Tag Archives: condoms

More On #TruvadaWhore

The Associated Press has published a lengthy examination of the use of Truvada as a daily HIV preventive, which is opposed by some activists and the often combative AIDS Healthcare Foundation. It’s the Truvada conundrum: A drug hailed as a lifesaver for many people infected by HIV is at the heart of a rancorous debate among gay men, AIDS activists …

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Matt Barber’s Site: AIDS Patients Should Sue Groups That Promote Safer Sex

In a post on Matt Barber’s website, infamous anti-Kinsey activist Judith Reisman today declares that AIDS patients should file a class action lawsuit against “condom pushers” because the FDA has never approved condom use for anal sex. The reality is that condoms are manufactured and approved every day for natural, vaginal sex, not anal “sex.” They are not effectively designed …

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NYC Launches “KYNG” Sized Condoms

The NYC Department of Health, which annually distributes millions of free condoms, used Valentine’s Day to announce the launch of a larger size. The changes to the city-sponsored condoms came from direct feedback, she said. “In the past year, we have participated in over 600 community events, and we’ve reached more than 25,000 New Yorkers, and they’ve told us that …

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Porn Studio Digitally “Erases” Condoms?

Via press release: Legendary gay film producer Falcon Studios has decided to use some decidedly new tech to compete with bareback studios. For it’s latest release, California Dreamin’, the San Francisco-based studio used advanced Photoshop techniques to remove condoms from the final film. While the film itself was shot using condoms, the final result appears as condomless. The move comes …

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NEW YORK CITY: Harlem Group Begins Study On HIV Prevention Using Truvada

Over the objections of some activists, in July 2012 the FDA approved the use of Truvada as a daily HIV preventive for some high-risk populations. Harlem Prevention Center has launched a study which will evaluate if taking the drug less frequently will also be effective. Via press release: HPTN 067, also known as The ADAPT Study, is a unique study …

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Bacon Condoms

“Make your meat look like meat.”  From the makers of bacon lube, baconaisse, bacon envelopes, and bacon lip balm.

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Bill Gates Will Pay For A Better Condom

Bill Gates has issued a “grand challenge” for a better condom and is offering a $100,000 prize to the start-up that comes up with a “next-generation” version. From the challenge site: We are looking for a Next Generation Condom that significantly preserves or enhances pleasure, in order to improve uptake and regular use. Additional concepts that might increase uptake include …

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NEW STUDY: Gay Men With Larger Penises Less Likely To Use Condoms

According to a just-issued study, gay men who have a large penis are less likely to use a condom. The study, “Self-reported penis size and experiences with condoms among gay and bisexual men” will be published in the February 2013 issue of Archives of Sexual Behavior. It used data collected from men who have sex with men by Hunter College’s …

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Porn Companies To Sue Over Condom Law

Last week Los Angeles County voters approved a bill that mandates the usage of condoms in all porn productions.  Adult Video News reports that a coalition of porn companies has sent the county Board Of Supervisors a notice of their intent to sue to overturn to new law. “We believe that the law is not only unconstitutional on the grounds …

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Condoms Bill Passes In LA County

Yesterday Los Angeles County voters approved the measure mandating the usage of condoms in all porn productions. The measure garnered 55.9% of the vote after a hard-fought campaign. “This is a major referendum on the subject of safer sex,” said AIDS Healthcare Foundation President Michael Weinstein. The measure is sponsored by the foundation, which has been pushing for years to …

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From The AIDS Council Of Finland

Clever. (Via Copyranter)

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Billboard Of The Day

Via press release from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation: “It may seem counterintuitive for the ‘Yes on B’ campaign to post billboards stating our opponents’ position ‘No’ on Ballot Measure B, but we believe that between pornographers who oppose the measure and health associations like the L.A. County Medical Association and the STD Controllers Association that support the measure, Los Angeles …

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Open This Condom With One Hand

Because your other hand is busy.

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Straight Porn Star Comes Forward, Reveals That He’d Falsified STD Diagnosis

“I started unraveling around mid-June. There was a contract I had with a company for a male enhancement product, and they were going to pay me monthly, but they decided to pull the contract. I was like ‘Ah!’ I was going into July, and then I got this positive on the syphilis test. It was just slam, slam, slam, and …

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Syphilis Case Shuts Down LA Porn

Some of the largest companies in the sprawling porn industry centered around Los Angeles have come to a standstill after a performer revealed that he’d hidden his syphilis diagnosis from producers and filmed several scenes knowing that he’d been infected. His name has not been disclosed nor is it known if he performed in gay or straight scenes. (Or both.) …

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Jedi Condoms

For the third grader in you.

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On The Female Condom

One group at the AIDS Conference in DC is trying to bring attention back to the female condom for gay men. Via press release: ‘Strange,’ ‘unnatural,’ even ‘squishy’ sounding – these are just a few of the comments overheard in discussions around female condoms. Yet, listen to those who have actually used them and the conversation changes: ‘thinner,’ ‘more pleasurable’ …

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LOS ANGELES: Referendum To Require Condoms In All Porn Makes County Ballot

Proponents of mandatory condom usage in all porn productions have succeeded in their bid to place the measure before Los Angeles County voters in November. In January the city council of Los Angeles adopted the same requirement. Via press release from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation: “We are extremely pleased to learn that our County of Los Angeles ballot measure to …

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At The Condom Factory

An extended commercial for Trojan, but still interesting.(Via JMG reader Alan)

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Sydney Mardi Gras Condom Ad

(Via – Copyranter)

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