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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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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
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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Legal News
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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Sex work
The New Humanitarian examines the aid system’s ‘double standards’ on sex workers
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
August 16, 2024
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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NY Times Profiles Attorney Jared Trujillo Who is Fighting to Decriminalize Sex Work in New York
“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.
September 17, 2019
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Letter to the Editor: Decriminalizing sex work in D.C. would save lives
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
September 14, 2019
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Sex work
Iowa mom, wife and lawyer also works as a legal courtesan in Nevada #sexwork
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
September 7, 2019
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Sex work
Newsweek Op/Ed: Sex Work Should Be Legal – If Only To Protect Women From Police
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 —
August 7, 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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