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LOS ANGELES — ASACP has named AdultWebmasterNet and LALExpo as featured sponsors for March.
ASACP’s Executive Director Tim Henning shared that its sponsors rank among the industry’s most respected companies and exemplify corporate responsibility, ethical business practices, and simple technical measures can help protect minors and other sensitive users from accidental exposure to age-restricted materials online.
“ASACP’s family of sponsors highlight the industry’s efforts to protect the innocence of youth,” ASACP Executive Director Tim Henning said. “These market leaders work in unison to safeguard children while improving the online experience for adults.”
These are the ASACP descriptions for its December sponsors:
AdultWebmasterNet
AdultWebmasterNet.com is a traffic services firm that sells adult website traffic, putting it in a position to work with many sites — and it does so with a distinct sense of corporate responsibility. For example, the company reviews all traffic requests to ensure they meet a set of minimum standards, such as the lack of underage depictions or even any allusion to this material. AdultWebmasterNet also publishes its own set of Best Practices, which include encouraging clients to become sponsors of ASACP and adopt the RTA labeling protocol — actions that spread the word about the need to protect children online and in mobile apps.
LALExpo
The Latin America Adult Business Expo (LALExpo) targets the vibrant Latin American market, attracting a growing international and Latin-American audience from companies representing all aspects of the online and adult business world. Because LALExpo is a business-to-business, education, and trade event, the general public is not permitted to attend, but a diverse range of companies from the billing, mobile tech, ad network, affiliate sector, and more are in attendance.
“Colombia has emerged as a vibrant center of the global camming community and broader digital media market. LALExpo’s goal has always been to promote excellence and responsibility among the companies in this space,” event organizer Anthony Rivera said. “Our roots are in the camming community, and we serve this group made up of countless independent performers, providing an opportunity for all adults who wish to make a living and support their families and themselves through today’s technology.”
“ASACP’s sponsors are building a better future for the industry and society’s most vulnerable members,” Henning said. “We thank them for this and encourage others to support our efforts on behalf of the children.”
Visit ASACP online and on Twitter; contact Henning at tim@asacp.org.
LOS ANGELES — Wicked Pictures has released the sixth scene from “Privilege,” the new series directed by Gamma contract star and 2023 XBIZ Male Performer of the Year Seth Gamble.
Created by Gamble as his follow-up to “Deranged,” the series is produced by Wicked Head of Production Axel Braun. The new scene, titled “Can’t We Just Pretend?” features Lilly Bell, Julia Ann, Lexi Luna, Evan Stone and Nathan Bronson, and is the sixth of eight scenes in a story described as “a gripping drama set in the Machiavellian world of the megarich.”
“Privilege” tells the story of towering family patriarch Alexander Nash (Evan Stone), who rules his family with an iron fist but has a soft spot for his youngest daughter (April Olsen). He’s in the middle of a huge deal that he can’t let anyone sabotage, from his duplicitous ex-wife (Lexi Luna) to his gold-digging new bride (Julia Ann), who has her eye on his money and on his beloved son Liam (Nathan Bronson).
Meanwhile, Nash’s other son, Lucas (Lucky Fate), a compulsive gambler, puts the entire family empire in jeopardy through sheer ineptitude. As Alexander’s personal saga unfolds, the torrid sex lives of his family come to light in a chain of events that will expose more dirty laundry than they ever bargained for.
“In the sixth episode of the series, ‘Can’t We Just Pretend?’ Alexander Nash’s mounting paranoia is clearly justified as he tries to determine who’s behind a mysterious office break-in,” said Gamble. “Tempers flare and accusations fly, particularly between his current wife, so perfectly played by Julia Ann, and his scheming ex, Lexi Luna. And while his son and heir apparent Liam tries to keep the peace, Nash is only too happy to let the two women ‘fight it out’ to see who might give up the guilty party. As Liam, Nathan is extremely good at portraying vulnerability here — he’s Nash’s beloved son, and his father has insisted he stay above the fray, but he has to walk a fine line — a line Lilly Bell is only too happy to cross for reasons of her own.”
