Disabled Woman Makes Porn Debut

Spain--Encarna Conde needs to use a wheelchair but that's not stopping her from making a splash with the new porn flick, Breaking Barriers.

When Conde got fed up with the lack of disabled women being featured in mainstream porn, she decided to take matters into her own hands. She wrote a letter to Antonio Marcos, the head of XCanal, Spain's largest porn company.

Marcos agreed to hold an open casting call for aspiring, disabled porn stars. When no one responded, Conde volunteered herself.

"It was very pleasant," Conde said of her first on-screen effort, "though, I was somewhat cowardly."

The film deviates from the standard porno formula by ending with a serious discussion with the producer about disabled women and their sexuality.

"Disabled women have to take steps forward and one should always be happy if one breaks a barrier," Conde said. "Everybody, whether they are disabled or not, has the right to make their own sexual choices."

Encarna Conde is the president of the Association of Andalucian Ataxia Groups.

Iowa Senator Takes Aim At Sex Workers

Washington--Hookers beware. Iowa Republican Senator Charles Grassley wants to use the U.S. tax code to put you in jail.

A Senate committee approved legislation yesterday that would target criminals in the sex-slave trade as well as "run-of-the-mill pimps" using a new provision of the U.S. tax code.

"This vile crime is under our noses in the United States," Grassley said, "And it's a no-brainer to have the IRS go after sex-traffickers. Prosecuting these tax code violations can get these guys off the street and yank from their grasp the girls and women they exploit."

Using a mind-bending Catch-22, the new law will make it even more illegal to be a prostitute in this country. Pimps will now face up to ten years in prison for each person who works for them without filing a proper W-2. Also, the law will require more jail time for prostitution offenses and allows the IRS to guestimate unreported wages when assessing fines for sex workers.

(Now, as a "john", can I write off my weekly visits to the local massage parlor as a tax deduction?)

Some voices from the sex industry are expressing concern that the law will be too indiscriminate when choosing who to prosecute.

"Forced labor, kidnapping should be targeted," said Carol Leigh of the San Francisco sex worker advocacy group, BAYSWAN, "but this legislation broadly targets the sex trade in general and could target your local strip club."

Although Leigh agrees that legislation is needed, she believes this law takes us a step back when it comes to protecting women in the sex trade.

"We want laws enforced against those who abuse us, against those who are violent, and enforcement of labor regulations," Leigh said. "This is the only truly effective way to protect the welfare of the women who work in the industry."

Obscenity & The Law

Arrests Piling Up In Florida Obscenity Case

Pensacola, FLA--Three men have been arrested in what looks to be another major obscenity case in the making.

Clinton Raymond McCowen, aka Ray Guhn (pictured), Kevin Patrick Stevens and Andrew Kevin Craft have been arrested and charged with producing and selling obscene material, prostitution and racketeering since last Friday.

The arrests were the culmination of a months long investigation by Escambia County and State law enforcement officials into the operation of McCowen's Global Technologies Inc. During the arrests police seized guns, drugs, computers and business records.

The company, operating under the business name Ray Guhn Productions, produces the porn sites CumOnHerFace.com, LesbianHangout.com and BustyTramps.com. (It looks to be that all of these sites are currently off-line.) Much of the content on the sites was produced in homes and hotel rooms in Escambia County using local models as talent.

The investigation was spurred on by local residents' complaints about advertisements recruiting men and women to appear in "group sex" videos. Apparently that didn't sit well with Escambia County Sheriff Ron McNesby, who claims that the arrests are a reflection of the community's "values".

"We want people to know that we don't want this kind of activity in our community," McNesby told the Pensacola News Journal.

Assistant State Attorney Russ Edgar, who led the investigation, said that more arrests are expected in "the next several days or several weeks."

No public statement has yet been made by McCowen, Stevens, Craft or their attorneys. All three men have been released on bond.

