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AIDS Activists Hammer Larry Flynt Over Unsafe Porn

Group demands Flynt's stars start using condoms

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 27, 2010 3:14 AM CDT

(Newser) – Activists demanding that porn industry actors use condoms have targeted the world's most famous pornographer. The AIDS Health Foundation has filed a workplace safety complaint against Flynt, accusing him of endangering his performers, AP reports. Protesters gathered outside the Beverly Hills headquarters of Flynt's company and delivered 100 porn DVDs to state safety offices.

The porn films, the group says, "clearly demonstrate workplace activities highly likely to spread blood-borne pathogens in the workplace." A spokesman for the porn king's company said it operates within the law and none of its performers has ever tested positive for HIV. "We won't budge when it comes to condomless productions," said Larry Flynt Productions President Michael Klein. "That's what the consumer wants, and we deliver it."

Hustler magazine founder Larry Flynt arrives at the premiere of the documentary 'Larry Flynt: The Right to be Left Alone.'
Hustler magazine founder Larry Flynt arrives at the premiere of the documentary 'Larry Flynt: The Right to be Left Alone.'   (AP Photo/Gary He, File)
Protesters gather outside porn producer  Larry Flynt's corporate headquarters in Beverly Hills.
Protesters gather outside porn producer Larry Flynt's corporate headquarters in Beverly Hills.   (Photo: Business Wire)
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COMMENTS
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Hershey-Squirts
Aug 27, 2010 8:00 AM CDT
But the cum shot is the best part.
j e f
Aug 27, 2010 5:54 AM CDT
File under: We've got bigger problems than how porn stars fuck.
reasonator
Aug 27, 2010 3:47 AM CDT
What idiots. Porn actors are some of the safest people around because they all have mandatory STI checks on a regular basis, and no one gets to do a scene unless everyone is tested infection free. It's like a private club where you can only be a member if you don't have an STI. If anyone ever does have an STI, they are out. That's a lot safer than what the average person does. Also, married or otherwise monogamous couples who are disease clear and use birth control don't have to wear condoms if they don't want, so porn scenes are mimicking that situation if anything. So these protesters need to get a life. Most of these protesters are so-called feminists (who don't know the first thing about true feminism) who just don't like porn to begin with because they think it denigrates women (and if you believe it does, then you're the one who holds a sexist viewpoint).

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