How the HIV Scare Affects the Gay Webmaster Community

May 3, 2004

CYBERSPACE - The recent outbreak of HIV in the porn world has many performers, directors and studios shaking in their boots. Even Webmasters and content providers for adult Websites are wondering how this affects them. Should they, too, have to abide by the AVN-recommended 60-day moratorium?

Gay pornographers have long been aware of the dangers of HIV and have been promoting safe sex within the industry since the early '90s, when the AIDS epidemic ran rampant in their community. Yet, while most gay pornographers publicly rally against barebacking (anal sex without a condom), it still goes on, both on video and on the Web. How does this recent scare affect gay Webmasters?

"The gay community has never followed the same procedures as the straight community," ChiChiClicks.com manager Rob Novinger told AVNOnline.com. "We practice safe sex every day, and everyone is told to assume your partner is HIV positive, so it doesn't matter whether we are shooting for video or on the Web because we only use condoms. Most of our Web content is solo anyway, but if there is sex, there are condoms required.

http://www.avnonline.com/issues/2004...050304_1.shtml

Dzine and I actually had a really great conversation on this a while back. http://forums.gaywidewebmasters.com/...&threadid=2070
I would have liked to have seen more people chime in...perhaps this is a better time.