LAS VEGAS (AP) – Adult film production migrated from California to Nevada after voters in Los Angeles County approved a law requiring condom use on set. Now, a condom use requirement could follow.
Nevada health officials said Friday that they’re considering strict brothel-style regulations for a booming adult film industry following the announcement last month that two male performers tested positive for HIV following a video shoot in the state.
“The potential exists to require condoms and other barrier options in all sexual contact,” state Department of Health and Human Services spokeswoman Mary Woods said in a statement.
The idea that porn stars might have to wear protection in productions filmed in Nevada generated a buzz among some of the 25,000 attendees collecting autographs from porn stars posing in fishnet stockings and bustiers at this week’s Adult Video News Expo at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
“I prefer no condoms,” said Rob Tatka, a 29-year-old tourist from Chicago who collected a bag full of posters of his favorite stars to take home. “Porn is about fantasy,” he said, “and honestly, no man wants to use one in real life.”