CSC and Good Vibrations Sponsor Prop 60  Info Night

SAN FRANCISCO—The Center for Sex & Culture is inviting members of the voting public as well as adult industry professionals whose work might be impacted by Prop 60—the California initiative seeking to require condoms for all vaginal and anal porn scenes—to attend an informational evening to discuss the measure. "Many participants in the adult industry are targeted by this ballot initiative helmed by a well-known anti-porn activist," said CSC director and co-founder Carol Queen, PhD. "We are honored to be able to host a discussion about this proposed law and hope that curious voters will come hear these important legal and industry perspectives." Co-sponsored by Center for Sex and Culture and Good Vibrations, the event is free but donations will be gladly accepted to defray the cost of the space. The event, titled "Prop 60 Debrief: What is Prop 60, how would it impact us, and how can we stop it?," is set to take place November 3 at 7 p.m. at the Center for Sex and Culture, located at 1349 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103. Attorneys Alex Austin of the Austin Law Group and Karen Tynan will join Verta of the Adult Performer Advocacy Committee, adult film producer Shine Louise Houston, and porn performer Jiz Lee to address questions from the industry. What is Prop 60? How would it impact our business? What can we do in the remaining days leading up to the November 8th election to stop it? This debrief will focus on adult film and cam professionals but is open to the public. Austin Law Group is the premier queer adult entertainment law firm in the Bay Area. Austin Law Group was founded in 1996 by attorney Alex Austin, who earned a law degree from New College of California School of Law, the oldest public interest law school in the nation. Austin is on the legal referral panel for National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, Kink Aware Professionals, California Lawyers for the Arts, AIDS Legal Referral Panel and Transgender Law Center. A member of the Entertainment Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco, Austin is also affiliated with the American Bar Association’s Section of Intellectual Property Law, National Lawyers Guild, and Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom. Karen Tynan is a California attorney practicing in the areas of employment law and regulatory law and holds a B.S. degree in marine transportation from the United States Merchant Marine Academy. She advises and defends California employers and companies in civil, administrative, and regulatory matters. She works with clients throughout all areas of California including the Bay Area, Central Valley, High Sierra, Los Angeles and San Diego area. Many clients have worked with the office for at least ten years with services ranging from defending wage and hour claims, defending discrimination suits, in-house sexual harassment training, compliance, and crisis management. Tynan is licensed to practice law in California and in the United States District Courts of the Eastern District and Northern District. Verta is an author, adult film performer, and secretary of the Adult Performer Advocacy Committee. The Adult Performer Advocacy Committee advocates to maintain and improve safety and working conditions in the adult film industry by giving adult performers organized representation in matters that affect their health, safety, and community. Shine Louise Houston is the founder and director of the San Francisco-based adult film company Pink and White Productions. She is a graduate of the San Francisco Arts Institute with a Bachelors in Fine Art Film and a former staff of Good Vibrations. Her work is internationally recognized for its cinematic quality and honest portrayal of LGBTQ sexuality. She was awarded the "Sylvester Pride in the Arts" by the Harvey Milk Democratic Club and the California Legislature Assembly, and was honored 'Visionary' at the Feminist Porn Awards. Her films have been presented at Stanford, Princeton, UC Berkeley, San Francisco State University, and the American Studies Conference, among others, and appear in the human sexuality textbook A Taste for Brown Sugar: Black Women in Pornography, and featured on Emmy award-winning television series Transparent, on HBO NOW, and in exhibit at the Tate Modern Museum in London. Jiz Lee has worked in the adult industry for over a decade, spanning independent erotic films and hardcore gonzo pornography. A versatile performer and key player in the queer porn movement, Jiz has been the recipient of multiple AVN and XBiz Award industry nominations and Feminist Porn Awards, and is an honoree of The Trans 100. (Jiz is nonbinary and uses the gender-neutral pronouns they/them.) Their writing has appeared in Global Information Society Watch: Sexual Rights and the Internet and they are the creator and editor of Coming Out Like a Porn Star: essays on pornography, protection, and privacy, and co-editor of the Porn Studies Journal special issue on Porn and Labour.