Comments on: A Sex Worker’s Open Letter to the Australian Media

By: Elena Jeffreys

Elena Jeffreys — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 08:55:42 +0000

I think Andrew Hunter summarises the Australian sex worker movements adoption of the term ‘sex work’ really well: “it pulled no punches.”

The relevance of such terminological debates is different depending on which country you are in – for Australia the preference for the term ‘sex work’ is a result of the history of the movement here. You can read about it more in this article from 1992

http://www.scarletalliance.org.au/library/hunter_92/

By: Miss Margo

Miss Margo — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 06:22:00 +0000

Standing ovation for this editorial.

And shame on the newspapers fr not publishing it. How cowardly.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 20:51:08 +0000

I'd like to point out that anyone can submit names for Dec 17 at any time on the site: December17.org.

By: Luca

Luca — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 19:44:15 +0000

Hello Hexe,
I was one of the coordinator of the protests for Dora and Jasmine last July. This blog post only mentions 4 names of sex workers that led to protests and public actions. It is not saying that those were the only sex workers that were murdered this month or that year.. In Turkey for example, between 2008 and 2012, 30 trans women were murdered, most of them sex workers. This is horrifying, and those are only the murders that were reported. You can read the press release of the International Commitee on the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe here: https://jasmineanddora.wordpress.com/media/press-releases/press-release-from-icrse/

By: Hexe

Hexe — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 09:08:18 +0000

In reply to Charlotte Shane. I was unaware of that and unable to follow their links originally. I apologize for the mistake. That said, there are still a lot more names that should be on that list.

By: Eva Angelica

Eva Angelica — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 04:38:23 +0000

In reply to Marie. Did you even read the article? Nothing is wrong if a sex worker chooses to call themselves a prostitute. The problem is when the media and wider community use that term, ESPECIALLY in regard to victims of murder. Then it becomes dehumanizing and gross.

By: Charlotte Shane

Charlotte Shane — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 16:57:35 +0000

In reply to Hexe. I'm not sure why you feel trans women are excluded in the piece; Dora and Diamond were both trans and are clearly mentioned by name.

By: Hexe

Hexe — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 16:10:33 +0000

Despite the fact that this is an amazing and important piece I feel that the names of uor fallen should include the hundreds of trans* sex workers that are remembered every year at Transgender Day of Rememberance.

Or do only cisgender lady hookers count?

By: Marie

Marie — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 15:55:35 +0000

What is wrong with calling oneself a prostitute? What is so shameful about the word “prostitute”?

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