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September 18, 2013
Porn's 4th Case of HIV Confirmed, With a 5th Possible, Group Says
Even as the porn industry says an HIV-related production shut-down was scheduled to end Friday, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation today said it has confirmed that a fourth performer has come up HIV-positive. See also: Porn's Latest HIV-Related Production Shut-Down to End. The group, which has spearhe ... More >>
Blogs
September 10, 2013
Porn's 4th HIV Doubted by Adult Biz Group
The adult video industry's lobbying group last night cast doubt on reports that a fourth performer has come up HIV-positive following an outbreak affecting at least three porn stars. See also: Porn Biz Sees Fourth Case of HIV. The Free Speech Coalition called it a case of "rumors" and accused the ... More >>
Blogs
September 5, 2013
Rod Daily: Second Porn Star Comes Up HIV Positive
This week the porn industry got the worst possible news when a performer who goes by the name Rod Daily tweeted that he has tested positive for HIV. His would be the second positive for the virus in the adult business since August, when Cameron Bay, identified by industry blogger Mike South as Dail ... More >>
Blogs
August 5, 2013
Porn Loses 1 Condom Battle, But War Remains
The adult video industry and the AIDS Healthcare Foundation have been locked in a bitter battle over mandatory condoms in porn. For the most part, the AHF has been winning, although enforcement of prophylactic rules in the city and county of L.A. has been elusive. Over the weekend the organization ... More >>
Blogs
April 17, 2013
Porn's L.A. Condom Mandate To Be Defended In Court By AIDS Group
The battle over condoms in porn just got real. Well, actually, it's been real for a while. But the group behind the effort to make condoms mandatory in adult video, the L.A.-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation, is claiming victory this week. A judge said the organization could defend L.A. county's con ... More >>
Blogs
April 8, 2013
Tax Day Becomes Porn Day; Studios Donate Earnings To Fight Mandatory Condoms
The patriotic denizens of the porn industry are dedicating their proceeds April 15 to the cause of freedom. That is, they're giving cash in support of a court challenge of Measure B, the L.A. county initiative approved by voters that requires adult performers to use condoms:
Blogs
March 20, 2013
Porn Sees First Allegation Of Condom Violation In L.A. County
Updated at the bottom with the industry's response. First posted at 5:34 p.m. on Monday. A porn production company has been targeted under L.A. county's mandatory condom law for the first time. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation today announced that it has filed a complaint against Immoral Productions ... More >>
Blogs
November 9, 2012
Porn's Mandatory Condom Rule Could Go Statewide As Group Lobbies Sacramento
Emboldened by victory at the polls in Los Angeles County this week, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation says it's taking its campaign for mandatory condoms in porn to the California legislature. Measure B, which mandates condoms for porn production in all but three of 88 cities in L.A. county, passed wi ... More >>
Blogs
October 30, 2012
Porn's L.A. County Condom Measure B Sees Fight Over Alleged Foreign Contributions
A week before the big election and the epic battle around here isn't Obama versus Romney or Sherman versus Berman. No, it's nasty versus safe sex. Only in L.A. would one's pornographic preference become a ballot issue for the ages. The latest shot in the war over measure B, which would mandate con ... More >>
Blogs
October 15, 2012
Porn's Condom War Gets Infusion of Foreign Cash?
Updated at the bottom: The anti-condom folks say the contribution is "perfectly legal." First posted at 7:03 a.m. Backers of the November ballot initiative that would mandate condoms in porn are questioning the largest financial contributor to the adult business' opposition campaign. That happens ... More >>
Blogs
August 20, 2012
Porn Shutdown Likely Following Syphilis Reports
A reported outbreak of syphilis among adult video performers has prompted industry leaders to call for a temporary production shutdown. Adult Production Health & Safety Services, the industry's STD testing arm, has called for a "temporary moratorium" on film shoots after it says at least one perfor ... More >>
Blogs
July 24, 2012
Porn Condom Initiative to Get November Vote in L.A. County
You will indeed get to vote on mandatory condoms for porn stars in L.A. county. We were a bit premature when we reported previously that the measure was headed to the November ballot. The L.A. County board of supervisors had to certify the initiative or enact the rule itself. Today it voted to le ... More >>
Blogs
July 5, 2012
You Get to Vote on Condoms in Porn (Really)
While the city of L.A. continues to figure out how to enforce a mandatory condom law for location porn shoots in town, the entire county of L.A. is poised to overshadow that rule with a November vote on condoms in adult video. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation late yesterday announced that its ballot ... More >>
Blogs
May 24, 2012
Porn Condom Initiative Heading For L.A. County Ballot: Signatures Turned in Tomorrow
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation will turn in signatures tomorrow in its bid to put mandatory condom use for the area porn industry before L.A. county voters, AHF chief Michael Weinstein told the Weekly. The group has more than 300,000 signatures, more than 30 boxes worth, that it will haul to the Lo ... More >>
Blogs
April 6, 2012
Porn Industry Fights Back Against L.A. County Condom Initiative
After the city of L.A passed a law requiring that condoms be used at studio porn shoots in Los Angeles, you'd think this battle was over. But it has only just begun. The L.A.-based porn industry's lobbying group this week issued a response to claims of victory over the issue by the AIDS Healthcare ... More >>
Blogs
April 4, 2012
Porn Condom Mandate Supported by Majority of Angelenos
You love them, you really do. Condoms, that is. A majority of Angelenos are down with condoms in porn, as spelled out in a proposed countywide ballot initiative by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation that would mandate such a precaution for the adult video industry.
