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    'Porn industry announces moratorium after syphilis-case reports' (video)

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    News 'Porn industry announces moratorium after syphilis-case reports' (video)

    Post by Chris Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:37 am

    http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-syphilis-20120821,0,3581366.story


    Porn industry announces moratorium after syphilis-case reports
    Trade group calls for a nationwide shutdown on X-rated productions while more than 1,000 performers are tested for the sexually transmitted disease.



    The porn industry has been temporarily shut down due to a recent outbreak of syphilis, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation announced Monday.
    By David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times


    August 20, 2012, 6:44 p.m.
    Jolted by the possibility of a syphilis outbreak among its ranks, a Los Angeles-based trade group that represents the adult film industry announced a nationwide moratorium on X-rated productions while more than 1,000 porn performers are tested.

    The Free Speech Coalition issued the call on its website after reporting that one performer tested positive for syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease, and had begun notifying sexual partners of that information.

    The moratorium was announced Saturday, a day after Los Angeles County's Public Health Department said it was investigating a cluster of possible syphilis cases within the porn industry. The agency said it had received reports of at least five cases involving adult performers within a week.

    The head of the coalition would not agree to an interview, but on its website, the group said that it was calling for a temporary halt to film shoots while the "entire population" of performers is examined by doctors.

    "A determination will be made by the doctors on the appropriate time to lift the moratorium as more information is revealed," the group said.

    Michael Weinstein, president of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, said Monday the developments show that adult film companies are incapable of policing themselves. His group said the syphilis incident would be used as part of the campaign for Measure B, a proposal on the Nov. 6 countywide ballot mandating the use condoms during professional X-rated shoots. And it accused adult film productions of being "bad corporate citizens," saying that no other business would tolerate transmission of any diseases, sexual or otherwise.

    "We don't settle for that in food preparation. We don't settle for that in factories," said Tom Myers, general counsel for the group. "I can't think of any other [workplace] where there's an acceptable level of transmissible diseases as a normal course of business "

    The number of syphilis cases in California jumped 18% from 2010 to 2011, according to state health officials. If left untreated, the bacterial disease can cause permanent damage to the heart, brain, and other organs. In Los Angeles, officials are trying to map out a strategy for inspecting adult film shoots, part of an ordinance passed by the City Council this year.

    City officials are hoping voters will approve Measure B, which would allow the city to rely on the county's health department to conduct spot inspections.

    Weinstein said city officials had overcome the "ick factor" surrounding the condom issue and are making progress developing an enforcement strategy. But Diane Duke, executive director of the Free Speech Coalition, criticized them for devoting taxpayer resources on the matter.

    "In a time when multiple California cities are going bankrupt, L.A. itself has a significant budgetary problem, and city services are being cut drastically, I find it unconscionable that the city would create a new bureaucracy to monitor condoms on adult film performers," she said in a statement.

    Duke also said in an email that Measure B would ultimately endanger porn performers by pushing adult film shoots "underground" or out of the county. She also accused Weinstein's group of waging "a relentless attack on the adult industry" since 2009.

    Weinstein, in turn, accused the adult film industry of doing too little to stop the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. He said producers make performers pay for their own testing and require that syphilis screening be done only twice a year.

    "If we look at the fact that syphilis has up to a 90-day incubation period and the fact that the industry only tests these employees every six months … a person could go as long as nine months without being diagnosed" with syphilis, he said.
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    News Re: 'Porn industry announces moratorium after syphilis-case reports' (video)

    Post by Nystyle709 Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:45 am

    Craziness. If anybody has seen medical book, syphilis is one of the nastiest diseases you can get. Not saying that all STD's aren't, but syphilis is just fucking disgusting. And it's actually one of the least common. For there to be a significant outbreak of it among any group says something.
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    News Re: 'Porn industry announces moratorium after syphilis-case reports' (video)

    Post by Shale Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:55 am

    A lot of gay porn now has the guys using condoms. That should be a given and it should be enforced. Of course there is a market for barebacking, but the legit porn business should clean itself up or the government will do it. OSHA could step in here and regulate an unsafe work environment.
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    News Re: 'Porn industry announces moratorium after syphilis-case reports' (video)

    Post by Tony Marino Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:07 am

    I thought they all had to be tested before performing?
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    News Re: 'Porn industry announces moratorium after syphilis-case reports' (video)

    Post by Shale Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:18 am

    Tony Marino wrote:I thought they all had to be tested before performing?

    Testing is limited. You can be infected and still test negative during the window period.

    So safer sex practices is the way to go - and it could be claimed to be a public service by getting horndogs used to seeing sex with condoms.
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    News Re: 'Porn industry announces moratorium after syphilis-case reports' (video)

    Post by CeCe Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:20 am

    Shale wrote:A lot of gay porn now has the guys using condoms. That should be a given and it should be enforced. Of course there is a market for barebacking, but the legit porn business should clean itself up or the government will do it. OSHA could step in here and regulate an unsafe work environment.

    Chi Chi demands it & even puts a PSA on the vids. This really should be common sense. Wrap it up.
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    News Re: 'Porn industry announces moratorium after syphilis-case reports' (video)

    Post by Tony Marino Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:20 am

    Shale wrote:

    Testing is limited. You can be infected and still test negative during the window period.

    So safer sex practices is the way to go - and it could be claimed to be a public service by getting horndogs used to seeing sex with condoms.

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    News Re: 'Porn industry announces moratorium after syphilis-case reports' (video)

    Post by Tony Marino Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:20 am

    CeCe wrote:

    Chi Chi demands it & even puts a PSA on the vids. This really should be common sense. Wrap it up.

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    Post by CeCe Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:22 am

    Tony Marino wrote:

    Chi Chi LaRue?

    Yep
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    News Re: 'Porn industry announces moratorium after syphilis-case reports' (video)

    Post by Tony Marino Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:26 am

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    Yep

    Chi Chi reminds me of Divine I don't know if you have ever seen him in drag but he looks just like Divine.
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    Post by CeCe Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:32 am

    Tony Marino wrote:

    Chi Chi reminds me of Divine I don't know if you have ever seen him in drag but he looks just like Divine.

    I've always thought that same thing. Smile
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    Post by RobbieFTW Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:11 pm

    In the world of gay porn, condom-less sex has become VERY popular in the past few years. Most of the major amateur sites are shooting bareback scenes either regularly or semi-regularly and when you try to argue why its a bad idea many bareback fans will get defensive and bite off your head cause they wanna see it.
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    News Re: 'Porn industry announces moratorium after syphilis-case reports' (video)

    Post by CeCe Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:31 pm

    RobbieFTW wrote:In the world of gay porn, condom-less sex has become VERY popular in the past few years. Most of the major amateur sites are shooting bareback scenes either regularly or semi-regularly and when you try to argue why its a bad idea many bareback fans will get defensive and bite off your head cause they wanna see it.

    I prefer the "look" of bareback but I prefer more that these guys not endanger their lives. You get used to seeing the condoms. People need to get over it & stop being so damn selfish.

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