As adult film's XBIZ.com honors porn mogul with its first ever Icon Award at Barker Hangar event in Santa Monica, safer sex advocates will protest Flynt over his complete disregard for his adult film performers' safety and his repeated defiance about following California worker health and safety laws
Protest: Tuesday, January 10th 6pm – 8pm—Barker Hangar, Santa Monica
Advocates from AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) will host a protest and media availability Tuesday, January 10thfrom 6pm to 8pm at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica in conjunction with the XBIZ Awards, a porn industry gala at which adult film mogul Larry Flynt will be given XBIZ's first ever 'Icon' Award. The safer sex advocates will bestow their own Larry 'SkinFlynt' Award to Flynt for his complete disregard for his adult film performers' safety in his pursuit of profits and his repeated and public defiance about following California worker health and safety laws.
| What: | Â | Â | Â | Safer sex advocates protest Larry Flynt at porn industry's XBIZ Awards |
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| When: | Tuesday, Jan 10th | |||
6pm – 8pm | ||||
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| Where: | In front of the XBIZ Awards | |||
Barker Hangar (next to Santa Monica Airport Park) | ||||
| 3021 Airport Ave., Santa Monica, 90405 (cross street: Bundy Drive) | ||||
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| Who: | HIV/AIDS and safer sex advocates and protesters | |||
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| B-roll | 6 ft banners reading, Larry 'SkinFlynt' Award, | |||
'money by any means, porn performers without protection' and 25-30 protesters with other placards | ||||
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NEWS DESKS: Consider going LIVE from Santa Monica.
Background on AHF's Adult Film Worker Safety Efforts and STD Infections in the Industry
AHF's move to spearhead this ballot initiative was prompted by two outbreaks of HIV in the industry and an ongoing epidemic of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in California's adult film industry. As part of its ongoing campaign to require the use of condoms in adult films, AHF has undertaken high profile advocacy efforts directly targeting the industry, including key players like Hustler's founder Larry Flynt and Vivid Entertainment's Steve Hirsch; it has also publicly pressed Los Angeles County political and health officials to comply with the law as far as legal reporting of HIV and STD cases—including those found among performers in the industry—and to require the use of condoms on film sets in Los Angeles.
Multiple organizations committed to protecting the public health have called for mandatory use of condoms in the production of adult films, including the American Medical Association, the American Public Health Association, the California Conference of Local AIDS Directors, the California STD Controllers Association, the National Coalition of STD Directors, the National Association of City and County Health Officials, AIDS Healthcare Foundation and the California Medical Association.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF)Â is the US' largest non-profit HIV/AIDS healthcare provider. AHF currently provides medical care and/or services to more than 125,000 individuals in 26 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and the Asia Pacific Region. www.aidshealth.org
Contacts:
AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Ged Kenslea
Telephone: 323-308-1833
Mobile:
323-791-5526
gedk@aidshealth.org
or
Lori
Yeghiayan Friedman
Telephone: 323-308-1834
Mobile: 323-377-4312
loriy@aidshealth.org
