Talk:Sexually transmitted infections in the pornography industry

Conflation of AIDS/HIV and complications arising from either

Under a picture of Josh Weston, a caption notes that he died "of AIDS" in 2012. In fact, Josh Weston never devolped AIDS, and died of septic shock from a bacterial infection, that could have arose from complications of his HIV+ condition, but certainly hasn't been confirmed to be the case and there are no sources sited. Whether or not Weston's death had anything to do with his HIV status or not, he didn't have AIDS and he didn't die from it. I'd question the relevance of this picture on this article at all. Maybe it should be removed? The caption should certainly be rewritten. Vyehdkok (talk) 16:23, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

rename?

Shouldn't this be HIV/AIDS in the pornographic film industry or HIV in the pornographic film industry? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.128.189.45 (talk) 21:19, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

 Done --holizz (talk) 15:55, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Actually, shouldn't it be "HIV/AIDS in the United States pornographic film industry"? Nowhere else seems to be mentioned. hamiltonstone (talk) 01:24, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Propose broaden scope and rename

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I propose that the scope of this article be broadened and that it be ranamed STDs in the porn industry. There isn't only a problem with HIV/AIDS, and it isn't only among those in the porn FILM industry. Lightbreather (talk) 19:56, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Some sources:

• Jennings, David (2000). "Chapter 20: AIDS and Other Four-Letter Words". Skinflicks: The Inside Story of the X-Rated Video Industry. David Jennings. ISBN 1-58721-184-X. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
• Anthony, Andrew (July 31, 2004). "Risky Business (part 1)". The Observer. Guardian News and Media.
• Anthony, Andrew (July 31, 2004). "Risky Business (part 2)". The Observer. Guardian News and Media.
• Grudzen, Corita R.; Kerndt, Peter R. (June 19, 2007). "The Adult Film Industry: Time to Regulate?". PLoS Medicine. 4 (6). National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0040126.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
• Taormino, Tristan (September 4, 2007). "Danger on the Set: A porn star's early retirement has industry insiders talking STDs". Village Voice.
• Morris, Chris (August 20, 2012). "Syphilis Outbreak Prompts Porn Shutdown". CNBC.
• "Los Angeles porn film stars have more sexually transmitted diseases than Nevada prostitutes, study says". Daily Mail. Associated Newspapers. November 2, 2012.
• Lupkin, Sydney (August 23, 2013). "Porn Star Cameron Bay Opens Up About HIV Scare". ABC News Internet Ventures.
• Lubben, Shelley (September 3, 2013). "STD and HIV Outbreaks in the Porn Industry Since the 1980's". http://pornharmsresearch.com/ (compilation). Morality in Media. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
• Lupkin, Sydney (September 4, 2013). "Second Porn Star Tests Positive for HIV". ABC News Internet Ventures.
• Castillo, Michelle (September 10, 2013). "Fourth porn actor reportedly latest to contract HIV". CBS Interactive.
• Romero, Dennis (June 10, 2014). "1 in 4 Porn Stars Has Had Gonorrhea or Chlamydia, UCLA Study Says". LA Weekly.
• Conger, Kate (August 28, 2014). "Porn film production 'must stop in Los Angeles' after actor tests positive for HIV". SF Weekly.
• Michaelson, Elex (August 28, 2014). "HIV Case Spurs Call For Porn Production Moratorium". ABC Inc.
• Romero, Dennis (August 28, 2014). "L.A. Porn Production Shuts Down Over HIV Report". LA Weekly.
• Izadi, Elahe (August 29, 2014). "HIV case prompts industry-wide moratorium on porn filming". Washington Post.
• Izadi, Elahe (September 2, 2014). "Porn filming moratorium lifted after HIV case turned out to be a false positive". Washington Post.

--Lightbreather (talk) 20:05, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Notice of standardizing citation formatting, dates, etc.

I'm going to spend a day or two standardizing the article's citation formatting, including dates. The dates are a hodge-podge, but the first and last are in "dd Month yyyy" format, so that's what I'm going to use. Lightbreather (talk) 21:07, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Wallice sources

The Wallice paragraph in the 1980s and 1990s section is not well sourced. I am preserving these here for discussion.

• "Marc Wallice Porn Star". excaliburfilms.com. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
• Harvey, Dennis (3 October 2005). "3 Needles". Variety (review). Los Angeles, California: Variety Media. Retrieved 10 September 2014.

--Lightbreather (talk) 23:35, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

"Porn" in the title

Considering this is an informal short form of 'pornography', perhaps this article should be renamed to 'STDs in the pornography industry'? Banedon (talk) 01:21, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Split off HIV/AIDS section?

The section on HIV/AIDS in the porn industry has more than enough content for its own article, and splitting it off would free up the rest of the main article for coverage of STDs in the porn industry in general, as well as of non-HIV/AIDS STDs in said industry. Whoop whoop pull up ^{Bitching Betty | Averted crashes} 14:17, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

2010s

On October 12, 2010, AIM reported that an actor or actress had been infected with HIV. The name and gender of the person was not released to the public.

Whoop whoop pull up, see WP:Spinout and WP:No split. Going by the current state of the article, and that most of the research into "STDs in the porn industry" has concerned HIV/AIDS, there is no need at all to split off that content into its own article; it is relatively small, and so is the article as a whole. Ideally, content should only be split off into its own article when needed. You can ask at WP:Med for more opinions on this matter. Flyer22 (talk) 15:22, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

References

2014

HIV scare in US porn industry after two actors test positive --Ochrid (talk) 02:01, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

2016 California Election: Proposition 60

2012 was not the only year in California that a ballot initiative was proposed to require the wearing of condoms in porn shot within the state, but nothing in this article really speaks beyond that. Should we not include a section on Proposition 60, which further sought (supposedly) to protect pornstars and other adult actors in the state from STIs?

SalomeCzapiewski (talk) 23:24, 16 December 2021 (UTC)