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Adult-Film Star’s Party to Benefit Youth AIDS Group : Fund-raising: A birthday bash for Amber Lynn will raise money for a struggling organization.

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TIMES STAFF WRITER

The stars will be X-rated but the concept is pure charity.

That’s the ironic twist in Wednesday night’s 28th-birthday bash for former adult-film star and current topless burlesque dancer Amber Lynn: All the proceeds will benefit the Youth AIDS Foundation in Hollywood--a struggling organization that is less than a year old and facing a financially dim future.

The last thing an adult-film star may want to think about is AIDS, but it is not to be ignored, said Lynn, whose last adult films were made seven years ago and included such titles as “Miami Spice” and “Amber’s Desire.” These days, she is the topliner at Goldfingers, an Eastern chain of seven upscale topless clubs.

Lynn said the adult-film industry has been slow to recognize the epidemic, noting that few of the companies making sex films have their performers use condoms.

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“Probably no one has gotten involved before, because no one suggested it,” said Lynn, who is organizing the event. Although she met some resistance to the AIDS benefit, “most people have been very compassionate,” she said.

Lynn’s birthday party at the Bel-Age Hotel in West Hollywood is expected to draw hundreds, including some top names in the adult-film biz, paying $75 per person. Among the adult-film celebrities expected: hostess Victoria Paris, Marilyn Chambers, Jamie Summers, Ginger Lynn, Barbara Dare, Hyapathia Lee, Madison, Patricia Kennedy, Sharon Kane and Teri Weigel.

The party idea grew out of Lynn’s friendship with Youth AIDS Foundation executive director Robert H. Levy.

Levy said there were discussions about the “propriety” of having an adult entertainment event as a fund-raiser for a charitable group that helps children. “We decided that the most important thing was to be able to provide services to the kids with AIDS. My hat is off to Amber for stepping forward to help. Without this money, we’d have to close our doors by the end of the year.”

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