Wednesday, June 24, 2009
by Wendy Williams from her blog
HIV Adult Industry Scare from a TS Point of View
As many of you have heard or read on many blogs the Adult Industry is currently with a "scare". What has happen according to many blogs is that a Female Talent apparently was postive and a producer didnt follow up on her test and she shot with several men. Both men have tested negative but still there are situations concerning her test with A.I.M *Adult Industry Testing* , the producer and the female talent. So what does any of this have to do with the transsexual niche? Here we go so grab your drink and sit back and try and follow me LOL.
Lets do some history and some information that many of you might find interesting or not. Transsexual Porn is classified as Straight Specality. Why Straight? This is a debate that many have had for as long as Ive been around. All I can say is that gay men like masculinity and in the gay community transsexuals have served as a form of entertainment on stage but not in the bedroom. Men that I have encountered have always indentifed themselves as "straight". They like the feminine qualites that make us a transsexual and the dick is sort of a fetish. Now on the other side they say if you like dick than you are gay. I honestly am not here to put anyone in a box and if a guy who doest like men but likes a transsexual says he is straight than so be it. So obviously the adult industry had to market our porn to those who buy it, guess what that is STRAIGHT and or curious men. There is no market for a gay company to produce this content so most are all big straight companys like Evil Angel and Devils Film. Our genre is celebrated in the regular Avn Awards and we are held to the same standards of the straight adult community.
Standards? In the Adult Industry in order to protect talent A.I.M (http://www.aim-med.org/) For 125.00 bucks talent can get tested for H.I.V (About the test: The HIV/PCR DNA qualitative test will detect early HIV infection by looking for the inhibitory substance of the HIV virus itself. This test typically will find HIV between 10 and 14 days after exposure. The HIV Elisa test looks for the person’s antibody response to the HIV virus. This test will detect HIV between 6 weeks and 6 months of exposure. ) With this test we are also tested for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia. We as talent are expected to keep a fresh test every 30 days! Producers are given access to a database where he or she can log in and get the results to VERIFY he/she has current and clean test. Sadly in the Gay Adult Industry there is no standard unless you are a company like Chi Chi Larue who requires condoms on ALL shoots! So here is where the problem occurs for ladies like myself.
Stereotypes? Sadly since there are those close minded individuals who only see black and white I am often grouped into the gay community which by all means is High Risk (anal sex penetration from dick to ass). Also there have been a reported case of Transsexuals in Brazil infecting U.S talent. So those who are close minded and or biggoted choose to take those statistics and or reports and automatically group ALL transsexuals as high risk and dangerous for cross over male talent and or females! My argument is if I am freshly tested and my male talent and I am doing everything that a female pornstar is than why am I being stereotyped as a danger to the adult industry? Gay males are the second highest risk group to African American Females. I dont have sex with "gay" men, I am tested on a regular basis, and in my personal life I DONT do drugs or drink NOR do I have unprotected sex. I understand those who are skeptical and or dont understand but spreading lies and or supporting stereotypes OUTSIDE of the Adult Industry is not fair for ladies like myself who follow the same guidelines as Courtney Cummz who recently voiced her concern about "shemales" and or "gay" males! I as an adult in the Adult Industry just EXPECT that I am given a fair playing field based on my actions not my sex!
