One of the many questions OkCupid users can answer to determine compatibility with potential mates is “Should prostitution be legal?” The answer options are: Yes, absolutely Yes, only if it were regulated I don’t think so ABSOLUTELY NOT (emphasis theirs) In my four years of using the site, I’ve noticed that those who choose answer… Continue reading Nevada’s Brothels: Legalization Serves The Man
Author: Bella Mansfield, Esq.
Bella Mansfield, Esq. is a sex worker-turned-attorney. Her passions include
mermaids, vanilla cupcakes and providing holistic legal services based on
models of self-determination and transformative justice. She dreams of a
world where sex work is decriminalized and the prison industrial complex
has been thoroughly smashed.
How Texas Made Ezekiel Gilbert’s Aquittal Possible
Last week, social media flooded with outrage over the acquittal of Ezekiel Gilbert for the murder of Lenora Ivie Frago. On December 24, 2009, Gilbert and Frago met via Craigslist and agreed that he would pay her $150 for her time as a companion. Time, Gilbert argued, that was supposed to include sex. Frago left… Continue reading How Texas Made Ezekiel Gilbert’s Aquittal Possible