Politics & Government

It Is Riskier to Be Black and Gay Than to Be a Porn Star

County's ballot Measure B would require the use of condoms during the filming of adult videos.

The county's ballot Measure B requiring the use of condoms during the filming of adult videos in Chatsworth and elsewhere in Los Angeles may seem like a common sense requirement to prevent the transmission of sexually linked diseases.

However, Jim Newton reports in the Los Angeles Times that: "Where HIV is concerned, it is far riskier to be a young, black gay man in Los Angeles than it is to be a porn star."

Read his entire report here.

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