Double Standards? If you havent heard of ChristianXXX than you really arent keeping up LOL Christian in the early part of his career did a few gay films before moving over to working daily with females. He also works with transsexuals and has taken alot of heat from both females putting him on their no list for that practice and alot of fans who call him "trannyfucker" or "chrissy". Christian has NOT done a gay film in many years but because of his work with transsexuals many feel he is wrong for not informing EVERy single talent "oh by the way Ive worked with a transsexual". Christian has an amazing record of testing for MANY years every month. Then you have male talent like Chris Strokes who lost an amazing gig with Brazzers for allowing a male to perform oral on him in a video. Brazzer fans apparently didnt like it because it was "gay" . Then there are performers like TJ Cummings and Seth Dickens who have a gay past but are working on the flip side now and you hardly hear any of those same people screaming for them to leave porn. I believe that Christians harsh personality and attitude has brought alot of it on him however my point isnt to cast stones but wonder why its ok for female talent to work with a transsexual and not get the same backlash as Christian has? I can honestly see the line being drawn with gay porn because of the testing standards but not so much with a fellow A.I.M tested TS! Also how can we make a line when you have ALOT of female on female scenes out there. If we insist on that line to be made than how can we pick and choose which varieties of the gay/bi/tranny scenario go where?
HIV is scarey and by all means we have the right to CHOOSE whom we work with and dont need to validate those reasons to anyone! My problem is when those "fans" choose to be so harsh with using a deadly disease as a way to cast doubt on an ENTIRE commnity, in this case American Transsexuals! I want to make it clear that not EVERY person or company is doing the right thing Im sure! I only ask and wish to have a HEALTHY debate with those who argue that American Transsexuals who follow the same guidelines as female talent are making this Industry more dangerous?
The Adult Industry is full of dangerous sexual activity from creampies, gangbangs to hardcore fetish but that is the reason why GUIDELINES are given in order to PROTECT those involved. I only as that TS companys and or talent DEMAND that we continue to VOICE safe sex in our community. That whether it be internet or DVD that all involved are tested or mandatory condoms! Those who dont understand my choices will never bend on the issue HOWEVER the best way to fight those stereotypes is to lead by example.
As part of the GLBT Community I look forward to the day that the Gay Industry DEMANDS testing of all their talent. Until then I only ask that my fellow TS Sisters always strive to be treated equal. Being equal means testing yourself and requiring your male talent to be tested also. Testing is the ONLY way (condoms or not) that we can continue to fight those that say we dont belong were we are today!
So how did a Female testing positive bring on this discussion? Sadly anytime HIV is brought up and or discussed the transsexual/gay community is an easy scape goat. Its easier to point fingers than look at one’s own life and how you could help with the problem and not ad to it!
Finally I am NO Saint and not trying to say Im perfect but I can say that I make sure my body is safe and the environment for my talent are also!
I welcome HEALTHY debate/suggestions/feedback
Wendy Williams
2009 AVN Transsexual Performer of the Year
GET TESTED
Below are some links to topics of where you can see some harsh and or stereotypical comments:
This thread is about the director in Question who happens to also be a director of Tranny/bi/straight and fetish films, so since he is bi all of a sudden TS Porn is brought into it: https://www.lukeisback.com/?p=7294
This thread by the "colonel" truly supports some of those sad stereotypes I face in this Industry: https://www.lukeisback.com/?p=7245
Read this last paragraph of Courtney Cummz Blog:
http://thecourtneycummzblog.com/?p=114
SORRY I SHALL PROOFREAD the next time LOL
I promise I have a College Degree!
“Now on the other side they say if you like dick than you are gay”
Plain common sense.
“I am often grouped into the gay community which by all means is High Risk (anal sex penetration from dick to ass).”
Wendy, maybe you do not think yourself as a gay man, just as a female with a dick, but the fact is, you are being buttfucked and you are buttfucking, that is were the risk happens. The HIV does not care what do you think of yourself.
Bigoted=Realistic.
Rics you have made it clear on here your position with transsexuals so Im not going to attempt and try and make you understand and or have a conversation with you after this comment.
You say that “you are being buttfucked and you are buttfucking. that is were the risk happens” than by your anaology that girls doing anal are of the same risk that I am.
I dont see myself as anything but a transsexual!
Common sense? Well I guess it depends on who you are talking too!
I must thank you Wendy for posting the link to my article on LIB. More people will read my writings and draw their own conclusions, and that’s exactly what I want.
