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Originally Posted by washoe
A cross over performer is an adult actor who performs in straight adult movies as well as in trans adult movies.
What they don't tell you is, apparently starring in trans adult movies is a bit like russian roulette.
Crossover also refers to men who do gay as well as straight scenes. August Ames didn't even refuse the scene because the man had done a trans scene, and she didn't express a personal preference not to perform with that man, she posted the following tweet:
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Originally Posted by August Ames
]whichever (lady) performer is replacing me tomorrow for @EroticaXNews, you're shooting with a guy who has shot gay porn, just to let cha know. BS is all I can say🤷🏽♀️ Do agents really not care about who they're representing? #ladirect I do my homework for my body🤓✏️🔍
So nothing to do with trans people anyway, making this even less relevant than previously.
If you're right that she was referring to Nacho Vidal then he tested positive long after her death and it doesn't even appear from what you've said that he contracted the virus in the adult film industry anyway. Actually, googling it, it's possible that Nacho doesn't even have HIV at all and it was a false positive due to another chronic condition.
The idea that starring in trans movies is like "Russian roulette" is something you can't possibly defend. It sounds like the type of thing you've read on one of those Reddit links you've posted before. Adult performers in the US are regularly tested and that applies to gay and trans performers. How many HIV outbreaks have their been among trans performers in the US? A lot of shady stuff goes on in that industry but people aren't dropping like flies because they've had sex with a trans person.
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What drew my anger? It's simple. August Ames refused to shoot with someone who is a cross over performer. Something that many people agree with, and she wasn't the first one refusing this for safety reasons.
But she did it publicly on social media. She was naive and thought this is the most logical thing she can do and everyone would understand it.
It turned out that she was attacked by numerous people saying she was homophobic. In reality she wasn't. She was legit concerned about her health. Well, she got destroyed for this, even by some other adult stars. Shame on them, honestly. She committed suicide shortly after. All her peers said it was this mob that destroyed her.
August's tweet was explicitly homophobic. It wasn't simply that she'd declined a scene, it was that she suggested that no other women should perform with someone because they'd been in a gay scene. I'm sure she was genuinely concerned for her health but you've done nothing to motivate that she actually held a rational position. What she said was on the lines of "I'm not working with a black guy, every chance they'll mug me".
What happened next was deeply tragic and a warning about the dangers of social media when the dogpiling occurs. August Ames had lived a troubled life wrought with abuse, suffered deeply from mental health issues, and the last thing she needed was everyone to tell her she's a bad person.
What angers me is the idea that her death is being used to promote the kind of bigotry that "starring in trans adult movies is a bit like russian roulette". Her tweet doesn't become post hoc justified because a performer you say was regularly seeing prostitutes contracted HIV. Her prejudice doesn't become rational due to the tragedy of her death.
August Ames is a very sad story but she isn't even relevant to this discussion and she certainly isn't a warning sign that it's dangerous to be with a bisexual.