Obscenity & The Law

Penis Pump Shown To Jury In Masturbation Trial

Bristol, OK--The moment of truth has finally arrived. Jurors in former district judge Donald Thompson's masturbation trial have been shown one of the penis pumps he allegedly used while presiding over a murder trial in 2003.

Allegations of Thompson's sexual misconduct led to his being charged with "repeated use of a device known as a penis pump during non-jury and jury trials in his courtroom and in the presence of court employees while serving in his capacity as a district judge" in 2004. The judge is currently facing four felony counts of indecent exposure.

Thompson and his attorney, Clark Brewster, maintain that the allegations are part of a conspiracy by local police officers to discredit the former judge by capitalizing on a gag gift he received in 2002.

"The individuals we believe are behind this attempt to embarrass the judge took that opportunity to blow it into a much more sinister set of allegations," Brewster said.

Sepulpa Police Captain Mike Reed has testified to seeing the penis pump during the August murder trial, though he admits he never saw the judge's penis. According to the officer, "Thompson was seated with his elbows on his knees, with a tube running along his robe and between his knees." Reed also testified that he had heard a suspicious "air-pressure" sound coming from then-judge Thompson's pants.

Court employees have also testified against Thompson, claiming to have seen the horny old man pulling his pecker in the court room on more than one occasion. Lisa Foster, Thompson's court reporter for more than 18 years, said she had witnessed the judge's alleged sexual behavior over a dozen times.

Although Thomson has admitted to owning two penis pumps, one of which he purchased as part of a penile dysfunction therapy program prescribed by his physician, his attorney maintains that the judge displayed bad judgment, not his member.

"I speak for the judge and his family when I say we are sad it's come to this point," Brewster said. "There has been so much speculation about this case that the only good thing about charges being filed is that the truth will finally come out."

That may be true but there are some things that are better left a mystery.

Child Porn

Google Off The Hook In Child Porn Suit

Long Island, NY--A lawsuit filed against Google Inc. claiming they were profiting from child pornography was dropped on Wednesday. Nassau County legislator Jeff Toback filed the suit in May, claiming the search engine giant had "paid links" to sites containing child porn and was receiving ad revenue from some of those sites.

Toback dropped the suit because "Google has offered to sit down and discuss the issues. They didn't want to do that while litigation was pending, so we're taking them up on their offer"

Google has denied the allegations from the beginning. Company spokesperson Steve Langdon said the Google was "pleased that the suit has been dismissed and believe it was completely without merit."

"If Mr. Toback would like to talk with us about something, he should consider approaching it with a phone call, letter or other common form of communication, not an irresponsible lawsuit."

Langdon went on to say that the lawsuit contained "some of the most far-fetched accusations we've ever heard."

Toback stated that he looks forward to talking with Google representatives "at their earliest convenience."

Art

Porn Is Art: Photos By Pierre Radisic

Check out more work by Belgian photaographer Pierre Radisic. Photos via Fleshbot.





(I love the peek-a-boo shot between the legs.)

Porno Events

Porn Industry Sponsors Charity Poker Event

Los Angeles--B.a.b.e. (Breast Awareness Benefits Everyone), a non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating breast cancer, will host the Babes and Aces Charity Poker Tournament this Thursday at the Hollywood Park Casino in Los Angeles.

Sponsors of the event include Adam & Eve, Vivid, Wicked Pictures, Genesis, Erotica LA and AVN.

According to b.a.b.e. founder Marcia Hrichison, adult star Taylor Wayne will be hosting the event and porn celebrities Mary Cary, Tera Patrick, Niki Benz, Seymour Butts, Cousin Stevie and many others will all be making appearances.

Proceeds from the event will be distributed by b.a.b.e to various charities including the Eileen Stein Jacoby Fund at the Fox Chase Cancer Center and the Westside Family Health Center.

Ya see everybody. Porn is on the side of good.

For more information check out Ms. Hrichison's web site at www.babe-a-rella.org.

Anti-Porn Ads Air This Weekend

Colorado Springs, CO--They call themselves The Defenders and to hear it from them, if you "use" pornography you are destined to descend into the dark depths of wickedness and child molestation.

