Los Angeles city lawmakers voted Tuesday 11-to-1 to require condoms for people who work in the City of Angel%u2019s prolific porn industry.
The preliminary ordinance will be confirmed next week, according to the Associated Press. If confirmed, porn stars must wear proper protection and film companies will have to pay a fee to cover the costs of enforcement and inspections.
The council also plans to gather a group from local law enforcement, workplace agencies and the city attorney%u2019s office to decide on how to implement the new regulation.
The issue came up last month when the AIDS Healthcare Foundation collected more than 70,000 signatures (41,000 were needed to have the measured considered) to propose a citywide vote, or a decision from the city council, on mandatory condom use.
Existing rules required porn stars to test negative for HIV and other STDs within 30 days of filming. Many people argued that such standards were not enough, especially because HIV often does not show up in tests until months after a person contracts the virus.
%u201CThere are thousands of STDs in this industry,%u201D Michael Weinstein, president of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, told Reuters last month. %u201CIt%u2019s the %u2018ick%u2019 factor. They don%u2019t want to deal with this because it%u2019s sex, and because it%u2019s porn.%u201D
Many people in the adult entertainment industry argued that mandatory condom use would destroy the fantasy associated with pornography.
Nina Hartley, a former porn actress, argued at Tuesday%u2019s meeting that condoms are uncomfortable and the industry already did a good job of regulating the potential spread of disease, according to the Los Angeles Times. And because porn actors are expected to have sex for 30- to 60-minute intervals, they could be susceptible to chafing and open wounds from condoms, which could, in turn, cause more problems in transmitting diseases, she said.
%u201CWe are an entertainment medium and it%u2019s not our job to give safe-sex messages to the public,%u201D she said.
But Derrick Burts, a 25-year-old former porn star who contracted HIV and several other STDs within five months of joining the industry, argued for the new regulations.
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They will find loop holes around the law. Like start filming out of LA or out of CA. I think that condoms in porn look shitty. I believe if the guy or girl in the scenes want to use a condom then that's their choice but not a law. Does that mean a husband and wife porn stars have to wear a condom. This law is stupid. I will start my own porn company in Colorado anyone wanna join.
If I see a condom in porn, I always wonder if that means the chick has something? So, then I started to try to track the girls that had guys wearing condoms when they fucked them to see if there was a pattern. There was not. So, I wondered if the guys had something and I tried to track them (harder to do) and that did not provide any results. I really never watch online porn, I find it to be against my Christian values, and I know it makes Jesus cry.
Good story but what the hell do we need the instructional video for? I think we are all adults and know how and why condoms are used
My thoughts on the matter are - I understand why but it seems to infringe on ones personal freedoms. I see the California porn industry moving to a new location
Yeah, I don't understand why this video was included in this story. Sure it's about condom use but nothing pertaining to the pornstar law. Why not clips of the hearing with Nina Hartley and such.
Agreed. Btw your avatar looks like me after I take my "happy meds"
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Well thanks for reminding me of what I learned when I was 14 in Health class. Also I would like the thank Planned Parenthood for that bullet you helped me avoid when I was 18.
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Los Angeles city lawmakers voted Tuesday 11-to-1 to require condoms for people who work in the City of Angel%u2019s prolific porn industry.
The preliminary ordinance will be confirmed next week, according to the Associated Press. If confirmed, porn stars must wear proper protection and film companies will have to pay a fee to cover the costs of enforcement and inspections.
The council also plans to gather a group from local law enforcement, workplace agencies and the city attorney%u2019s office to decide on how to implement the new regulation.
The issue came up last month when the AIDS Healthcare Foundation collected more than 70,000 signatures (41,000 were needed to have the measured considered) to propose a citywide vote, or a decision from the city council, on mandatory condom use.
Existing rules required porn stars to test negative for HIV and other STDs within 30 days of filming. Many people argued that such standards were not enough, especially because HIV often does not show up in tests until months after a person contracts the virus.
%u201CThere are thousands of STDs in this industry,%u201D Michael Weinstein, president of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, told Reuters last month. %u201CIt%u2019s the %u2018ick%u2019 factor. They don%u2019t want to deal with this because it%u2019s sex, and because it%u2019s porn.%u201D
Many people in the adult entertainment industry argued that mandatory condom use would destroy the fantasy associated with pornography.
Nina Hartley, a former porn actress, argued at Tuesday%u2019s meeting that condoms are uncomfortable and the industry already did a good job of regulating the potential spread of disease, according to the Los Angeles Times. And because porn actors are expected to have sex for 30- to 60-minute intervals, they could be susceptible to chafing and open wounds from condoms, which could, in turn, cause more problems in transmitting diseases, she said.
%u201CWe are an entertainment medium and it%u2019s not our job to give safe-sex messages to the public,%u201D she said.
But Derrick Burts, a 25-year-old former porn star who contracted HIV and several other STDs within five months of joining the industry, argued for the new regulations.