Anyone who has sex without a condom and with multiple partners are all at risk for contracting STDs. Anyone who goes against gay men and transsexuals for having unprotected anal sex with multiple partners should also go against heterosexuals for having unprotected anal sex with multiple partners. Unprotected anal sex is unprotected anal sex no matter who you are.
I was banned last week from the ADT forum because I was arguing with this bitch about HIV in porn. I even forgot her name because I have never heard of her before! Hannah something. But I looked at her IAFD page and there you go with anal and creampies! So this pinhead is heaving unprotected anal sex and creampies but doesn’t think she can get HIV.
She wants everyone who is HIV positive out of porn even if they work behind the scenes. She even wants everyone who has tested NEGATIVE to be kicked out of porn. Tricia Devereaux (Hello!) had to point out to Hannah how she does anal and creampies in her videos. Tricia also had to point out to Hannah that she has worked with lots of performers that had tested negative during the HIV outbreaks throughout the years.
Hannah also seems to forget, or doesn’t even know, that her former employers Tricia & husband John are both HIV positive. But I got banned instead of this bitch saying everyone who is HIV positive should be kicked out and even the ones who test negative. Though she practices in more higher risk sex and without a condom.
I don’t know how anyone in porn can go against another group when you all have risky unprotected sex. Unless you work for Wicked who always use condoms, you’re all risk for contracting STDs and even HIV. Get into another line of work if you’re afraid of contracting HIV.
Aren’t there more important things to worry about in the world than transsexuals and pinning everything that is wrong in the world on them? I just watched a video of a girl dying on the streets in Iran. I thought it would be censored. Thanks Luke!! 🙁 But there she was dying after attending a peaceful protest with her father before the police started spraying the crowd with bullets.
Unless you’re a virgin or use condoms with every single partner and have never had anal sex, you have no business attacking transsexuals.
“I was banned last week from the ADT forum because I was arguing with this bitch about HIV in porn.”
Drama Ford!
Darrah, Again, as I told you many times nicely and otherwise, you need to understand the subject of your discussion and speculation before hitting the keyboard buttons, you need to be involved and a part of the adult industry in order to present a valid opinion about it’s facts and realities. You can’t sit in your apartment in god knows where and theorize about what’s what and who’s who. Stirring shit like this will never get you anywhere. Ever. It doesn’t work that way, sister, and I’m amazed after all this time you still don’t fucking get it. stop doing this to yourself and get a fucking life for fuck’s sake.
So I need your cock in each hole first in order for me to have an opinion about this industry? I and others don’t need to be a part of the industry we blog about or live in the same state or ever meet people from that industry. We can just sit back and type away our feelings or whatever the fuck we want to talk about. If I cared what anyone ever said about me, I would have stopped a year and a half ago.
See Darrah, I was trying to be nice to you, but since it doesn’t work with you that way, so let me meet you on your own level: yes, you need to have my cock in your every god damn hole and lick my asshole clean before having any valid opinion on my fucking industry, my fucking livelihood and my fucking world. You can sit back, type crap and eat shit all you want, you can ride my coat tail and play the backseat driver all you want, just don’t take yourself too seriously and don’t cry martyr when people get annoyed by you and ban you and kick you to the curb. You do this to yourself because you’re biased, childish, stupid and full of shit; and you refuse to realize your mistakes, learn from them and reform yourself. You keep on circling this vicious cycle and bringing shit on yourself. Nobody does this to you but you, and after all this time you still don’t fucking get it.
Just don’t think you can bring your little retarded jolly flame wars to this board because they kicked you out of everywhere else. That’s not gonna happen. So if you got something to say, reseach, read, learn, learn and learn some fucking more before hitting the keyboard buttons like the lab monkey; otherwise fuck off and get lost.
This isn’t your website. And you’ve brought more flame wars on here than I ever have. Whatever I have said has never effected you or your livelihood. And I have never taken myself seriously and have been the first one to criticize myself.