Blogs
March 5, 2012
Why Porn Stars Won't Be Using Condoms, Despite City Law's Debut Today
Condoms are coming to porn shoots in Los Angeles today. Well, that's the theory, anyway. A Los Angeles city ordinance that requires condom use at on-location adult video shoots within the city is the law starting today. But like a lot of things coming from City Hall ...
Blogs
February 13, 2012
Free Condoms in Venice Just in Time For Valentine's Day
AHFL.A.'s AIDS Healthcare Foundation is trying to transform the porn industry by having the government require condoms for adult actors. Now it wants inside your bedroom for Valentine's Day. Ah, so romantic. Well, it is "International Condom Day" and, as such, the foundation is, er, rolling ... More >>
Blogs
January 17, 2012
Mandatory Condoms in Porn Becomes Law in L.A. For Location Shoots
Ed CarrascoUpdated at the bottom: They did it. First posted at 6:05 a.m. This will likely be the day that will live in infamy ... for people who make boom-boom cinema. The L.A. City Council is expected to give final approval to a measure that will require condoms for porn performers who wor ... More >>
Blogs
January 3, 2012
Porn Could See Mandatory Condoms in L.A. County Under Proposed Ballot Initiative
The folks who want to force condoms on porn stars have revealed another front in their war: Los Angeles County. In the wake of its campaign to make mandatory condom use a part of L.A. city film permits for porn shoots, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is now aiming a similar measure at voters c ... More >>
Blogs
December 27, 2011
Porn Condoms Initiative Approved by L.A. City Clerk Even as City Attorney Wants to Keep it From Voters
The war over condoms in porn continues this week as the AIDS Healthcare Foundation announced Tuesday that the L.A. City Clerk has "officially certified" the signatures it submitted in order to get a mandatory condom measure before you, the voter, next year. The announcement comes in the wake ... More >>
Blogs
December 9, 2011
Porn Condom Ballot Initiative Could be Blocked if City of L.A. Has its Way: Suit Filed to Stop it From Reaching Voters
The city of L.A. is trying to keep condoms off porn stars, or at least off the ballot. An initiative by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation proposes to put the matter of mandatory condoms in the adult video industry to you, the voter. It collected enough signatures (70,901 of them) and turned the ... More >>
Blogs
December 1, 2011
Porn Sex Made Safer: Mandatory Condom Act Coming to a Polling Place Near You (Really)
Among the important things you vote for -- governor, mayor and sometimes taxes -- will be this gem: Condoms. All for them, personally. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, however, wants to force the gear on the porn industry, which mainly calls the city of Los Angeles its home. With what amounts to fo ... More >>
Blogs
September 29, 2011
Porn Defends the Money Shot: The L.A. Weekly Cover Shoot (VIDEO)
This week's cover story from Dennis Romero looks at porn and condoms: The L.A.-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is on a mission to get state and local authorities to enforce condoms on set. On the surface, it's not a bad idea, especially if porn stars freelance as hookers. But here's the key ... More >>
Blogs
September 6, 2011
Porn Industry Gets Back to Work as Performer Thought to be HIV Positive Apparently Isn't
Star ForemanDearth Vader look-a-like at Exxxotica convention last month.It was the HIV case that set off a war of words between the porn industry and the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. And it turns out it wasn't an HIV case at all. The adult video trade group Free Speech Coalition (FSC) announc ... More >>
Blogs
September 1, 2011
Criticism of Porn's HIV Scare Sparks Outrage at Manwin, the Adult Video Juggernaut That Employed Performer in Question
