March 27th 2008
Clone Zone make a public statement about Bareback Porn:

Clone Zone is in full support of GAIKISS in promoting the code of practice for both gay and straight movie makers. Clone Zone has always taken the issue of bareback porn seriously. Clone Zone is the largest gay retailer in the UK and would like to stress in the future Clone Zone will only sell movies from companies that have paperwork to prove that all models involved have been tested for HIV before filming. Clone Zone has always highlighted bareback films in their stores with a ‘play safe’ sticker and will continue to do so.

March 20th 2008
GMFA confirm their support for the Code of Practice

March 17th 2008
iCreme confirm their support for the Code of Practice and confirm that the company is ceasing all bareback film production

March 13th 2008
Sohoboyz (www.sohoboyz.org.uk) give their support to the Code of Practice

March 6th 2008
BOYZ magazine carry an article following up the Newsnight report on the effects of barebacking and HIV transmission in the gay adult industry

March 6th 2008
GMFA send out a Press Release regarding the Newsnight Programme and Bareback Porn:

BBC’s Newsnight report on models who apparently become infected performing in bareback porn films highlights the risks that gay men take if they have unprotected sex. The performers were assured that their activity was safe, as they had received clear HIV antibody tests prior to filming.  It appears though that at least one of the performers was HIV positive and after the filming was completed four of the actors received positive HIV tests.  With a third of HIV positive gay men in the UK remaining unaware of their HIV status, this story demonstrates some of the inherent difficulties in knowing the HIV status of sexual partners.
GMFA’s Matthew Hodson said, “It’s deeply upsetting when someone becomes HIV positive and the guys in this case seem to have been vulnerable and given extremely poor advice. An HIV antibody test has a window period of several weeks after transmission of HIV before it will give a positive result. A certificate of an HIV negative test result isn’t enough to prove your HIV status, unless you have taken no sexual risks in the period before you took the test and obviously no sexual risks after you took the test.”
The Newsnight report did not establish whether the performers infected each other, or which performer was the initial source of the infection.
“All of the performers took similar risks with each other and four of them are now infected with HIV, which is probably equally devastating to all of them,” said Hodson. “The truth is we don’t have built in HIV detectors and guesswork is no guarantee of avoiding risks. Fucking without condoms is the most common method of HIV transmission and HIV negative men who continue to fuck without condoms with men whose status they can not know are likely to be exposed to HIV.”
GMFA’s latest campaign challenges the expectation that gay men can know with any confidence the HIV status of their sexual partners. The campaign is designed to encourage men to think about the ways they establish someone’s HIV status and to use condoms to avoid sexual risks.  The ads, featuring a makeshift HIV detector, highlight the uncertainty of knowing a guy’s status for sure. 
“We welcome any moves on the part of the gay porn industry to protect their performers,” added Hodson. “I suspect that so long as there continues to be a demand for bareback porn there will continue to be companies that produce it. If gay men don’t want porn stars to risk their health, they should stop buying bareback porn.”

March 5th 2008
BBC's Newsnight highlights some aspects of the effects of barebacking and HIV transmission in the gay adult industry (read the details here, Newsnight article or watch the 14 minute section of the programme here, Newsnight programme)

February 21st 2008
GAIKISS website now with sixty clinics that offer certificates of STI results

February 17th 2008
THE SWORD (USA gay adult information site) holds an anonymous survey of nearly 100 gay actors in the gay adult industry in America with respect to sexual safety in the industry. (Read the article here and see the results of the survey here)

February 10th 2008
GAIKISS website now with thirty one clinics that offer certificates of STI test results

February 7th 2008
UKAP (UK Adult Producers) give their support to the Code of Practice

February 7th 2008
Boyz Magazine - 'Gay Porn Code of Practice Gathers Pace' - article on the increasing awareness in the adult industry of the Code of Practice

February 5th 2008
European Gay News - article on GAIKISS launch and Code of Practice

February 2008
QXMen magazine article - 'Bareback Panic - LATEST' with support for GAIKISS initiative

January 24th 2008
AITA (Adult Industry Trade Association) give their support to the Code of Practice

January 20th 2008
GAIKISS website updated with twelve clinics that offer certificates of STI test results

January 17th 2008
Chi Chi LaRue launches "Safe Sex is Hot Sex" campaign in America, with promotional video (See the video at www.safesexishotsex.com )

January 10th 2008
GAIKISS website and Code of Practice launched

Summer/Autumn 2007
Initial Discussions between adult content producers, sexual health advisors and models regarding making sex safer in gay adult films