly for her paperwork, but she balks. "I don't have [expletive] AIDS," Taylor finally says. "I am not [having sex with] you."'
"Yet actors and actresses are discouraged from wearing prophylactics during filming because porn producers believe the public wants to see unprotected sex. So adult porn stars commonly engage in sexual acts with scores of partners, and then return each evening to their private lives--dating or having relationships with people across Southern California."
"Gay pornographers abide by a different set of rules: No condom, no HIV test, no audience ... The decision is rooted in financial concerns ... "Gay actors and gay viewers don't see unprotected sex as a fantasy. They see it as watching death on the screen."
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