SACRAMENTO — Adult performers from across California will head to Sacramento today to attend a legislative hearing on the California Safer Sex in Adult Film Act. The proposed ballot initiative would allow private citizens — including any viewer of adult video — to sue a performer if a condom is not visible in the film. “No worker in…
On the 8th of June the California Legislature will hold an informational hearing regarding the “Safer Sex in Adult Film” State Ballot Initiative. AHF (the proponents of the initiative) will have 20 minutes to present their argument, then we will have 20 minutes to present against it. After the presentation the committee will take public…
LOS ANGELES — The Free Speech Coalition announced today that VICA, the Valley Industry and Commerce Association, has voted to formally oppose a statewide ballot measure that would allow private citizens to sue adult performers if a condom is not visible in an adult film. The initiative is slated to cost the city of Los Angeles…
AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) cites proposal’s deficient public health strategies and the potential for lawsuits against performers LOS ANGELES — AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), one of the state’s leading public health and advocacy organizations, has announced its opposition to a pending ballot measure pertaining to adult film production in California. The controversial “Safer Sex…
FSC’s Leue: “It’s one of the rare political issues where Democrats and Republicans agree. The bill is misguided, dangerous, costly, and terrible for California.” BURLINGAME — The California Republican Party voted overwhelmingly to oppose a state ballot initiative that would allow private citizens to sue adult performers if a condom is not visible in an adult film….
Today, the Utah Legislature passed a noxious bill which calls pornography a ‘public health crisis,’ and links it (erroneously) to everything from sexual dysfunction to violence against women. The claims and the implied proscriptions harken to the dark days before adult film was legal, and when sex and sexuality were only discussed behind closed doors, if at all….
Utah Pride Center Carol Gande, Executive Director 255 East 400 South #200 Salt Lake City, UT 84111 cc: The Board of Directors Addressing Discrimination & Censorship at Utah Pride Dear Ms Gande, The Free Speech Coalition condemns your recent decision to exclude an adult business from your Pride festivities. For too long have we,…
The FSC lost credibility with me a long, long time ago. They’ve lied so many times to us, it’s hard to even keep track of the bullshit they spew anymore. Seriously, it’s just sad. Yet for some reason some people still support them. Why? I have no idea. Their most recently stunt is a scare tactic…
The FSC did not notify the industry of this latest alert …. not one but two male performers tested positive for HIV. One gave it to the other on set. Hear that? ON SET. Yes, an on set transmission. Some will say, oh well it’s not big deal, they are from the gay industry and…
The current production hold has been lifted (for those who were actually following it which apparently weren’t many). It is unclear if the original “out of state” person in question has been confirmed or not to be HIV positive or who said person is. Rumor mill has it as a male “crossover”. FSC’s statement is…
