They choose their clients, set their own rates and manage their businesses like any other entrepreneur. They are independent sex workers—women who work without pimps
Posters advertising the movement for the decriminalization of sex work have appeared across the London tube in a bold adhacking campaign.
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
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.
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
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
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
From the estimable Paula Dupraz-Dobias for The New Humanitarian: In their policies, many aid groups recognize the agency of sex workers while in practice framing them
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.
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
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
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
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
This year’s Virginia General Assembly session has seen quite a few outdated morality laws removed from the books, but Del.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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Both criminal data and economic research demonstrate that decriminalization of sex work brings about a decline in violence against women
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
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
“Sex work is inherently work,” lawyer Jared Trujillo told The Times. “It’s how people feed their families. It’s how people put clothes on their backs.
We have previously reported on Washington D.C. considering the decriminalization of prostitution in the nation’s capital. This letter to the editor was published in Friday’s Washington
Iowa mom Katherine Sears works part-time as a lawyer in the Hawkeye State – and as a brothel worker in Nevada. Mrs. Sears is very open
This excellent op/ed by Liesl Gerntholtz, acting program director at Human Rights Watch, was published Wednesday at Newsweek. It echoes the sentiments of every sex worker I know —
