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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 >>

Another Death of an L.A. Gay Man Tied to Meningitis

See also: Brett Shaad Aftermath: John Duran Apologizes to Family as Meningitis Vaccinations Uptick in West Hollywood WeHo News is reporting that another gay man in the Los Angeles area recently died of bacterial meningitis, heightening concerns that the widely publicized death of West Hollywood res ... More >>

Los Angeles' Historic Election Night for Gay Candidates Underlines 'Gay Okay' Trend in United States

While local media and L.A. political leaders are bemoaning the city's embarrassingly low voter turnout on Election Day, something quite positive, even historic, happened last Tuesday night: Gay candidates across Los Angeles kicked butt. Many gay politicos can't think of an election in Los Angeles h ... More >>

Porn's Condom Problem Just Got Worse In City Of Los Angeles

Porn producers in the city of L.A. might now have to get a county health permit to do their thing. The L.A. City Council voted unanimously yesterday to draft an amendment to the city's mandatory condoms-in-porn ordinance that would force those applying to L.A. for adult film permits to get county a ... More >>

Fabian Thylmann, Porn King Opposing Condoms In L.A. Adult Video, Arrested

Updated at the bottom with reaction from the pro-condom camp. First posted at 9:07 a.m. The co-founder a company that backed the porn industry's fight against mandatory condoms in L.A. county was arrested in Brussels on suspicion of tax evasion, according to reports. The German publication Die Wel ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

Shelley Lubben's Pink Cross Aims to Rescue Sex Actresses: The Industry Wants Her to Shut Up

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

Los Angeles Gay Pride weekend is coming, and we thought it's a good time to ask, 'What does it mean to be gay?' In a weeklong series, different gay folks answer that question. AIDS Healthcare Foundation president Michael Weinstein has been working on the front lines of the gay rights movement for d ... More >>

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 >>

Free Condoms in Venice Just in Time For Valentine's Day

AHF​L.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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Porn Clinic AIM Closes For Good: Valley-Based Industry Scrambles to Find New STD Testing System

VividThe porn industry is all shook up.​Updated after the jump: The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is calling on county health officials to enforce condoms at porn shoots in the absence of an STD testing regime. It has been a saga much more juicy than any of porn's non-plots. Nearly three months ... More >>

Larry Flynt's Hustler Video Cited by State For Failing to Require Condoms on L.A. Porn Sets

Hustler​Larry Flynt's Hustler Video was slammed by the state this month for -- get this -- failing to require condoms for its adult performers. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which filed a complaint against Hustler, a.k.a. LFP Video Group LLC, planned to cheer on the state's enforcement at a ... More >>

Will West Hollywood Name A Street After Movie Star and AIDS Activist Elizabeth Taylor?

HIV/AIDS activist Elizabeth Taylor​West Hollywood City Council members are known for their dedications, proclaiming such things as "Ozzy Osbourne Day," "Slash Day," and the list goes on. Those rock legends are great (both of them happen to be gay-friendly, by the way), but WeHo council memb ... More >>

Elizabeth Taylor Dies at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles at 79: Her Children Were at Her Side

Elizabeth Taylor in 'Father of the Bride.'​Updated at the end with church wackos planning to protest her funeral because Taylor was a friend of the gay community. Check out our slide show of 12 of Taylor's most iconic roles here. Check out our piece about reaction from the HIV/AIDS activism ... More >>

Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Activist Mourned By Non-Profit Leaders in Los Angeles

HIV/AIDS activist Elizabeth Taylor​Elizabeth Taylor's passing is mourned by HIV/AIDS activists in Los Angeles. Taylor had worked on the front lines of HIV/AIDS activism for decades, especially after the 1985 death of her longtime friend, movie star Rock Hudson. "She was a singular champion ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

Anti-Porn-Industry Crusader Michael Weinstein Contributed Cash To L.A. Councilman Bill Rosendahl (Who Then Took A Step Toward Mandating Condom-Only Porn In The City)

Bill Rosendahl.​Updated after the jump with city Councilman Bill Rosendahl's response. First posted at 12:12 p.m. It looks like the porn industry is fighting back against L.A. city Councilman Bill Rosendahl after he made a proposal that could lead to mandatory condom use at city-permitted adu ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

State Investigate's Larry Flynt's Porn Productions After Complaint About Lack Of Condom Use

​Larry Flynt's eponymous porn empire was under investigation by the state Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) following a complaint by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation decrying the lack of condom use in Larry Flynt Production's adult videos, the AHF announced late Thursday. In ... More >>

AIDS Activists Target Larry Flynt For His Condom-Free Porn

hustlermagazine.com​An HIV/AIDS health-care organization that's been on a tear against the porn industry for its lack of condom use will target Larry Flynt and his Hustler empire at a press conference outside his offices in Beverly Hills Thursday. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation announced (NSF ... More >>

Feds Investigate Porn Healthcare Organization For Allegedly Releasing Stars' Medical Records

The AIM crew, with founder Sharon Mitchell at bottom, right.​The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has opened an investigation of the Adult Industry Medical (AIM) Health Care Foundation, the Sherman Oaks nonprofit organization that handles STD testing for the porn industry, it was a ... More >>

VANS ARE NOT ALWAYS SNEAKERS

Marriott Boycotted Over Porn

The locally based AIDS Healthcare and Pink Cross foundations have organized a boycott of Marriott hotels over porn. The protest is not about the Mormon-founded chain's in-room, X-rated offerings. No, that's just fine. The problem, according to the groups, is the hotel company's palette of on-demand ... More >>

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