ABOUT THE ADULT INDUSTRY ASSISTANCE FUND
The fund was established in April 2004 by adult performer Jenna
Jameson and her husband, Jay Grdina, to help performers who have
suffered serious financial problems as a result of the hiatus
period resulting from discovery of HIV in the adult film industry.
Jameson and Grdina and their company, ClubJenna, Inc. have invited
other adult industry companies to contribute to AIAF.
“We have made a substantial contribution to launch this
fund, which will provide some bridge cash to actresses and actors
who have
been thrown out of work because of the precautionary measures
nearly everyone is taking. We will work with other industry leaders
to set up criteria for distributing the money we raise, but essentially
it will go to people who are in dire financial straits because
they
have been quarantined themselves, or have lost their jobs because
productions they were working on have been shut down. Lots of
people in our industry live from paycheck to paycheck, and it
is only fair for us to try to help out.”
ClubJenna and Jenna Jameson also issued this statement: “We
are calling for tighter self-regulation of the XXX movie industry
in order
to head off the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases
among adult performers. The fact is that the adult industry as
a
whole has been remarkably free of STDs and HIV, considering that
sex is what we do for a living. We must do even more to prevent
it
from taking root among performers. The incidence of HIV in the
adult industry is far lower than in the population as a whole,
and we
need to adopt stricter restrictions for our industry to keep it
that way. I think that any performer coming into the United States
from abroad, including American nationals who have worked outside
the country, should have a ‘quarantine’ period in
which they
must wait at least 60 days before beginning work again in the
adult industry.”
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