![]() It’s a fresh wound for the industry: In 2017, porn performer August Ames died by suicide following a backlash in response to a tweet announcing that she had declined a shoot after discovering that her co-star was a crossover performer. ![]() (Transgender women are often similarly stigmatized.) This is despite the fact that crossover performers who work in PASS-compliant straight porn go through the same testing protocols as non-crossover performers. ![]() The debate has also tapped into a longstanding stigma around so-called “crossover” performers: cisgender men who work on both “sides” of the industry, and who are seen by some as posing a higher STI transmission risk. This charged debate over undetectable performers has only highlighted the existing division between the so-called “gay side” and “straight side” of the business, and the idea that there are sides, as opposed to a united adult industry.
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