Zac, Jonathan and I just went and had our semi annual HIV tests done. We got to thinking about how the tests have changed over the years. Today, one of us had the finger prick and the other two had the mouth swab tests done. There are three ways to perform the preliminary test and the results no longer take weeks, but just a mere 20 minutes. This also got us to thinking, the tests are 99.9% accurate, simple and require little or no exposure to actual blood, so why don’t the film studios that feature barebacking use them? Wouldn’t it be great to know that the test result you had before you was authentic, the most up to date possible and as accurate as any health clinic? So we looked it up online when we got home and sure enough...the test kits are available for a mere $19.99 each. Seems like pennies compared to the loss of one’s company, reputation, wealth or all of the above when suddenly faced with a lawsuit by a model or models. Not to mention the peace of mind for all involved in the production of films. Yes, it is still playing Russian Roulette with your life, but at least you’ve got a better chance of remaining negative and healthy. So what do you guys think? I would love to know how others feel about this concept.
In some cases that may be a good idea, but in general I doubt the bareback porn industry is going to adopt the practice.
For starters the major bareback porn companies primarily work with poz models. Unlike straight bareback porn, there isn’t the assumption of being neg when it comes to gay bareback porn. I doubt the bigger bb studios would let a neg bottom participate except in very structured situations (like a scene with a genuine boyfriend), and when they encounter neg tops like me the question is “let me know if we need to discuss the poz / neg thing” (direct quote from one of their e-mails this past week)...
The twink bb porn (like Cobra and some of the Eastern European stuff) - that’s where the HIV tests might come in handy, but then you get into the “authenticity” issue. I saw a speech by Paul Morris (can’t find the link) where he talked about how bareback porn resonates with people because they see it as authentic. Barebacking involves risk - and it’s risk people take every day. The guys in bareback porn don’t take HIV tests every time they have sex - so giving them HIV tests before a bb porn shoot wouldn’t be authentic. In fact the tests would get a completely different crowd of models into doing bareback scenes - ones that may be pretty, but won’t come across as “authentic” because they’re not the uninhibited pigs who made bareback porn what it is today.
In other words, any model who needs the assurance of an instant HIV test so he knows the guy he’s having sex with is neg, shouldn’t be doing bareback porn… When we get to the point that HIV tests before bb shoots are routine, bareback porn will have devolved into the boring, primped, plastic sh*t that you see in condom porn these days…
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