You have driven many people away from commenting here. Where did Ruby go?? I like Cindi and that’s why I don’t comment here like I used to because if I stayed, it would be an all out flame war between you and I. Cindi wouldn’t like that and that’s why I have stayed away.
I know I’ve made mistakes and I even apologized for one of them last week on my blog to Angelina Armani. But I have never gone out of my way to hurt people like you have.
I was banned from XPT by the wife because I blogged about their “private” life. Though her husband’s girlfriend was on another forum talking all about her new boyfriend. I was banned from ADT because I was defending porn stars with HIV who still work in porn. ADT doesn’t like flame wars and that’s why I was banned instead of the bitch porn star. I was banned from XPT because his wife owns half the board and she wanted me out. So don’t bring up me being banned.
I was asked if I would out who you are on my blog. I said no because it’s none of my business, you’ve never done anything to me, and I don’t want to get involved. Months ago I was given a list of names of who you might be. Turns out none of them are you. I now know your name, what company you work for, and what you look like. If little ole’ me knows who you are and was asked to out you on my blog, don’t you think others are circling around you waiting for that moment to drop the bomb on your parade?
You hate this industry more than I do and you’ve made your hatred for the industry very clear. So anything I say pales in comparison and I don’t understand why you hate me for it.
Wendy Williams is fucking hot I’d bareback her any day!
Darrha, I can’t keep on spending time going back and forth with you, so let’s get somethings straight once and for all:
1. It’s not about whose this web site is. This web site belongs to Cindi Loftus, when on this board, I feel like a guest in a friend’s house, so I’ll respect my host and this board as much as I can; however I won’t allow you or anybody else for that matter to take advantage of a public board and run their mouths on the issues that are niether their business nor their field of experties. You were banned from XPT for the same reason some people were banned from LIB: you failed to realize and accept your place as a guest and disrespected your host. The same goes for ADT, so again, it was your fault and nobody else’s. Hence, you better learn and practice this lesson: know your place and watch your mouth.
2. Don’t play high school games with me and don’t think you can threat me by speculating about my identity. The people who should know me do know me, and the people like you who shouldn’t, don’t because that’s none of their business. So go ahead and speculate all you want, that’s not going to change anything.
3. I don’t hate niether you nor the adult industry. There issues about the adult industry that must be addressed and discussed by the adult industry insiders, the people who those issues have direct impact on their lives, safety and livelihood; and that’s what I’m doing. As for you, I can’t hate you because I don’t personally know you and you haven’t done anything to endanger my business and livelihood. But you do annoy me with your biased, childish speculations, lack of actual knowledge and poor reasoning, and I can tell you I’m not the only one annoyed by your erratic behavior. So instead of insisting on playing out your failed formula and bringing shit storms on yourself, reform yourself, be more reasonable and do what any professional journalist does: exam, investigate and understand your facts before jumping your guns and making comments about anybody or anything. Try this for a while and you’ll see the results for yourself.
johnny1290,wendy williams,perez hilton and chrissyxxx can all go and fuck them selves. and wendy hot please!
Thanks for speaking up Wendy. As a TS performer, it is truly disheartening to be scapegoated by straight people (or closet cases as it may be) who are informed by stereotypes.
Something I would like to point out, is that TS generally perform much less than straight performers (very few TS get more than 1 or 2 scenes a month) and most scenes involve barriers. So if anyone is going to be giving anyone an STD, chances are it is going to be the “straight” performer passing it along to the tranny (unless the TS is having unprotected sex with multiple partners elsewhere, which certainly happens but I have never seen any statistics to indicate TS performers being more at risk).
I understand that TS make alot of people uncomfortable, after all we do stand the whole concept of straight vs. gay on its head, and its cool to express feelings of unease. Trust me, we TS are used to people being uncomfortable with us, and we are ok with it. I would hope that at some point a healthy dialogue could emerge in the industry around peoples boundaries, rather than tired discussions where people hurl insults based on stereotypes and ignorance.
