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
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
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
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
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
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
