Topics :: condoms

Origami Condom Founder on the Next Phase of Protection

By Holly Grigg-Spall | Wednesday May 15, 2013
EDGE speaks with Danny Resnic, the founder of the condom company Origami, to learn how his brand of unique condoms differs from standard condoms that currently monopolize the market.

Is This the First Condom Made For Anal Sex?

By Jason St. Amand | Wednesday May 8, 2013
Condom company Origami Condoms have apparently created the first condom created for anal sex.

Philadelphia High Schools to Install Free Condom Dispensers

By Jason St. Amand | Wednesday Dec 26, 2012
Twenty-two Philadelphia’s high schools will receive condom dispensers that give away free condoms, a pilot launched by health officials in order to combat high STD rates among the city’s teens.

Ballot Measure Mandates Condom Use for Adult Films

By Rachel Breitman | Friday Nov 2, 2012
As Election Day approaches in Los Angeles, community members are torn over Measure B, legislation that would mandate that adult film stars use condoms on set.

No Bareback Porn? L.A. County Voters May Require Condoms

By Jason St. Amand | Friday Jul 6, 2012
A Los Angeles AIDS organization has collected enough signatures to put a measure on a ballot in November that asks voters if porn actors should be required to wear condoms, thus expanding a law on the books in Los Angeles countywide.

S. Africa Rejects Chinese Condoms

By Kilian Melloy | Monday Sep 19, 2011
A court in South Africa has intervened to prevent the government from purchasing a huge supply of condoms from China for use in the fight against AIDS, ruling that the condoms for which the government contracted are inadequately sized.

LA Voters May Decide Condoms in Porn Question

By Shaya Tayefe Mohajer | Wednesday Aug 17, 2011
If a health advocacy group gets enough petition signatures, Los Angeles residents could be asked to vote on whether porn producers must require performers to use condoms on shoots as a condition of getting a filming permit.

Court: Gov’t Not Required to Mandate Condom Use in Adult Entertainment

By Kilian Melloy | Friday Jun 24, 2011
An appeals court has reaffirmed an earlier verdict in which an AIDS group sought unsuccessfully to force health officials to mandate actors and models in adult entertainment to wear condoms.

New Condom Works ’Harder’ Than Others to Aid Sex

By Kilian Melloy | Tuesday Jun 21, 2011
European men are about to discover that safer sex can be both responsible and fun, thanks to a British-made condom that has a Viagra-like effect on the wearer.

Flavored Lube in Safer Sex Kits Provoke Outrage in N.H.

By Kilian Melloy | Thursday Jan 6, 2011
Parents grew angry and school administrators were also displeased when an AIDS prevention group visited a New Hampshire school with free safer sex kits that contained not only condoms, but also flavored lubricant.