mofos.comUpdated at the bottom with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation's response. First posted at 5:09 p.m. The company that employed a porn star who might be HIV-positive today said the man did not continue to work, nor did he work with other performers, after a test indicated he might have th ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2011
Porn vs. Condoms: AIDS Healthcare Foundation Takes Case For Mandatory Condoms in L.A. Porn All The Way to State Supreme Court
eladarling.comPorn star Ela Darling.Porn stars must wear condoms! Or not. Well, if you ask L.A.'s AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Mr. Jim Hats is a must. And even though the group lost a 2nd District Court of Appeal case last month in which it argued that L.A. County health officials must make p ... More >>
Blogs
May 26, 2011
L.A. City Council Passes Buck on Forcing Condoms on Porn Shoots
Sasha Grey did not use condoms.The Los Angeles City Council should adopt the motto "the buck does not stop here," because this week they passed off the condoms-in-porn issue as if it were a soggy, used-up roach. After much talk and even a City Attorney's report that said the city could, if i ... More >>
Blogs
March 18, 2011
National Health Group Urges Mandatory Condoms For Porn
Vice BooksPorn star Sasha Grey.A major health professionals' group this week weighed in on the ongoing battle over condoms in porn, and the industry probably isn't going to like it's, er, position. American Public Health Association just posted an apparently long-simmering, uh, "position pap ... More >>
Blogs
February 8, 2011
Porn Industry Testing Clinic in the Valley Reopens After Being Shut Down by County, State
AIDS Healthcare Foundation wants condoms, not clinics.The porn industry clinic that came under fire for providing the adult video business with an alternative to condom use -- a system of regular testing for performers -- has reopened under private ownership. The Adult Industry Medical Healt ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2011
L.A. Officials Consider Mandatory Condom Use for City-Permitted Porn Shoots
joanna8555Porn-turned-indie star Sasha Grey.L.A. leaders are pondering a law that would make mandatory condom use a condition of permitting porn shoots inside city boundaries. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation on Monday hailed the City Council's recent vote to have the L.A. City Attorney's offi ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2011
Porn Industry Clinic Shut Down, But Anti-Porn Group Says It's Still Operating: L.A. County Leaders Pressed for Action Against Condom-Free Adult Films
AIDS Healthcare Foundation protests against condom-free porn.The porn industry's main STD testing clinic was shut down Dec. 9 by state and county authorities because it didn't have a California medical clinic license. So who's testing the adult stars? Because at least some of them are working ... More >>
Blogs
January 20, 2011
Porn Protesters Target Biggest Adult Video Maker, Vivid Entertainment, Near Universal City
VividDid Kim Kardashian violate state law?The AIDS Healthcare Foundation's war against condom-free porn struck at the heart of the adult industry Thursday when AHF organizers held a press conference in front of the Universal City-area headquarters of the globe's leading smut maker, Vivid Ente ... More >>
Blogs
December 13, 2010
Porn Star Justin Long Vows Boycott Of AIDS Healthcare Foundation Over Its Attempt To Force Condoms On Porn
Justin Long says no to AHF.The battle over condoms in porn seemed to turn into a full-on war last week after the AIDS Healthcare Foundation paraded an HIV-positive performer in front of reporters and then gloated when news dropped that the industry's main STD testing clinic was closed down by ... More >>
Blogs
December 10, 2010
Will Crackdown On Porn Clinic Force Industry Out Of Los Angeles And California?
