The AIDS Healthcare Center collected around 71,000 signatures for the measure, almost double the 41,000 needed to get on the ballot. Although condom usage is fairly widespread in mainstream gay porn, most major straight-porn companies don’t use them consistently.
Rising tensions about AIDS in the porn industry have reached a fever pitch in the past year: An AIDS scare based on a positive result from star Derrick Burts put a halt on the entire U.S. porn industry this August. Just a few weeks ago, the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation, a testing center partially funded by the porn industry, was shut down after being criticized by Burts and called a “sham clinic” by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.
The ballot initiative has its detractors: L.A. City Atty. Carmen Trutanich says she believes the issue is for the state to regulate, not the city or county, and has filed papers saying so.
I'm betting if this measure passes, LA won't be the porn capital of the world for long.
2 comments:
Ya know I have been following all this and I implore gay men NOT to support the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. What we see them pursuing against the adult entertainment industry is only the tip of the iceberg, first it is the studios, next it will be our bedrooms!
There are numerous other HIV/AIDS services available out there, I hope people are paying attention and not buying into AHF agenda.
-Gregorio
Agreed, I also loved how Cal-OSHA (from anonymous calls, nod and a wink)invaded Treasure Island Media and levied fines against them, citing unsafe work environment for it's employees, when all around them str8 porn companies crank out bareback porn by the droves without so much as a nod in their direction.
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