Did you hear that? You, who just stumbled across this site while searching for blowjob pics, will one day (maybe soon) join the ranks of pedophiles, sexual deviants and dirtbags. You are a pervert. There is no hope for you.

No hope, of course, unless you join The Defenders, a grassroots Christian organization recently founded in Colorado Springs.

According to Chaplain Henry Rodgers, one of the group's founders, The Defenders are "calling men to defend themselves, each other and our homes and children from the harms of the commercial sex industry."

The group cites statistics that show that the consumption of child porn and the sexual exploitation of children has reached epidemic proportions in this country. They also claim that child abuse is the inevitable result of viewing pornography.

In response to this crisis, the group will be launching a national television and radio ad campaign over this Father's Day weekend called "She has a Name". The ads will tell the stories of several teenage girls who were sexually exploited by the commercial sex industry.

One network, MSNBC, has refused to run the ads, claiming they are too one-sided.

"The ads say outright that pornography is not a victimless crime," said campaign creator former Rep. Linda Smith. "The network said it was a debatable issue whether pornography is never victimless-and they do not air ads on debatable issues."

CNN, Fox and ESPN are airing the ads this weekend.

Senate Considers Mandatory Web Labeling Bill

Washington, D.C.--A new bill put forward by Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) would require commercial web-site operators who feature sexually explicit material to place government mandated warning labels on their sites. Non-compliance would result in prison terms of up to 15 years.

Called the Stop Adults' Facilitation of the Exploitation of Youth Act, or Internet SAFETY Act, the bill is being touted as a new weapon in the war on child pornography.

"The increase in Internet use has given sexual predators new ways to prey on children," Kyl said. "This bill, among other things, is intended to shut down these opportunities, and severely punish the degraded individuals who are involved in the sexual exploitation of our youth."

In a nutshell, the bill would force commercial web operators to place "clearly identifiable marks and notices" on their web pages to alert viewers of "sexually explicit" content. The bill would also make a new crime out of "using misleading domain names to direct children to harmful material on the Internet."

Under current federal law "sexually explicit" material includes any depiction of sexual intercourse, bestiality, masturbation, sadistic or masochistic abuse, or lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic area.

The Supreme Court has ruled (U.S. v. Knox) that the "lascivious exhibition" of the crotch could include someone wearing a bikini, leotards or underwear. According to Anne Broache of News.com, that would mean "that photos of people in leotards and bathing suits would have to be rated as sexually explicit if the commercial web site owner wanted to avoid going to prison."

Well, there goes my hopes for starting TotallyInnocentLeotardShots.com.

I jest, but critics of the bill say the vague language of the Act and its harsh penalties would be a serious danger to free speech.

"Whether artistic works or political commentary or any type of images that may arguably come close to this category, people may not publish them for fear of being sent to jail for 15 years," said David Greene, director of The First Amendment Project.

If you would like to contact Sen. Kyl, go to his link above. He only answers emails from Arizona constituents, but we should all send him a nasty note anyway.

Annie Sprinkle Debuts Performance Art Show In San Francisco

San Francisco--Sex goddess Annie Sprinkle and her life partner Elizabeth Stephens have put together a new "multi-media performance-art-theater extravaganza" which debuts this weekend at the CounterPULSE art space in San Francisco.

Exposed: Experiments in Love, Sex, Death and Art is described by Sprinkle as "a unique love story, a genuine celebration of the deepest realms of romantic, sexual and familial love, in order to bring about positive social change."

The show "explores lesbian courtship, artificial insemination, queer weddings, breast cancer, art experiments and communion with community." Sprinkle added that the piece is "an artistic response to the violence of war and the anti-gay marriage movement."

Annie Sprinkle has been described as a post-modern sex goddess and, for the past thirty years, has been a porn star, sex educator, writer, actress and performance artist.

Exposed is scheduled for four performances this Friday through Sunday at CounterPULSE located at 1310 Mission St. in San Francisco.

