Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation

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The Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation (also AIM for short ) was a US non-profit organization that regularly examined around 1200 porn actors for sexually transmitted diseases , especially HIV infection, and also for therapies for alcohol, Offered drug and relationship problems. The AIM Health Care Foundation was based in Los Angeles , the center of the American porn industry in the San Fernando Valley . Due to voluntary commitments by the larger production companies in the porn industry, performers in the USA could not, in fact, work without the certificate of a negative HIV test issued by the Foundation, because the producers would not accept them without this certificate. The AIM has the written approval of the Los Angeles City Health Department.

In the 1980s, the spread of AIDS caused a number of deaths among pornographic actors. In 1998, actor Marc Wallice infected six female colleagues with HIV. This led to the founding of the organization in the same year. The founder of the foundation is Sharon Mitchell , a former porn actress who has appeared in over 2000 films and who graduated from the American University of Sexologists with a degree in Health Sciences ( Magister ) and Sexology ( Ph. D. ). The AIM helped establish a system in the US in which performers are screened for HIV infection on a monthly basis. Every performer and every sexual contact between the performer is registered. A positive test result means that all sexual partners in the last six months are contacted and tested again. The system has resulted in a lower rate of HIV transmission and a lower rate of infection among porn performers. The organization states that no test was positive between 2000 and 2004.

In 2004, actor Darren James tested positive for HIV. In order to prevent the virus from spreading, a search for his possibly infected partners was started. At the end of the tests, four infected actors were found and another unrelated to James. James has apparently had sexual contact with twelve women since his last test.

In January 2003, the Los Angeles Times reported that of the 483 cast members tested by the AIM Health Care Foundation between October 2001 and March 2002, 40% had at least one sexually transmitted disease. According to a survey by the Foundation, only about 17 percent of porn actors used condoms , after 2004 the value rose to 25% (Los Angeles Times). A proposed California law that would have made condom use compulsory for actors in the production of hardcore pornographic films was not passed in 2004 because of the well-functioning AIM test system. In January 2006, the large production company Vivid Entertainment Group deviated from its previous practice of encouraging actors to use condoms during the production of pornographic films because of the AIM test system that they considered to be effective, and exempted the actors from condom use.

The legal basis for the day clinic's work had previously been its non-profit status and the approval of the doctor who worked there. In June 2010, the California authorities informed the AIM that this condition would no longer be sustainable and that they would need a corresponding approval. On December 7, 2010, AIM received a notice that the day clinic would not be licensed under the current conditions, and on December 9 it was closed.

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  1. ↑ Scott Ross: Production Companies and Talent Agents Discuss Adult Safety Issues  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . AVN.com, May 18, 2004 (in English)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / business.avn.com  
  2. ↑ Scott Ross, Mark Kernes: Adult Industry Shocked at Employee Status of Adult Performers  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . AVN.com, September 18, 2004 (in English)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / business.avn.com  
  3. ↑ Scott Ross: Rob Spallone Questions AIM  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. AVN.com, April 23, 2004 (in English)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / business.avn.com  
  4. ↑ Todd Lewis: ASACP Releases Update on Age Verification Activities  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . AVN.com December 5, 2005 (in English)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / business.avn.com  
  5. ^ Paul Fishbein: Vivid Quietly Goes Condom-Optional . AVN.com February 1, 2006 (in English)
  6. ↑ California Health Department closes porn clinic - AIM is no longer allowed to test actors for HIV , ggg.at, December 10, 2010

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