More than a dozen straight porn companies have stopped filming until early June so that any performers possibly exposed to the virus can be tested the shutdown does not affect gay adult films, sources tell, because most gay film companies require condoms for anal sex scenes. The bill was introduced in the wake of an HIV scare in the California-based adult film industry in which one actor and two of his on-screen sex partners have tested positive for HIV.
What we're trying to do is protect the public.' 'There has been all these outbreaks, people spreading diseases,' Leslie told the Times. Leslie's bill also would allow any performer infected with an STD on the set of an adult film to sue for damages if the company failed to comply with the ban on hiring actors who have any STD. California assemblyman Tim Leslie, a Republican, has introduced a bill that would require all pornographic film actors to be tested for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases two weeks before appearing in an adult film and would prohibit film producers from hiring actors with any STD, the Los Angeles Times reports.
