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
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
A licensed brothel in Nevada is protesting that the state has classified sex workers as its employees rather than as independent contractors — a change that could
From Wednesday’s Los Angeles Magazine online: Gathered in a meeting room at an East Los Angeles healthcare center, activists pass around a cellphone from which
Out today — International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers — from the Electronic Frontier Foundation on the FOSTA debacle: Today is International Day to
Trinity St. Clair, the madam with more aliases than teeth, strikes again with yet another “elite” escort agency website: Sunshine Angels. It was just over one year
YouTube has yanked the channel operated by Alice Little, a licensed sex worker and social media influencer from the Moonlite Bunny Ranch brothel in Carson City, Nevada,
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”.
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
Prominent Democratic Party donor Ed Buck, who has been subject to protests and calls for prosecution in the overdose deaths of two male sex workers
An interesting exploration of conditional consent within the context of sex work, and the ramifications of not honoring and protecting the rights of workers.
Anti-trafficking policies claim to support vulnerable women, while sex worker advocates, libertarians, and human rights groups are dubious about their true intent. This column from
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada — A Port Alberni, B.C., man was arrested in connection to a series of sexual assaults involving several women The
The move may constitute the first step toward decriminalization of sex work in the state The California Legislature passed SB 233 last week, an exciting—and much
Vulnerable women in Merseyside now have a formidable defense mechanism against sexual predators North West England — Rape, beatings and even burning fuel poured through
ALBANY, New York — More than 100 sex workers came to the Capitol on Tuesday to lobby for two bills that they say would help
A fine editorial on the need to reform laws criminalizing sex work in the U.S. The word prostitute — or sex worker, as is the preferred term
You may have never heard of the “Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act“, but it cleared Senate on Monday through a secret
The future of sex work, despite what you may have heard from frantic journalists decrying the death of human interaction, is not robots. It’s humans.
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
Never rely on a booker who is also an escort competing with you in the same market. It both infuriates and saddens me to see
Hannah Al-Othman writes at Buzzfeed that even while soliciting is banned on the app, sex workers who make clear they are only using Tinder for dating
This article from the San Francisco Chronicle contains few surprises to readers of MikeSouth.com, but it’s a riveting look at the devastation wrought by the
A U.S. Border Patrol supervisor accused of shooting to death four Texas sex workers and kidnapping a fifth was jailed Sunday on $2.5 million bond.
According to a recent article that appeared on Motherboard, film producer Erika Lust had her YouTube account shut down and was banned from YouTube after
Recent allegations of abuse within the worlds of mainstream and adult entertainment have brought the subject of consent into the foreground where it belongs. This post comes from a MUST
Nairobi, Kenya — Her body lay on the cold slab of Nairobi’s City Mortuary. Her bulky blonde wig covered part of her face. In life,
