A controversial movement is happening in Little Rock, Arkansas. Signs stating that ‘sex work is work’ are now being seen around the capital city. Earlier this
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,
Both criminal data and economic research demonstrate that decriminalization of sex work brings about a decline in violence against women
The state of Victoria in southeastern Australia has announced its first large-scale review of the sex industry in more than 35 years
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
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
“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
South African authorities are compromising the safety and wellbeing of women and obstructing efforts to end the HIV pandemic by treating sex work as a crime, Human Rights Watch and the Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT) said in a report released this month.
The panel is held in West Hollywood discussed ways of working toward decriminalizing, and taking away the stigmas associated with, sex work. Sex workers want to be
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
Accused irate at her refusal to return to their native country stabbed her to death, then tried to flee Mumbai A Bangladeshi man stabbed his
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 —
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
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
California Gov. Gavin Newsom today held true to a promise he made to sign into law SB 233 — a bill that prohibits the arrest
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