Will porn leave California over mandatory condoms?Fear. It's going around the porn industry, whether producers admit it or not. The battle over condoms in adult video is getting serious. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has been triumphant in getting the county of L.A. and the state of Califor ... More >>
Blogs
December 9, 2010
AIDS Activists Call On Porn Industry Health Clinic To Shut Down After California Denies Its License
Ted SoquiDerrick Burts at a news conference Wednesday.The L.A.-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation on Thursday called on the porn industry's health-care clinic to shut down after the state of California denied its community clinic license this week. All this comes amid allegations by an HIV-pos ... More >>
Blogs
December 8, 2010
Derrick Burts, Porn Actor Who Sparked Latest HIV Scare In San Fernando Valley Industry, Speaks Up For Condom Use (But Offers Strange Story Of How He Came Up Positive)
MySpaceDerrick Burts.A performer who set off the latest HIV scare in adult film has turned against his employers and is speaking out against the adult video industry and its resistance to mandatory condom use. Derrick Burts teamed up with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which unleashed his t ... More >>
Blogs
November 12, 2010
(Video) L.A.'s AIDS Healthcare Foundation Gets Rare Afternoon Condom Ad On 'The Oprah Show'
AIDS Healthcare FoundationJim Hat comes to after-school hours.It's been slow going for condom ads on television. The first network spots appeared in 2005, and they're still somewhat of a rarity, particularly during after-school hours when teens would be exposed to them. The AIDS Healthcare Fo ... More >>
Blogs
October 19, 2010
Porn Actor Has HIV, But L.A. County Health Department Has Yet To Do Anything About It, According To AIDS Healthcare Group
diebmx via FlickrIs the county lagging on HIV-in-porn report?Is the porn industry pushing its luck with this latest report of HIV? The AIDS Healthcare Foundation says it is. According to AHF, Adult Industry Medical (AIM) Healthcare, the group that conducts voluntary STD testing for the adul ... More >>
Blogs
October 15, 2010
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Tells City Of Los Angeles To Stop Sanctioning Porn
Jenna Jameson participated in city sanctioned porn. It's true.That hardcore stuff you watch when your wife/girlfriend/husband/boyfriend isn't looking? It's actually permitted by the city of Los Angeles. You hear that right: What would be prostitution if the cameras and lights weren't on is ac ... More >>
Blogs
October 13, 2010
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Calls For Complete Shutdown Of San Fernando Valley Porn Production Following HIV Report
Sorry guys (and freaky chicks who also like porn -- God bless), but this HIV problem in adult video is getting serious. After two major porn-production players, Vivid and Wicked, stated they were putting "shoots" on hold, the L.A.-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation is calling on all adult video ... More >>
Blogs
October 12, 2010
San Fernando Valley Porn Actor Tests Positive For HIV; AIDS Activists Who Want Mandatory Condoms In Porn Say We Told You So
Steve LaAIDS Healthcare Foundation protested outside Larry Flynt Publications recently. A porn actor has tested positive for HIV, the industry's health care foundation has told reporters. It doesn't come as a surprise: Several actors in the San Fernando-based biz have tested positive in the ... More >>
Blogs
August 26, 2010
Protesters Blast Larry Flynt's Hustler For Unsafe Sex in Porn Films
Steve LaGiven the subject matter, we're playing it safe: NSFW. Around two dozen protesters showed up at Larry Flynt Publications headquarters Thursday slamming Larry Flynt and his company Hustler Video for allegedly enforcing an unsafe work environment by not having their performers wear con ... More >>
Blogs
June 29, 2010
State Advisory Panel Considers Mandatory Condoms For Porn Industry
The Aids Healthcare Foundation is hailing the first meeting of a state advisory panel Tuesday that will weigh whether condoms should be required in adult video shoots. The California's of Department Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) advisory panel on the matter was meeting at the Cal ... More >>
Blogs
June 17, 2010
American Medical Association Backs Mandatory Condoms In Porn
The American Medical Association has joined the Aids Healthcare Foundation's calls for a government mandate that porn actors should be required to wear condoms. The association voted at its annual meeting to support legislation to that end, although it's not clear that there is legislation in ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2010
Porn's Talent Agencies Targeted In Drive To Require Condoms In Adult Film Industry
In its drive to get the government to mandate condom use in the adult film industry, the Aids Healthcare Foundation states that it will file state complaints Thursday against nine porn talent agencies for encouraging what it argues is dangerous, unsafe sex. "These talent agencies are a pipel ... More >>
Blogs
March 18, 2010
State Board Will Hear Arguments For Requiring Condoms In Porn
Condoms, porn and safe sex come to the heart of Orange County Thursday as the state's Department Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) holds a Standards Board meeting that will hear arguments for mandating condoms on the sets of adult film shoots in California. Former porn stars Shelle ... More >>
Blogs
March 11, 2010
Group Aiming To Force Condoms On Porn Industry Appeals Case
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation announced Thursday that it's appealing a lawsuit it brought in an effort to force Los Angeles County health officials to require condoms on porn sets in L.A. The suit had been dismissed by the Los Angeles Superior Court; now AHF is taking it to the Second Distr ... More >>
Blogs
December 23, 2009
Lawsuit To Force County To Control Porn Industry Health Rejected
VividA lawsuit that aimed in part to get the county of Los Angeles health department to force the local porn industry to require condom use on-set was rejected by a judge. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the plaintiff in the case, stated it would appeal. The county Department of Health Servi ... More >>
Blogs
December 23, 2009
Group Says Rules Already Exist To Force Condoms On Porn Industry
VividThe AIDS Healthcare Foundation filed a petition last week with the state Occupational Safety and Health Standards board asking it to enforce condom use at porn-industry shoots and noting that the state already regulates the transmission of blood-borne pathogens in medical settings. "In ... More >>
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