Industry
The Nordic Model Makes No Sense
If you follow Gustavo Turner (@gustavoturnerx) from XBIZ on Twitter you might have noticed an interesting tweet he made. If you haven’t seen it, I’ll
June 12, 2021
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With Election of Anti-Sex Work Democrat Melinda Katz as DA, Queens, NY Faces Nordic Model-Style Crackdown
In 2019, the nation’s most diverse county narrowly missed a major opportunity to embrace sex work decriminalization. A little less than a year later, the
May 21, 2020
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Legal News
Twenty Years Of Failing Sex Workers: A community report on the impact of the Swedish Model
Fuckförbundet has created a new report, titled “20 Years Of Failing Sex Workers”, as part of their 2019 conference “Sex Work, Human Rights And Health: Assessing 20 Years Of Swedish Model”.
October 14, 2019
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Politics
The ‘Swedish Model’ of sex work: chronicle of a disaster foretold
The will to power, the will to use human beings in social experiments, is to be distrusted at all times. The impulse to create, or
May 2, 2018
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Legal News
Sex Workers Sue Canadian Government Over Disastrous, Wrong-Headed PCEPA
Oppressive present-day laws in Canada make it impossible for sex workers to make a living without severe discrimination because of the criminalization of their clients.
November 16, 2022
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Politics
Malta: ‘Decriminalization is the safest way for sex workers to work’
Decriminalization is the safest way for sex workers to work, a sex worker and activist in the field, told the The Malta Independent. Speaking on
March 3, 2020
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Legal News
Ontario Court judge rules parts of Canada’s prostitution laws are unconstitutional
An Ontario Court judge ruled Friday that three parts of Canada’s prostitution laws violate the country’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
February 21, 2020
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Legal News
Untenable: Canada’s prostitution law is the worst of all worlds
In the Chronicle Herald, Stuart Chambers, Ph.D. writes “Canada’s prostitution law is untenable. Here are five reasons why it must be jettisoned.”
December 4, 2019
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Sex work
The Economic Case for Decriminalizing Sex Work
Both criminal data and economic research demonstrate that decriminalization of sex work brings about a decline in violence against women
December 3, 2019
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Legal News
Lifting Newfoundland Moratorium on Massage Parlors Important for Safety of Sex Workers
The lifting of the ban on massage parlors in St. John’s, Newfoundland is being deemed a really important first-step towards increasing the safety and rights
October 1, 2019
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Legal News
Ireland’s brothel-keeping laws are putting lives at risk
Sex workers cite safety as the main reason for working together and Rachel Bloom says the consequences of working alone can be dire A sex
September 10, 2019
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Legal News
West Hollywood Activists Fight For Sex Worker Protections
The panel is held in West Hollywood discussed ways of working toward decriminalizing, and taking away the stigmas associated with, sex work. Sex workers want to be
August 30, 2019
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Sex work
‘Decriminalize Sex Work To Protect Right To Health,’ Experts and Academics Say
Sex workers are three times more likely to suffer violence when faced with “repressive” policing, a study by leading public health experts shows. Full decriminalization
July 31, 2019
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Legal News
Rhode Island lawmakers hear from critics of criminalized prostitution
More than a dozen critics of criminal prostitution laws, including current and former sex workers, academics and defense attorneys, challenged Rhode Island lawmakers to go
May 7, 2019
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Politics
PCEPA: Canadian law to ‘protect’ sex workers is making it harder for them to stay safe
VANCOUVER—Kerry Porth fondly remembers the day in 2013 when the Supreme Court of Canada made the landmark decision to strike down laws that criminalized doing
November 10, 2018
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Politics
Australian candidate Kathleen Maltzahn backflips on Sex Worker Rights after intense pressure
After years of defiantly championing the controversial ‘Nordic model’ for criminalizing sex work, controversial Greens candidate Kathleen Maltzahn has performed a spectacular backflip ahead of
May 19, 2018
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Sex work
The Economist: Germany helps sex workers idled by COVID-19
From The Economist: Few industries have been as pummelled by COVID-19 as sex work, which in Germany is legal and regulated. Like many workplaces, brothels
June 5, 2020
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Legal News
Sex work advocates blast Queens, NY DA’s plan to prosecute buyers
Less than a year after Democrat Melinda Katz told one LGBTQ political club that she backed the outright legalization of sex work and conveyed to another
May 22, 2020
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Sex work
OpenDemcracy: The false feminism of criminalizing sex workers’ clients
Feminist arguments against sex work are as influential as they are dangerous. Sex workers fight daily battles to defend our rights. The illegality of sex
January 22, 2020
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Politics
Juno Mac: Selling sex is a working class job
In another astute piece, Juno Mac notes that when policymakers say the nature of commercial sex itself is the problem, they sidestep the less attention-grabbing
September 25, 2018
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Legal News
Canada: Liberal government’s justice reform bill C-75 doesn’t aid sex workers
In the summer of 2016, Canada’s Supreme Court called on all criminal justice system actors to undertake real, transformative change. The Jordan decision – one
May 2, 2018
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