Bell enthused about her role.
“I’m beyond excited to see my final episode of ‘Privilege’ come out,” she said. “This film was my debut with Wicked and it was an honor to be a part of this film. You can tell as a director Seth really cares about the product and that special attention to detail is what makes a project great. We all worked super hard on this and Nathan is always one of my favorite scene partners. Every scene I have with him is top notch and we have the best connection.”
The sixth episode of “Privilege” premieres today exclusively on Wicked.com.
LOS ANGELES — Pleasure brand Lovely Planet has signed a deal with Canadian distributors Sexy Living.
“Sexy Living was highly recommended to us from Canadian retailers and we are so excited to make everyone happy,” said Lovely Planet International Sales Director Leslie Meunier. “The partnership will significantly expand product awareness and accessibility to Canadian customers.”
Sexy Living CEO Francis Walsh returned the praise.
“We are very excited about this new partnership with Lovely Planet, a brand that represents quality and elegance,” Walsh said. “For over 20 years the Canadian adult market has trusted Sexy Living.”
MELBOURNE, Australia — GirlsOutWest has been nominated at the 2023 Australia Adult Industry Awards for Best Porn Production Company and Best Website.
Additionally, GirlsOutWest is celebrating that its founder, Mistress Annie, has been nominated for Alpha Female – Industry Leader and the Hall of Fame.
“It’s truly an honor to have multiple nominations for both myself, the GirlsOutWest production team, and many of the talented models we’ve been privileged to work with nominated for the 2023 Australian Adult Industry Awards,” Annie said.
The 2023 AAIA voting runs from March 2 to April 30, and the event is scheduled for May 11 at the Gentleman’s club Maxine’s in Brunswick, Melbourne. For more information, visit here.
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BOSTON — Ms Construed is offering a discount for her LoyalFans content.
“I am thrilled to celebrate my birthday month with my loyal fans and offer them a chance to experience my exclusive content at a discounted rate,” Construed said. “I believe in providing quality content and this is my way of thanking my fans for their support.”
For more information, visit her LoyalFans.
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MALIBU, Calif. — Pheromone perfume brand Eye of Love will be appearing at the latest Lucky Girl Syndrome event with the star of Bravo’s “Millionaire Matchmaker,” Patti Stanger.
Eye of Love will be showcasing Matchmaker, the pheromone-infused fragrance developed in collaboration with Stanger. Both scents in the collection, Black Diamond and Red Diamond, will be on display. Each is available as a 30mL bottle, a 10mL bottle and as scented massage candles.
The event takes place March 16 in Malibu. To RSVP, email Dannie@Danniedenovo.com.
LOS ANGELES — The Urban X Awards, presented by Bad Dragon, has revealed its 2023 Hall of Fame inductees.
This year’s class includes Aurora Jolie, Chris Cock, Daisy Marie, Dana DeArmond, Isiah Maxwell, Jean Val Jean, Joanna Angel, Jon Jon, Kristina Rose, Lee G, Lotus Lain, Luna Star, Manuel Ferrara, Midori, Mime Freak, Porsha Carrera, Rusty Nails, Sheena Ryder, Stacie Lane and Terry Burton.
“I’m so honored to be inducted into the Urban X Awards Hall Of Fame with so many other notable performers,” enthused Rose.
Angel echoed Rose’s excitement.
“This is an incredible honor,” she said. “It’s truly special to be inducted with two of my very long-time peers- Isiah Maxwell and Jon Jon. Both of them have worked for me, and with me, a countless amounts of times over the years, performing in movies that were major milestones in my career.”
Added Lain, “I’m beyond honored. I am humbled to be recognized for such a notable award and especially to be recognized amongst my peers.”
The Urban X Awards ceremony will take place August 20 at the Globe Theater in Los Angeles.
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HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Sarah Jessie stars with Reena Sky in her latest OnlyFans clip.
The two are dressed in black latex and, as a rep described, “the two share a passionate, hardcore lesbian scene fans won’t want to miss.”
