http://www.boyz.co.uk/pdfs/843/pdfs/06_BOYZ_In_The_Know.pdf

Since the cat is now out of the bag, I should let you know that I also was the one who faked the Apollo moon landings.

Safe sex practices are required on all RSS sets. period.

Just as in real-life, aren’t you supposed to ask and discuss that with your partner before having sex? In every scene I have ever done I have discussed HIV status with my scene partners, and have discussed parameters of what each of us was comfortbale with before the scene. That’s called being professional and acting like a responsable adult.

In answer to your question about AIM testing…If the gay industry where to operate under the AIM standards I would guess that 30-40% of the current gay models would not be allowed to work, and 80-90% of the gay bareback models would be banned from performing.

The unspoken truth is that most models performing in USA produced gay bareback films are HIV+. Most everyone in the industry knows it and no one is willing to talk honestly about it.

The reason no one in the bareback industry wants to admit it is because they are afraid of the CALOSHA blood borne pathogens laws. If you knowingly allow an HIV+ performer to perform without the required safety precautions, even with another HIV+ model, you are in violation of the law and can face HUGE fines.

About when the majors will have to shut down from lack of sales for their condom porn.

I sense a lot of Fear,Anger and Turmoil in the biz and yet this happened once before. The Aids epidemic was killing thousands when Rock Hudson died in 1985 and yet Gay Porn continued bareback video production until 1989-90.

What changed? by 1989 scores of Porn performers were dying!
A second wave died in 93-94 this solidified the condom era in Gay Porn.

So whats missing today?

A Body Count!

Until countless young men start dying again!
With the drugs that won’t happen,,,

So Bareback is here to stay and it’s sad while HIV is no longer a Death sentence those UK lads 18-26 just shaved DECADES off their life expectancy!

All for an avg of 300 to 400 bucks a scene!

A real bargain was had by all.

-Steve Cruz

OMG what the fuck people you can’t save the world, so quit fucking trying.

Enough said.

Oh and thank you Jason Sethcrest, great post on your site.

Much love,
-Nick

You mention the comments about “one wacky producer” as being irrelevant. That producer just won the coveted award for Best Studio at the David Awards. Indeed, that producer is the entire reason this debate is happening on this website right now.

I have enjoyed this debate with you, Jason. I don’t think we disagree as much as it appears. I am sure this debate is going to get much more intense before it is over. I know a bunch of industry people that are hoppin mad and they are out for blood!!!

P.S.: Speaking of health factors and being responsbile for lessening risks on the set, has anyone ever taken a viagra on your set without being legally perscribed one? Or do they just shoot up their dicks with caverjack? I’ve interviewed a few of your stars on my radio show who have talked about it actually. Look, I don’t believe there is anything amoral about erotica, but I also know no one here lives in a glass house when it comes to morals, ethics and being “health” conscious. And that was the purpose of my comment about not being able to take the moral highground here. Not inflamitory rhetoric.

I also would not take one wacky producer’s ridiculous quote and make it the basis for how I feel about an entire genre.

Jason, you write “You can√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t possibly draw a line here without projecting your own morals and ethics onto someone else. And that√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s not your place or anyone else√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s.” It is my place–and my responsibility–to reduce risks to my employees on my sets. How can you possibly argue with that? Do as you like on your own sets (I heard you had tried to start a video company…), but be sure to hire a good attorney if you decide to expose your actors to Hep C, HIV, or any one of a group of unpleasant diseases. Liability insurance does not cover gross negligence.

Did you read the Paul Morris interview in Out Magazine? What are your thoughts on that?

And yes, I agree that having a strong debate is a good thing–lets make sure that everyone is in fact thinking about this issue and about those three guys who just got infected on that bareback shoot in London.

PS: What purpose does your comment about a smut monger running for the moral high ground have in this debate? I don’t think that erotica is amoral. In Republican America inflamitory rhetoric has replaced logical argument. Lets try to stay above that kind of thing.

The producer is responsible for creating the outlet.

The performers are responsible for taking part in it.

It is absolutely an issue of freedom and for anyone to pretend otherwise is delusional. You can’t tell other people how to have sex. Period. No one owns these human beings or your audiences. You’re entitled to your opinion. They are entitled to their’s. You don’t like it? Don’t make it. Don’t buy it. And speak out against it.

BUT we are a community here! And they’re not going away.

I applaud everyone for speaking their mind. I just wish we could embrace each other at the same time. That’s been my only point. I mean, this is just ridiculous — lol, if we can’t get the condom and condomless to stand on the same stage, there sure ain’t much hope for Muslims and the Jews! LOL

Where do you draw the line? Cum in the mouth? Cum on the hole? Cum on the hole only after being fucked when it is enflamed? Erasing condoms? Smoking in videos? All portray risky behavior that could lead to death. There are far more deaths from smoking than HIV. Yet, it’s okay to smoke on camera.

You can’t possibly draw a line here without projecting your own morals and ethics onto someone else. And that’s not your place or anyone else’s. I know it must feel awfully nice and refreshing to seemingly take the moral high ground for once when you make smut for a living, but it’s just not anyone’s place.

I don’t understand why we can’t say, “I disagree with what you do and will do everything to speak out against it, but you’re a part of my community and therefore I defend your freedom to make the movies you choose to.”

There’s a gray area between the black and white of how to handle this situation, ya know? A situation that isn’t going to go away so we might as well all learn to get along about it.

If we took this path with more of these “every day life” issues, there would be a lot less war and hatred in the world.

Disagree vehmenently.

But do it with love and with tolerance and while defending their right to make whatever kind of porn they want until barebacking itself is made illegal.