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London tube filled with adverts promoting sex work decriminalization
Posters advertising the movement for the decriminalization of sex work have appeared across the London tube in a bold adhacking campaign.
March 9, 2020
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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
Vermont lawmakers introduce sex work decriminalization bill
A group of Democrat and Progressive lawmakers has introduced a bill for the 2020 session that would decriminalize sex work in the state of Vermont.
January 4, 2020
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Legal News
Aussie criminal law experts warn that rushed revenge porn laws risk over-criminalization
‘Over-criminalization’: Australian legal scholars warn of the risks of rushing to enact new criminal offenses on ‘revenge porn’. Associate Professor Tyrone Kirchengast and Professor Thomas
December 2, 2019
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New figures show absence of sex trafficking cases in South Australia ahead of vote on decriminalization
Today’s vote on sex work decriminalization is expected to be close New figures show just four people in South Australia have been fined for offering
November 12, 2019
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South Australian Attorney-General declares support for sex work decriminalization bill
South Australian Attorney-General, Vickie Chapman, says she will sponsor a bill to decriminalize sex work when it comes to the state’s Lower House, boosting its
June 1, 2018
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Politics
D.C. Considers Decriminalization of Prostitution
A push to decriminalize the “world’s oldest profession” is gaining steam in D.C., according to news reports. D.C. Councilmember David Grosso has proposed legislation that
October 20, 2017
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There is compelling evidence
There is compelling evidence that government is orchestrating the border crisis. There is compelling evidence to suggest that Western governments have intentionally manufactured the border
April 10, 2024
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Group sex should be normalized
Group sex might make society a better place Group sex, also known as group sexuality, refers to sexual behavior that involves multiple participants. Despite being
February 10, 2023
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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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Sex work
Philly sex workers receive help from coronavirus relief fund
From Billy Penn — Imagine there’s a deadly respiratory virus going around, and your line of work requires close contact with other people. Like, really close
June 13, 2020
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Politics
ACLU: Sex Work is Real Work, and It’s Time to Treat it That Way
Long overdue and quite welcome from the ACLU: Sex workers aren’t always a part of the conversation about police brutality, but they should be. Police
June 11, 2020
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Sex work
Kaytlin Bailey: Protect and empower New Hampshire’s sex workers
A terrific Op/Ed by Kaytlin Bailey, director of communication for Decriminalize Sex Work On May 18, the New Hampshire Union Leader published an op/ed “Sex
May 24, 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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Legal News
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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Politics
UNAIDS: Sex workers must not be left behind in the response to COVID-19
UNAIDS, GENEVA — The COVID-19 pandemic, as with other health crises, exposes existing inequalities and disproportionately affects people already criminalized, marginalized and living in financially precarious situations,
April 9, 2020
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VA Legislators Grapple with Changing Bawdy Place, Prostitution Laws
This year’s Virginia General Assembly session has seen quite a few outdated morality laws removed from the books, but Del. Mark Levine still sees more
March 9, 2020
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Industry
Pornhub Teams Up With SWOP-USA for International Women’s Day #IWD
For International Women’s Day, the folks at Pornhub are pleased to announce that they have once again partnered up with Pornhub has donated $50,000 to
March 7, 2020
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Legal News
New York state legislators reintroduce bills to decriminalize prostitution
Support growing for legalization of prostitution in New York State, study finds Legislators in New York state reintroduce past measures in the State Senate and
February 10, 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
Op/Ed: It’s time to decriminalize sex work and focus on actual crimes
An Op/Ed by Kaytlin Bailey, director of communications for Decriminalize Sex Work, published Jan. 10 in the Orange County Register of all places — Politicians across
January 11, 2020
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Sex work
Alice Little is America’s Highest-Earning Legal Prostitute for Third Straight Year
Alice Little, a sex worker from the Moonlite Bunny Ranch brothel in Carson City, Nevada, has been named “Companion of the Year” for the third consecutive
January 9, 2020
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Las Vegas’ first Sex Doll Brothel opens just in time for #CES2020
by Jeremy Lemur Las Vegas is renowned as the vice capital of the United States — and second only to gaming, sex is arguably the
January 6, 2020
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Legal News
Allegheny County and Pittsburgh police go in opposite directions in prostitution enforcement
Allegheny County, PA police have largely stopped arresting prostitutes, while Pittsburgh’s bureau intends to beef up its vice effort starting next month. Their opposite approaches
December 27, 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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Australia’s Northern Territory decriminalizes sex work!
The Sex Industry Bill 2019 was adopted in the Northern Territory Parliament on Tuesday, as Attorney-General Natasha Fyles pushes through change Sex work has now been
November 27, 2019
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Politics
Bid to decriminalize sex work in South Australia defeated in Parliament
The latest common-sense campaign to decriminalize sex work in South Australia has failed, with the state’s Parliament voting against the bill this week. The House of
November 15, 2019
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