Since its inception nearly 45 years ago, International Whores Day reclaims a sometimes derogatory word to set the tone for a day of political action.
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
Lawrence Mills III was arrested last month for two deadly hit and run incidents and for purposely running over two other women that survived, all in 2017.
‘Kissing is out, contact tracing is in’ New Zealand‘s national lift to COVID-19 alert level 2 means it’s business as usual for many Kiwis, including
Many workers are facing an uncertain future, or an immediate financial struggle, due to the coronavirus outbreak. And for one industry, the impact has been
Sex workers in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa have petitioned the government to list them as essential service providers amid the coronavirus lockdown. They
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,
The Japanese government will consider making bar hostesses and sex workers eligible to receive compensation for parents unable to work due to the spread of the
A nationwide shutdown to contain the coronavirus has killed Thailand‘s party scene and forced sex workers out of bars and onto desolate streets. They are
The Catalan border town of La Jonquera, a busy crossing point for traffic between Spain and France, is also home to one of Europe’s biggest
Crisis: Sex workers are likely to be hit hard by the coronavirus downturn as social distancing restrictions mean they are unable to ply their main
Sex workers have revealed the ways they are getting creative with online service in the time of coronavirus, as lockdowns see brothels, strip clubs and
A nighttime curfew imposed by the president of Bolivia in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus faces opposition from sex workers, who say their already
Lats week, Bangladesh has closed the operations of Daulatdia, the largest brothel in the country, amidst the outbreak of coronavirus. Now, sex workers from the brothel
It’s 7 p.m. on a Friday night, a time when Aurel Johannes Marx’s three-room brothel on the edge of Berlin would normally be preparing for
Posters advertising the movement for the decriminalization of sex work have appeared across the London tube in a bold adhacking campaign.
Violence against sex workers in the Republic of Ireland has increased by 92% since 2017, according to Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI). The Alliance is
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
Arnold Viersen said he did not mean to question Laurel Collins’ reputation A total asshat Conservative MP has apologized for asking an NDP MP whether she’s “considered” sex
Earlier this month, we told readers about Las Vegas‘ first sex doll brothel, which was open for business during the city’s biggest annual trade show, CES
A new research study about the consequences of FOSTA/SESTA, the 2018 law that was supposedly meant to curtail online sex trafficking, confirms that the effect of
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
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
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.