"Love Thy Enemy... Then Kill Them": Christian Video Game Chock Full Of Violence

Cyberspace--Killing for Christ has never been so exciting. Left Behind: Eternal Forces, a new real-time stradegy video game, is scheduled for release in October, 2006, just in time for the Savior's B-Day.

The game, based upon the immensely popular Left Behind book series, is set in a modern-day New York City just after the apocalyptic event called the Rapture. Gamers will be able to lead the Tribulation Force against the dark armies of Nicolae Carpathia- the AntiChrist, in an attempt to save those who have been: dun, dun, dah...left behind.

According to the game's web site, players will "conduct physical and spiritual warfare" against non-believers. The use of extreme prejudice is sanctioned against the infidels, and when a player snuffs a Muslim, Jew, gay or a Christian of questionable faith, soldiers cry out an exuberant "Praise the Lord!" (I am not kidding.)

Don't get too excited, kids. This is not a wanton, free-for-all killing spree. Your soldiers lose Spirit Points (which are necessary to win the game) even when they make a clean, justified kill. Soldiers must then be rejuvenated by prayer or risk being recruited by the evil Global Community Peace Keepers.

Troy A. Lyndon, one of the game's creators, says the game "will be a new tool to get the two-minute generation to think about matters of eternal importance in a way that isn't religious."

Left Behind co-author and Southern Baptist minister, Tim LaHaye has high hopes for the game's success. "We hope teenagers like the game," LaHaye said. "Our real goal is to have no one left behind."

Well, that's a relief.

Utah Congressman Sets Sights On Obscenity Jurisdiction

Washington, DC--Utah Representative Chris Cannon has introduced legislation that would take away the Supreme Court's ability to hear state obscenity cases and, in essence, uphold the U.S. Constitution.

HR 5528, a.k.a. the Pornography Jurisdiction Act, intends to limit the ability of federal courts to reverse state court decisions as to what is obscene material.

The Act states that "no court created by an Act of Congress shall have jurisdiction, and, the Supreme Court shall have no appellate jurisdiction, to hear or decide whether a State pornography law imposes a constitutionally invalid restriction of the freedom of expression."

In other words, Mr. Cannon envisions a world where States can pass whatever ass-backwards obscenity laws they see fit and face no challenge from the Supreme Court.

"It is not the job of the courts to legislate," said Cannon. "My legislation puts the power to protect families back in the hands of the states, where it rightfully belongs. If there are those who believe a state's anti-pornography laws are too strict, they can find another state in which to live."

Whoa, C-dog. You mean that even if I was born in your state (Ah, Utah) , went to your schools, got Jesus and abstinence education shoved down my throat, knocked some Mormon cheerleader up because I didn't know what a condom was, then, because I couldn't afford to go to college, had to take a job for $5.15 an hour at a donut factory, and I thought my states laws governing pornography were in violation of the Constitution of the United States of America and the First Amendment, you'd tell me to move to fucking Arizona?

Well, fuck you.

Fortunately for our hypothetical porn lover, most believe the Act has little chance of passing.

According to First Amendment attorney Reed Lee, "the United States Supreme Court and the state courts set up long ago that there are limits to state's rights in the federal system. One of those limits is that on federal law issues, including what the United States Constitution reads, the United States government, and particularly the judiciary, has the final word... and state judges shall be bound by oath to support that constitution as the supreme law of the land."

Sounds like Rep. Cannon is just fishing for conservative votes, but we shouldn't let our elected officials waste our resources on their petty personal agendas. Leave Mr. Cannon a comment on The Hills Congress Blog or email him at cannon.ut03@mail.house.gov.

Just wanted to share some cool, creepy, delightfully erotic shots I found via Fleshbot. (That's a great site by the way and if you didn't already know about it, I highly recommend it.) Photos by Thomas Buchta, www.herrbuchta.com.

Got my giggle on this morning with an article in The Toilet Paper. "Have you ever fucked a girl so hard that her wheelchair caught on fire?" Some of the funniest low-brow I've read in awhile.

