Lara Roxx is a Canadian who, in March 2004, became the first of three
known individuals in four years to contract HIV while making a U.S.
pornographic video. She is currently[when?] actively using her
likeness to help break stigma and educate.Roxx became famous in 2004
at age 21, after being exposed to HIV while doing a pornographic scene
with Darren James. She allegedly contracted the virus just two months
after doing her first scene, a double anal. Roxx said previously that
she relied on the industry's HIV standards to ensure her safety.James
and Roxx have been banned from any further porn production in the US.
At the end of April 2004, it was confirmed that Jessica Dee and Miss
Arroyo, after having worked with James, also tested positive for
HIV.Roxx, upon learning about James' being HIV-positive, said, "It
totally made me realize how I trusted this system that wasn't to be
trusted at all, because it obviously doesn't work," and "I thought
porn people were the cleanest people in the world."
known individuals in four years to contract HIV while making a U.S.
pornographic video. She is currently[when?] actively using her
likeness to help break stigma and educate.Roxx became famous in 2004
at age 21, after being exposed to HIV while doing a pornographic scene
with Darren James. She allegedly contracted the virus just two months
after doing her first scene, a double anal. Roxx said previously that
she relied on the industry's HIV standards to ensure her safety.James
and Roxx have been banned from any further porn production in the US.
At the end of April 2004, it was confirmed that Jessica Dee and Miss
Arroyo, after having worked with James, also tested positive for
HIV.Roxx, upon learning about James' being HIV-positive, said, "It
totally made me realize how I trusted this system that wasn't to be
trusted at all, because it obviously doesn't work," and "I thought
porn people were the cleanest people in the world."
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