Tag: Safer Sex

Gay Dating App Bans Certain Words From Profiles To Promote Safer Sex 

best_phone_sex_niteflirt_disneyprincesIn an attempt to promote safer sex, the gay dating app, Scruff, has banned certain words from users’ profiles that are linked with risky sexual behavior. What are the words currently prohibited from their users’ profiles? “Party” and “chem,” which are both code words for drugs and chemsex, a dangerous phenomenon in the gay community that’s claimed many lives.

While Scruff admittedly has good intentions, many users have easily gotten around the new ban by simply swapping out a letter for a number, like “ch3m” and “p4rty.” Not only that, but Buzzfeed recently wrote about a man who discovered the rule after his profile was rejected because he couldn’t say he was a member of the Labour Party, since the app indiscriminately filters out certain words without checking for context. In a statement, Nigel Whitfield said: “I know the Labour party is a bit fucked up at the moment but I’m pretty sure the problem isn’t that it’s on drugs.” Scruff, do you allow the word “fail” on your app?—it seems maybe you should check that one out for yourself.

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Check out more about the gay dating app that bans certain words to promote safer sex here: https://www.thegailygrind.com/2016/12/30/word-scruff-just-ban-profiles-promote-safer-sex-users/

Porn Industry Rejoices As California Votes To Shut Down Condom Bill 

adult-1822413_640Porn stars and porn sites are in celebration mode this month after receiving word that the state of California has voted to reject the “California Safer Sex in the Adult Film Industry Act,” also known as Proposition 60. Prop 60 brought backlash from porn producers and others in the industry because they would have needed to prove that condoms were worn during scenes involving “vaginal or anal penetration by a penis,” in addition to requiring producers to pay for testing, vaccinations, and medical exams of performers. The bill, which was introduced and funded by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, was struck down 46 to 55 percent.

Critics of Prop 60 argued that Los Angeles already passed a measure in 2012 that requires the use of condoms in porn made in L.A. County. And regular STI testing is also an industry standard. Many of the bill’s opponents and AIDS activists have been working together to provide guidelines that would mostly align with those in Prop 60, but which would give “power to the performer.” Today, porn stars are just happy the bill was rejected, and have taken to Twitter to express their relief: “Looks like #prop60 isn’t going to pass! Any other news we missed about people getting fucked without a condom?”

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Check out more about California shutting down the condom bill: https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/california-condom-bill-porn-prop-60/