Patience, dear readers... the Lady J cometh.

JM Productions Slapped With Obscenity Indictment

In a desperate attempt to legitimize the Federal Government's "war on obscenity", porn maker JM Productions and retailer/online distributor Five Star Video were indicted on 18 counts of interstate trafficking of obscene material last week.

The June 1 indictment states that the two companies and their principal owners "knowingly used an interactive computer service and other facilities and means of interstate and foreign commerce to sell and distribute, to a location in Northern Virginia, obscene DVDs...in violation of Title 18, United States Code, sections 1465 ['Transportation of obscene matters for sale or distribution'] and (2)(a).

The DVD titles in question, Gag Factor 15 & 18, American Bukkake 13 and Filthy Things 6, were allegedly shipped through the USPS on February 6 and 10 of 2006. It has so far not been explained why Gag Factor 16 and 17 were not deemed obscene.

If convicted, Jeff Steward and Mike Norton of JM Productions, and Christopher Ankeney and Kenneth Graham of Five Star could face maximum penalties of five years in prison for each count.

What may be more troubling for the defendants is the 18th count, which invokes the Criminal Forfeiture statute (U.S.C. section 1467). The statute allows for the seizure of "any property, real or personal, constituting or traceable to gross profits or other proceeds or other proceeds obtained from such offense;" as well as "any property, real or personal, used or intended to be used to commit or promote the commission of such offense," at the court's discretion. That means that the defendants stand to not only serve prison sentences as sex offenders, but to loose much of their personal property as well.

(We're talking about some dirty videos here, right? I mean, were the DVD cases made out of cocaine, or something?)

Attorneys for the defendants, Jeff Douglas, Louis Sirkin, Richard Hertzberg and Allan B. Gelbard, Esq. released a prepared statement yesterday expressing their confidence in securing an acquittal and condemning the government's actions.

They called the indictment a "misallocation of scarce resources to try to galvanize its extremist voting base" and said that "all those charged and their lawyers are confidant of an acquittal and a complete repudiation of this abuse of Federal power."

The statement goes on to say that "somehow President Bush believes that it should be a crime to distribute photographs of sexual acts which are perfectly lawful to engage in."

"How much safer do you feel," they ask, "knowing that this is where F.B.I. agents, Justice Department lawyers, Assistant U.S. Attorneys and Federal Court resources are being expended? Do you think bank robbers, embezzlers, drug dealers and terrorists feel more or less vulnerable?"

U.S. District Magistrate Edward C. Voss is pushing to fast track the case, probably to drum up conservative support for the November elections. He has set a date of motion deadline for July 15, 2006.

The JM Productions website, www.jerkzone.com, was temporarily off line over the weekend but is back up, with all titles in question available for purchase. The FiveStarDVD.com site is no longer offering JM Productions products.

You Can't Keep A Bad Girl Down

The Evil Treads hard rock clothing company has signed the infamous Lizzy Borden as their latest spokesmodel. The new ad campaign is scheduled to kick of in the September issue of the rock n' roll mag, Revolver.

"Rock stars are really into my pornography," Borden told Adult Video News, "and I'm really into rock, so it was a good match, and I'm stoked as hell."

Ongoing legal troubles at Extreme Associates have kept Borden out of the spotlight for the past few years.

"After the indictment I really laid low," she said. "I didn't do a photo layout for three years...but now I figure it's about time to get back out there and whore myself out to companies."

Borden will also be shooting her first sex scene in almost five years. "It's going to be with Gina Lynn for a title called Gina Hates Lizzy," she said.

Whatever you may think about Lizzy, her husband Rob Black and the products Extreme puts out (they're material has dealt with simulated rape, murder and a woman licking up her own vomit after giving oral sex), you have to admit, they're honest. You might even be able to argue (and, oh yes dear readers, I certainly am) that what they do serves a higher social purpose.

According to Joseph Slade, pornography researcher and former director of Ohio University's School of Telecommunications, pornography has little to do with morality.

