Michael Weinstein

Brett Shaad Aftermath: John Duran Apologizes to Family as Meningitis Vaccinations Uptick in West Hollywood

West Hollywood Councilman John Duran offered an apology on Monday to the family of Brett Shaad, who died from meningitis over the weekend. Duran held a press conference on Friday about the Shaad tragedy, which sparked national media coverage. "Please offer my deep condolences to the Shaad family," ... More >>

Porn Industry, Steven Hirsch, Kayden Kross, File Suit Against Mandatory Condoms In L.A.

As we predicted, freedom of speech is shaping up to be a key issue in the porn industry's fight against mandatory condom use on-set in Los Angeles County. Smut business titans including Steven Hirsch, chief of Vivid Entertainment, announced that they have filed a lawsuit in federal district court i ... More >>

Porn's Mandatory Condom Rule Takes Effect Today

Today is the day that L.A. county's mandatory condoms-for-porn rule takes effect. Who's going to be the first adult star to roll one on?! Crickets. Yeah: We have a feeling that the industry, which fought this November voter initiative tooth-and-nail, isn't going to be quick to comply. The real que ... More >>

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 >>

Gay Happiness, the New Frontier

Are mental and physical health problems really a reaction to bigotry?

Porn Condom Ballot Measure For L.A. County Sees Campaign Kickoff

The folks behind a ballot measure that asks you, the L.A. County voter, to make condoms mandatory in porn, officially kicked off their campaign this week. Measure B will be on the November ballot, and the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which has been pushing for mandatory condoms in adult video for ye ... More >>

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 >>

Porn Condom Mandate Could See Vote From L.A. County Supervisors

Updated at the bottom: The supervisors put off the vote (but why?). First posted at 9:07 a.m. The folks who want porn stars to start using condoms have qualified just such a proposal for the November ballot in L.A. County. But before you get to vote on it, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors gets ... More >>

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 >>

L.A. Gay Pride 2012: Author Toby Johnson Answers 'What Does It Mean To Be Gay?'

'What does it mean to be gay?' A seemingly simple question, but one that's not often asked. With Los Angeles Gay Pride starting this Friday, various gay folks give us their answers in a weeklong series. Toby Johnson is author of the Lammy-winning Gay Spirituality: The Role of Gay Identity in the Tr ... More >>

L.A. Gay Pride 2012: Actor-Writer Doug Spearman Answers 'What Does It Mean To Be Gay?'

"What does it mean to be gay?" A seemingly simple question, but one that's not often asked. With Los Angeles Gay Pride starting this Friday, various gay folks give us their answers in a weeklong series. Doug Spearman is a Los Angeles-based actor, writer, producer, and activist -- he sat on the boar ... More >>

L.A. Gay Pride 2012: Actor James Brandon Answers 'What Does It Mean To Be Gay?'

"What does it mean to be gay?" A seemingly simple question, but one that's not often asked. With Los Angeles Gay Pride starting this Friday, various gay folks give us their answers in a weeklong series. James Brandon has played the title role of Joshua in Terrence McNally's Corpus Christi internati ... More >>

L.A. Gay Pride 2012: Activist Robin McGehee Answers 'What Does It Mean To Be Gay?'

'What does it mean to be gay?' A seemingly simple question, but one that's not often asked. With Los Angeles Gay Pride starting this Friday, various gay folks give us their answers in a weeklong series. Robin McGehee is director and co-founder of Get Equal, a grassroots gay rights group based in Ca ... More >>

L.A. Gay Pride 2012: Organizer Vincent Jones Answers 'What Does It Mean To Be Gay?'

'What does it mean to be gay?' A seemingly simple question, but one that's not often asked. With Los Angeles Gay Pride starting this Friday, various gay folks give us their answers in a weeklong series. Vincent Jones is a community organizer who shapes LGBT programs at the Liberty Hill Foundation, ... More >>

Porn Condom Enforcement Issue to be Worked Out by ... L.A. Arts Committee?

The L.A. City Council made a history when it voted to require condom use at on-location porn shoots in our fair metropolis. But history still awaits. We reported last week that a top city official has requested that a report on how to enforce this rule be put off until almost the end of summer. N ... More >>

AIDS Healthcare Foundation Turns 25, Continues to Grow Globally

The HIV/AIDS advocacy group that brings you those condom and HIV-testing billboards all over Los Angeles turned 25 over the weekend, as first reported by LGBT POV. Founded by the feisty Michael Weinstein, AIDS Healthcare Foundation has been on the front lines of battling HIV/AIDS since 1987 -- a p ... More >>

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.

