HIV Scare In The Porn Industry: Performers’ Health At Risk
Pornography production was temporarily put on hold in Los Angeles after an anonymous performer recently tested positive for HIV. The Free Speech Coalition—a lobby and PR arm of the pornography industry—said that the performer is currently being re-tested and that everyone should remember: “Fear, shame, and stigma are preventable.” “You know what else is preventable?…
The Porn Industry Chooses Profits Over Basic Protections to Performers Health
Proposition 60, a California ballot proposition which would have required that condoms be used and visible in all pornographic films, failed to pass last week. This was a loss for human rights, and a loss for public health. Pornography is causing a public health crisis in America, and the negative effects are felt by not only pornography…
Harry James, testimony before Attorney General’s Commission on Pornography, 1985
Harry James testified in Miami before the Attorney General’s Commission on Pornography, in 1985. He describes the way in which he was drawn in his pornography career, beginning when he was only 14, and drawing him into involvement with child pornographers. Read full personal account here.
“Karen” – testimony before the Attorney General’s Commission on Pornography, 1985
“Karen,” testifying before the Attorney General’s Commission on Pornography in Washington, DC, describes her personal life as a prostitute and sex worker and the role that pornography played in it. Read full testimony here.