"Moral judgments are not applicable," he recently told the Athens News. "Porn tries to be marginal and ends up refreshing our culture. Real porn offends someone."

If that's the case, then Lizzy, you are for real. Welcome back to the spotlight.

Battle Over .XXX Domain Continues

The Florida based company, ICM Registry Inc., is appealing the May 10 decision by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to shoot down the proposed creation of an internet "red-light district".

The proposal seeks to create a new .xxx top-level domain (like .com or .org) for adult oriented websites. Registration with .xxx would be voluntary.

ICM Registry, who stands to profit handsomely from managing the new TLD, has filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against ICANN, claiming the independent oversight organization has been unduly influenced by the U.S. government.

Opinions are like assholes and everyone is puckering up on this issue.

ICM maintains that their proposed .xxx top-level domain will benefit adult content providers as well as protect Internet users from offensive content. According to their website "the .xxx top-level domain will create a clearly identifiable area of the Internet so that Internet users can be more informed when choosing to select or avoid adult entertainment sites."

ICANN's position is suspiciously vague, claiming that "public policy concerns" were not adequately addressed in the proposed ICM contract. However, dissent within the organization suggests the Bush Administration has been holding a gun to ICANN's head.

"We should not run the risk of turning ICANN into a convenient choke-point for the content related limitations desired by governments around the world," said ICANN board member Susan Crawford after the decision.

Critics of the decision claim that the U.S. government pressure on ICANN is coming from right-wing conservative Christian groups. Indeed, the Christian Coalition of America has been extremely vocal on the issue, claiming .xxx will make pornography even more accessible on the Internet.

On the other, other hand, members of the adult entertainment community are also opposed to the .xxx TLD due to fears that it will ghettoize the Internet porn industry, making it even easier for government to censor what it deems obscene.

Opinions aside, this issue is not going away any time soon.

According to ICM chairman Stuart Lawley, "We've got deep pockets. We're very determined."

Goalie Entertainment Owner Begins 13 Month Sentence

Denver, CO. Goalie Entertainment owner, Eddie Wedelstedt, began his 13 month prison sentence in a southern Colorado minimum security correctional facility yesterday.

According to the terms of a plea bargain agreement, Wedelstedt plead guilty to one count of interstate transportation of obscene materials for sale or distribution and one conspiracy charge. The plea bargain resulted in over a dozen charges being dismissed as well as the dismissal of charges against his wife and employees.

The original indictment was based largely on the confiscation of just six DVD titles found in his retail stores that were deemed obscene.

On May 13, Wedelstedt hosted a benefit for his children's charity, Eddie's Kids. That night he gave a speech to a gathering of friends, attorneys and employees, detailing all the bullshit he has gone through over the past two years including endless surveillance on he and his family.

"I think the thing that hurts me the most," Wedelstedt said, "was that, for two years, the federal government had gag orders on the banks that we deal with, and was forcing them to investigate all the lawyers that worked with us, because they [the government] were convinced that these lawyers were taking millions of dollars out of the country. And the sad part was, they [the attorneys] had to go through checkpoints when they traveled. They were treated like criminals...It was really unfortunate that that happened."

Wedelstedt went on to rally everyone present to take action against the absurd laws regarding sexuality that this country is currently enforcing.

"I mean, when you stop to think of all the horror stories in America today-think about it now- in South Carolina (see PornTribe, May 5, 2006), Texas, Georgia...it is illegal to buy a vibrator!" he shouted. "You can go to prison for buying a vibrator or a dildo. That's what this country is starting to come to, and it's very, very sad."

"What we've got to do now is, we've got to jump on top of things. We've got to jump in and we've got to stop these laws that are being passed. We can't wait for the ACLU."

In hero fashion, Wedelstedt assured the audience that he would survive prison.

"I've done a lot of time in a lot of places," he said. "All I can say is this: one year's not going to kill me. I can do one year and it's not gonna bother me. I think things are gonna be okay."