For more information, visit Jessie’s OnlyFans.
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LONDON — Vice published a critical article this week about a report by the U.K.’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Commercial Sexual Exploitation (APPG-CSE) which repeated anti-porn myths and recommending a state crackdown on sexual expression online.
As XBIZ reported, the content and phrasing of APPG-CSE’s report “Pornography regulation: The case for Parliamentary reform” is identical to the talking points of religiously inspired anti-porn lobbies and crusading groups such as NCOSE and Exodus Cry in the U.S.
Vice’s Sophia Smith Galer noted that the report encouraged parliament to treat all pornography “as commercial sexual exploitation in law and policy,” even though the small group of politicians behind it, led by pro-censorship MP Dame Diana Johnson (Labour, Kingston upon Hull North), only consulted “leading figures in the U.S. Christian anti-porn lobby but no sex workers.”
The U.K. Parliament’s official website describes all-party parliamentary groups such as APPG-CSE as “informal cross-party groups that have no official status within Parliament. They are run by and for Members of the Commons and Lords, though many choose to involve individuals and organizations from outside Parliament in their administration and activities.”
Unlike the U.S., the U.K. has no written constitution or explicit freedom of speech protections similar to the First Amendment.
The Shadow of Prominent U.S. Anti-Porn Crusaders
Dr. Carolina Are, an innovation fellow at the Centre for Digital Citizens at Northumbria University and an expert on online discrimination against sex workers, told Vice, “It’s concerning to see that quite a lot of the witnesses that have taken part in the inquiry, and as a result the report, are the people with known anti-porn views and to balance that out it doesn’t seem that the committee has actually invited sex workers to speak and who make a living with this kind of work.”
Johnson’s group, Vice noted, “heard from prominent figures in anti-porn advocacy, such as Dr Gail Dines, and figures associated with the Christian-backed anti-porn lobby in the U.S.” such as Laila Mickelwait.
Mickelwait’s Traffickinghub was described by Vice as “a campaign run by Exodus Cry, a US-based Christian non-profit that calls for the abolition of the sex industry in the name of protecting trafficking victims.”
Most egregiously, APPG-CSE’s report was notably influenced by NCOSE VP Haley McNamara. NCOSE “has been a powerful force in persuading 17 US states to write resolutions calling porn a ‘public health crisis,’” Vice’s Smith Galer explained. “The organization has also campaigned against same-sex marriage and comprehensive sex education in the US previously, and used to work under the name Morality in Media, after it was founded by a group of clergymen.”
Dr Fiona Vera-Gray, the deputy director of London Metropolitan University’s Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit, told Vice that “the ways in which the debate being framed in terms of ‘all porn is bad’ or on the other side ‘all porn is good’ just works to shut women who use porn or make porn down. It actually makes it harder for us to have the conversations we need about where there is agreement and what can be done. It’s a thorny, messy area and we need to get better at representing that complexity.”
Associate Professor Joshua Grubbs at Bowling Green State University added that none of the research cited in the pro-censorship report “is entirely conclusive on its own, and the inquiry clearly (and seemingly intentionally) ignored research contradicting what appears to be their predetermined conclusions.”
British Christian Groups Actively Lobbying Parliament
Smith Galer’s article also highlighted the degree to which British Christian advocacy groups “have been active lobbying in Parliament around pornography over the last year.”
Anti-abortion lobby Christian Action Research and Education (CARE) and CEASE UK, Vice reported, “hosted an event on ‘the harms of porn’ for MPs in Westminster with Tim Farron MP and the Naked Truth Project, an initiative run by a church in the north of England which says they work ‘to open eyes & free lives from the damaging impact of porn.’”
CEASE UK’s campaigns are explicitly aligned with Mickelwait’s crusades and “porn addiction” propaganda by the Utah-based organization Fight the New Drug.
To read “All Porn Is Exploitation, UK Inquiry Concludes Without Speaking to Any Sex Workers,” visit Vice.com.