“For sex workers, the ongoing fight against stigmatization and criminalization is life or death,” writes Gaby Del Valle in a powerful essay. “If SESTA and FOSTA
In another astute piece, Juno Mac notes that when policymakers say the nature of commercial sex itself is the problem, they sidestep the less attention-grabbing
What a surprise — sleazy, corrupt cops preying upon sex workers. . . . Three NYPD sergeants, two detectives and two police officers were nabbed
The adult industry has its fair share of scumbags, and Michael Enriquez is one of them. In 2016 he was making the rounds trying to
Las Vegas police have made two arrests in a May 21 late night shooting that left a Pahrump man dead. Former brothel worker, cam performer
Nevada brothel owner Dennis Hof beat incumbent Assembly member James Oscarson and a third candidate in the GOP primary for a Southern Nevada Assembly seat by
From Emily Witt’s excellent New Yorker essay, “After the Closure of Backpage, Increasingly Vulnerable Sex Workers Are Demanding Their Rights”, published Friday. On a
A former sex worker who led a successful campaign to decriminalize prostitution in New Zealand has been made a dame in the Queen’s Birthday Honours
Today, June 2, sex workers and their allies dressed in red and marched through cities across the Unitred States. The rallies came in recognition of
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
After more than a month offline, the popular sexual services website USASexGuide has returned. The site temporarily suspended operations last month after President Trump signed the FOSTA legislation into law, The
In a move that should be celebrated by civil libertians, sex workers and hobbyists, President Donald Trump corrected a historic wrong by posthumously pardoning Jack Johnson,
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
Referendum petitions submitted by anti-sex work crusaders tied to brothel kingpin Dennis Hof‘s political opponent could put Nevada brothels out of business and cost local taxpayers
After years of defiantly championing the controversial ‘Nordic model’ for criminalizing sex work, controversial Greens candidate Kathleen Maltzahn has performed a spectacular backflip ahead of
On this week’s Voice of San Diego Podcast, I. India Thusi, an assistant professor at California Western School of Law, joins hosts Scott Lewis, Sara Libby
Here we go, Stories That Not Be False™ dropping the latest TEA in honor of a certain illiterate crone and porn washout, and her audience
In honor of the illiterate India, today we examine an extraordinary reversal of fortune for a freed death row inmate, now accused of pimping in
In this edition of Stories That Not be False™, a Chinese immigrant to the U.K. who overstayed her visa has been convicted of unlawfully arranging sessions at
The will to power, the will to use human beings in social experiments, is to be distrusted at all times. The impulse to create, or
A tentative trial date has been set for two founders and five employees of Backpage.com in a case in which the classified advertising website has
This is an excellent piece on the post-Backpage / post-FOSTA world by April Glaser. I’ve excepted two bits here, and encourage readers to follow the link
Sacramento, Calif. — California Senate Bill 1204 (SB 1204), which aimed to broaden the definition of criminal “pandering” in the state, and in the process essentially eliminate
After signing into law the keystone legislation of the moral panic over sex trafficking, President Trump considers a posthumous pardon for Jack Johnson, the first victim of the
Nationalism and arguments about ‘public health’ from New Zealand sex workers demonstrate that maybe that red umbrella isn’t quite as big as advertised… New Zealand
Cloudflare, a leading content delivery and web security company, announced this week it had terminated its content delivery network services for the brand new social media
Phoenix, Ariz.. — James Larkin, co-founder of Backpage.com, was released on a $1 million bond Monday. He had been jailed for the last 10 days on
