title: Erotized, AIDS-HIV information on public-access television: a study of obscenity, state censorship and cultural resistance.
abstract: This study analyzes court records of a county-level obscenity trial in Austin, Texas, and the appeal of the guilty verdict beginning with a Texas appellate court up to the U.S. Supreme Court of two individuals who broadcast erotized AIDS and HIV safer sex information on a public-access cable television. The trial and appellate court decisions are reviewed in terms of argument themes, and the nature of sexual value controversy is outlined. Erotic materials often conflict with broad-based sexual and community values, and providing erotized HIV and AIDS information products can be a form of radical political action designed to force societal change. This study raises question as to how this trial and this type of informational product might affect the programs and activities of information resource centers, community-based organizations, libraries, and the overall mission of public health education.
authors.affiliation: luke@uts.cc.utexas.edu
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Lukenbill
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003469:Culture; D006266:Health Education / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009014:Morals; D013690:Television; D013781:Texas