Gay bareback production studio Hot Desert Knights, Inc. (HDK), has announced they will immediately begin testing all HDK models for HIV and other STD’s. All testing will be conducted through the auspices of the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation (AIM).

HDK president Bill Gardner said, “We are alarmed and shocked at the proliferation of new bareback studios, especially those from overseas, who are using increasingly younger models without providing any counseling or information regarding STD transmission to these models. It appears as if these studios care little for the health and safety of their models”.

Gardner went on to say, “We are happy to take the lead as the first bareback studio to provide testing and know that by doing so we are providing an environment of safer sex for all of our talent. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, other than HIV, can cause serious health problems for the talent in our industry and many STD’s can be acquired by the various sex acts performed in front of the camera other than anal sex”. “For that reason, we urge all gay studios to consider testing all models for STD’s if they truly wish to provide a safer sex work environment”, stated Gardner.

In a comment on his blog Gardner lashed out at leading industry pro-condom advocates…

Chi-Chi and Keith Webb from Titan, ARE YOU LISTENING???? I’ve heard from a couple of friends that Keith from Titan has even made the comment that we must have some type of ulterior motive. What the hell could be “ulterior” about trying to stop the spread of HIV and other STD’s.

As everyone knows, C1R (Chi-Chi’s studio) and Titan have been the most outspoken spokesmen against bareback films. Yet, neither one of them test any of their models for anything. Do they really think that a condom is going to stop the spread of all STD’s when the models are doing other things in front of the camera (and before the camera is turned on)that place the models at risk of catching some other STD such as Hepatitis C?

For years they kept saying that what we were doing was wrong. That we didn’t care about the health and safety of our models. Hmmm, I’m beginning to wonder how genuine their complaints were…or were they just losing money to bareback sales and it turns out they were more concerned about losing money than protecting their own models?

C’mon Chi-Chi, Keith and Chris at Raging Stallion, put your money where your collective mouths have been! STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND DO THE RIGHT THING, START TESTING! It’s time that every gay studio starts testing.

In addition to HIV, Hot Desert Knights will also be testing for Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia and Hepatitis A, B&C. HDK will then sero-sort accordingly.