On Thursday, over one hundred adult performers planned to protest against mandatory condoms and “porn goggles” at an Oakland meeting of California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health.
Cal/OSHA was scheduled to vote on whether or not to implement certain required safety and engineering controls, such as condoms, goggles and dental dams for porn actor,s in order to prevent the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
In 2012, Los Angeles County passed a local law mandating condom use on adult film sets, with the help of an AIDS Healthcare Foundation-sponsored ordinance. Thursday’s hearing seeks to expand that state-wide, causing many in the industry to worry that it could drive businesses out of the Golden State.