“If this puts me on your ‘no’ list, i didn’t want to do scenes with you to begin with.”ĭrake, who has been in the industry since the late 1990s, has long been known for her support of the LGBTQ community. “I have worked with crossover performers, gay performers, and trans performers,” Drake added. Some companies shooting male-on-male content do not require PASS testing, but they do require condoms.
Some companies allow models to choose on a scene-by-scene basis whether they would like to also use condoms, while others, like Wicked Pictures, require condoms for every shoot in addition to testing.
Performers in the straight genre (defined by heterosexual sex as well as, counterintuitively, girl-on-girl sex) must follow PASS protocol every 14 days.
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The following day, Wicked Pictures contract star Jessica Drake tweeted: “performers, by all means, fuck who you want to fuck…but if you’re eliminating folks based on the fact they may have done gay or crossover work, your logic is seriously flawed.” Drake went on to point out that discriminating against someone based on their identity or history is not a more reliable form of protection than testing, barriers or PreP, but it does contribute to harmful stigmas.Īccording to the Free Speech Coalition – the national trade association for the adult entertainment industry – every company shooting “straight” content requires all models to update their STI tests through Performer Availability Screening Services (PASS) in order to be considered “available” for work. Others see this standard as homophobic, as well as a flawed rubric for measuring safety.Īmes quickly became a lightning rod for people in and outside of the industry to express their views on this ongoing controversy, with a variety of tactics. Some performers and agencies share the view expressed in Ames’ tweet, that crossover talent is “higher risk” for STIs than straight male talent. (Trans men are mostly left out of the crossover classification, as are cis women who perform with other cis women). cisgender males who perform on camera with both cis women and other cis men, or with trans women. The concern Ames expressed in this tweet refers to what is known in the adult industry as “crossover performers,” i.e. BS is all I can say… Do agents really not care about who they’re representing?… I do my homework for my body” “Whichever (lady) performer is replacing me tomorrow for you’re shooting with a guy who has shot gay porn, just to let cha know. On December 3rd, a few days before her death, Ames tweeted the following: So why are some of Ames’ friends publicly accusing fellow porn stars of driving her to suicide?
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