In the end a clean AIM test is a clean AIM test.
xoxo
Mandy
The only “conclusion” one comes to from reading you’re “writings” (used loosely, more insane rants actually) is you are a self-repressed, self-loathing, mentally disturbed, malignant narcissist…and a self hating homesexual. In others words, you hate what you hate most about yourself. My free diagnosis or you’re mental condition. Don’t worry I’m prepared for you’re big words like “fuck off” how queer of you.
The Colonel Says:
I must thank you Wendy for posting the link to my article on LIB. More people will read my writings and draw their own conclusions, and that’s exactly what I want.
boredfan, are you refering to me? i’m lost on your “rant”.
pornfan, I was referring the the “self appointed” MD, MBA, Esquire and general twit know-it-all “the colonel” Speaking of “the colonel”…were is it? We know it isn’t “working”
Boredfan, you piece of shit, I have no time, reason or interest to pay any attention to you. To me you’re a miserable, obsessed, poor fanboy waiting in line at a convention to pay $5 for a picture with your favorite whore, you’re a piece of toilet paper that I wipe my ass with every morning, you’re a foul joke that I enjoy cracking whenever I’m drunk late at night. So do yourself as well as the others a favor: get lost and go bark at someone else’s tree; or I’ll talk to Cindi and ask her to slap you around since you add nothing informative, interesting or useful to the conversation on this board. Piss off before getting humilated further.
To the colonel, is this how someone who claims to be an “authority” on HIV and STD’s responds to a legitimate question regarding other “risky” talent behavior.
to further this, the owner can choose ban me if she chooses. But the mere “challenge” to you regarding this issue, speaks volumes of you’re knowledge on this subject.
For all the shemales out there: you folks like having sex w/ “straight” men correct? But forgive me the silly question but if they’re really straight then why would they be turned on by somebody that has a cock?
I”m not trying to be disrespectful so don’t take it that way. And I realize you guys have it the worst in this world. Compared to gays they have it night and day easier than you guys. I’m also not under the illusion that there isn’t a market for your type of films. There is all kinds of dudes that are into your deal. I would ask, when you work w/ a male or in private life do you consider him gay or just adventurous, bi, or simply open w/ his sexuality?
And I know that sometimes you fuck women on certain films, ala, Joey whatshisface pictures? I”ve noticed that your type of thing is b/c more and more available. But there does seem to be a shortage of American shemales. Why is that? They to go to other parts of the world to get the talent needed for this product. YOu know the ones who can’t even speak English.
Like I said, i’m not trying to stir it up or be an asshole. Just wondering b/c you guys sure have your ups and downs you have to contend w/
Re GQtaste:
I have a different take on this question than many of the other girls, since I primarily am attracted to women, I do consider myself gay (lesbian actually). I live with a female, I’m legally female, I can’t get married to my female partner of 5 years, and very much have to deal with everything that other lesbians have to deal with in our society. When I hook up with people for fun (I’m in an open relationship) I tend to cruise dyke parties/bars/BDSM spaces. So I could really give a fuck whether guys are straight or not, and I find the whole thing a little silly.
I got so sick of hearing guys tell me they were straight but they just had to drink cum from a rock hard cock. Why the pretense? Who cares? Why not just like what you like and be a man about it. But many of the guys who purchase TS porn see themselves as straight, and I think it has less to do with defining what they like in bed and more to do with feeling “normal” which is what straight is code for.
As for why more TS with female stuff isn’t shot in the US, I think there are a plethora of reasons, first and foremost that it is cheaper in Brazil and there are more TS there who are into women.
If I’m paying for a production I usually shoot with women, but when I’m being hired by other companies they usually cast me with men (except for a few movies I’ve done with my sweetie) because it is believed to be more profitable. Since the profit margin with Shemale/female is less than TS with a guy, and costs of shooting TS in the states is much higher, I think most companies just go with what they know will make the most money.