【China AIDS:7008】 洛杉矶艾滋病团体呼吁色情电影业使用安全套

路透社报道说，美国洛杉矶的艾滋病团体呼吁就成人电影使用安全套问题进行投票表决。

洛杉矶是美国色情电影产业的基地，年产值有数十亿。但许多主要的电影公司在制作色情电影时并没有使用安全套，理由之一便是使用橡胶制品影响影片观感和吸引力。一些电影制片商表示，如果新法通过，他们将不得不使用安全套，那么他们会考虑离开洛杉矶。

艾滋病健康基金会周一说，他们递交了一个要求公投的请愿书。请愿书签署人数量远远超过法律对公投请愿书署名人数的要求。预计请愿书会在2012年6月期间进行公投。

如果签名得到官方认可，并且公投得以举行，洛杉矶居民将会被问及是否要求色情电影公司在色情镜头中使用安全套以及将此作为电影许可发行的条件。

加州官员认为没有必要公投，因为色情电影业的从业者已经受到在免遭血源性病原体危害的工作场所保护条例的保护，成人电影演员在有可能暴露于感染的情况下必须使用安全套。

在过去5年里，加州职业安全和卫生部门已经对色情电影制片商的违法该条例的行为处以了12.5.万美元的罚款，但这些案子仍在上诉中。

自称于2010年在拍摄影片时感染艾滋病的25岁前色情电影明星德里克.贝特斯认为，有些演员愿意戴套，但如果制片商不愿让他们戴，他们也不会戴。他说：”在这一行里，你要拼命挣钱，因为一旦你进入这个行业，你作为色情电影演员的模样就遍布各处，你就很难脱离出来过正常生活，“

艾滋病健康基金会认为，洛杉矶官员和该地区的公共卫生部门在处理色情产业工作方面行动迟缓。基金会主席迈克尔.维斯登对公投提议获得通过很有信心。

AIDS group seeks LA vote on condoms in porn films

(Reuters) - Voters in Los Angeles, home to the U.S. porn industry, could soon be asked to decide whether condoms should be required in adult films to reduce sexually transmitted diseases.

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation said on Monday it submitted far more than the required number of signatures on a petition for a public ballot that could go before voters in June 2012.

If the signatures are officially certified and a vote is held, Los Angeles residents would be asked whether adult film producers must require the use of condoms on porn sets as a condition for getting movie permits.

Most major porn companies shoot films without condoms, and some argue that using latex prophylactics would take away from the fantasy appeal of their product. The multibillion dollar U.S. industry is largely based in Los Angeles, and producers say they might leave if new laws make condom use unavoidable.

California officials argue that a vote is not necessary because the porn industry is already covered by workplace rules protecting employees from blood-borne pathogens. They say condoms are required in cases where adult film performers could be exposed to infection.

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health has issued over $125,000 in fines against porn producers in the past five years for various violations, but some of those citations are on appeal, according to figures from the agency.

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation counters that city officials and the area's public health agency have been slow to crack down on the porn industry.

"We're confident about our ability to win an initiative in an election," said Michael Weinstein, the foundation's president. "We say, why continue to frustrate ourselves trying to get the politicians to stand up and do something when the people seem to be ahead of them."

Former porn star Derrick Burts, 25, who said he was infected with HIV on a porn shoot in 2010, claimed some performers would like to wear condoms but will not go against the wishes of their producers.

"In this industry, you fight for every dollar you can make, because when you get into this industry, it's hard to get out and make a normal living because your face is everywhere as someone who's done porn," Burts said.

A representative for adult industry group the Free Speech Coalition did not return a phone call or e-mail seeking comment, and a representative from the city's film permitting agency could not be reached for comment.

(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Bob Tourtellotte)

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William Schue

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