Nordic Model Archives - Mike South

Sex Workers Sue Canadian Government Over Disastrous, Wrong-Headed PCEPA

Cliff Hanger — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 21:17:02 +0000

Oppressive present-day laws in Canada make it impossible for sex workers to make a living without severe discrimination because of the criminalization of their clients. The current constitutional challenge against the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (PCEPA) differs from Canada’s Bedford case in a crucial ways. As reported in Chateline, Jane Li supported her family through […]

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The Nordic Model Makes No Sense

Sekhmet — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 01:48:38 +0000

If you follow Gustavo Turner (@gustavoturnerx) from XBIZ on Twitter you might have noticed an interesting tweet he made. If you haven’t seen it, I’ll share it with you here. Proponents of the “Nordic Model” say they want to help sex workers. Imagine if they did the same claiming to “help musicians” (a thread): – […]

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With Election of Anti-Sex Work Democrat Melinda Katz as DA, Queens, NY Faces Nordic Model-Style Crackdown

Sam Langhorne — Thu, 21 May 2020 15:18:50 +0000

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 implications of the loss are being revealed. In the 2019 Democratic primary for district attorney in New York City’s Queens County, Tiffany Cabán, a high-profile former defense attorney who ran […]

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Malta: ‘Decriminalization is the safest way for sex workers to work’

xxxReporter — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 16:28:08 +0000

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 condition of anonymity, she said that she has been working in the industry for well over a decade. “Decriminalization gives full service sex workers the freedom to screen and refuse […]

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Untenable: Canada’s prostitution law is the worst of all worlds

Sam Langhorne — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 16:28:55 +0000

In the Chronicle Herald, Stuart Chambers, Ph.D. writes "Canada’s prostitution law is untenable. Here are five reasons why it must be jettisoned."

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Twenty Years Of Failing Sex Workers: A community report on the impact of the Swedish Model

Sam Langhorne — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 20:59:21 +0000

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".

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PCEPA: Canadian law to ‘protect’ sex workers is making it harder for them to stay safe

Sam Langhorne — Sat, 10 Nov 2018 17:58:10 +0000

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 sex work. On Dec. 20 of that year, the top court unanimously ruled that criminal laws prohibiting living off the avails of sex work pushed Terri-Jean Bedford and other sex […]

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Australian candidate Kathleen Maltzahn backflips on Sex Worker Rights after intense pressure

Sam Langhorne — Sat, 19 May 2018 18:15:24 +0000

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 this year’s state election, now saying she wouldn’t vote for it if given the chance. The ‘Nordic Model’? The Nordic Model is a form of sex work legislation based on similar […]

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