Porn Condom Ballot Initiative For L.A. County Gets Half The Signatures it Needs

The people behind Los Angeles' mandatory condoms rule for on-location porn shoots in the city say they have more than half the signatures to put a similar law before countywide voters. And they still have until June 5 to get the rest. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation today announced it has obtained ... More >>

Porn Star Condom-Use to be Mandatory at Most Los Angeles Adult Video Sets, City Council Votes

Updated at the bottom with official reaction from the porn industry. First posted at 12:53 p.m. The L.A. City Council today said that yes, porn stars must wear condoms when performing within city limits. The 11-1 vote means that a costly ballot initiative asking you, the voter, to approve just suc ... More >>

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 >>

Porn Defends the Money Shot

Critics gain ground, demanding condom use to control AIDS

Criticism of Porn's HIV Scare Sparks Outrage at Manwin, the Adult Video Juggernaut That Employed Performer in Question

mofos.com​Updated 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 >>

Would You Vote to Force Porn Stars to Use Condoms on-The-Job? You Might Get Your Chance in the City of L.A.

​Do you want to force porn stars in this, the adult video capital of the nation, to use condoms on-the-job? It's a question you might be asked the next time you vote in a citywide election in Los Angeles. That's because AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which has been at war with the Valley-based p ... More >>

Porn: California Attorney General Kamala Harris Asked to Investigate Adult Industry Medical Clinic

Porn.​The war over condoms in porn continued this week. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation sent a letter to California Attorney General Kamala Harris asking her to look into the transfer off the adult industry's main health-care and testing clinic from nonprofit to for-profit status. The clinic, ... More >>

Anti-Porn Industry Protesters Hit the Xbiz Awards in Hollywood, Try to Shame Larry Flynt, Steve Hirsch

Andy San Dimas: You lick me, you really do.​We're not sure what's sadder, that sources tell us the Xbiz Awards are known in the industry as the Golden Globes of porn, or that anti-porn protesters found the Hollywood event Wednesday worthy of targeting. (If you must know, the Female Performer ... More >>

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 >>

Sherman Oaks-Based Porn Industry Health Clinic Shut Down By State And L.A. County Officials

The porn industry's main health clinic was shut down Thursday.​Updated after the jump with information about another porn industry STD testing operation. First posted at 11:51 a.m. The porn industry's health-care clinic was shut down Thursday morning by state and county officials, a spokesman ... More >>

(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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Protesters Blast Larry Flynt's Hustler For Unsafe Sex in Porn Films

Steve La​Given 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 >>

Desmond Tutu Criticizes President Barack Obama's AIDS Strategy

Rev. Desmond Tutu​AIDS Healthcare Foundation president Michael Weinstein isn't the only person slamming President Barack Obama's AIDS strategy, which L.A. Weekly reported last week. Now Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu has spoken out. "I appreciate that tough financial times require the ... More >>

AIDS Groups Square Off in Dispute Over Competing Fundraisers

AIDS Healthcare founder Michael Weinstein, left, during happier times.​AIDS Project Los Angeles has sued AIDS Healthcare Foundation for alleged unfair competition practices and trademark infringement, according to Los Angeles Business Journal, setting off a rare and tense battle between two m ... More >>

Was George Bush's AIDS Strategy Better Than Barack Obama's?

AIDS Healthcare Foundation​AIDS Healthcare Foundation founder Michael Weinstein came out swinging yesterday at a Washington D.C. press conference, offering up that President Barack Obama's AIDS strategy measures up poorly to his predecessor's, former president George W. Bush. "The New York T ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

Rubbers Revolutionary: AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s Michael Weinstein

Activist wants to save porn actors from STDs. It's been lonely

Queer Town: Hollywood Protest Slams Schwarzenegger's Cuts to HIV/AIDS Services

With L.A. City Councilman Bernard Parks, L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and AIDS Healthcare Foundation President Michael Weinstein in attendance, a crowd of more than1,000 people gathered in front of the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Friday afternoon, shut down Santa Monica Boulevard and pro ... More >>

Young Gays Take Reins From Elders on Prop. 8

In wake of gay-marriage ban, the mantle is shifting from battle-scarred AIDS warriors

Queer Town: "No on 8" Leadership on the Hot Seat

For weeks, activists and political observers in the gay community have been calling for a post-Prop. 8 town hall meeting, where "No on 8" staffers can take, and hopefully answer, tough questions about the Proposition 8 loss. Tonight at 6 p.m., the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center will host a "vi ... More >>

Gay Syphilis Scourge Skyrockets

County officials dawdle, leisurely launching another questionable ad campaign

Pro and Condoms

West Hollywood voters to decide on bar plan

Who Are You Calling Gaijin?

Asleep for Knight

Proposition 22 foes are napping when they should be attacking

Letters

What's Next?

The Gay Movement at the Crossroads

The Art of the Shoeshine

AIDS housing agency can't spend fast enough