The US Court of Appeals has ruled it unconstitutional to require that international AIDS outreach organizations denounce prostitution in order to receive federal funds. Predictably, the government conflated sex work with sex trafficking in its demands that organizations sign an anti-prostitution pledge. (Hence its name; it’s not called an “anti-trafficking pledge.”) The reasoning for… Continue reading Hey, Here’s Some Good News
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Special AK vs VV Roundup
Tits and Sass will be coming back from July 4th with a bang. Tuesday will see the release of no less than four—yes, four!—posts related to the blowup between activist wannabe Ashton Kutcher and activist caller-outer The Village Voice. In the meantime, feel free to read up on the situation at the following T&S endorsed spots… Continue reading Special AK vs VV Roundup
Quote of the Week
Responding to my interview request, Google first sent me an email detailing how it handles political ads, noting that it strives to be neutral and fair. […] The company followed up later with a second email on its sexual-services policy, reiterating that escort services are prohibited from advertising. As are legal workers who dare to speak up… Continue reading Quote of the Week
The Week In Links: July 1
Not-quite-strippers in Saskatchewan find a way around the laws against dancing for alcohol drinking patrons. The Scarlet Alliance’s Elena Jeffreys explains why feminists should listen to sex workers. Des Moines police have arrested two people, a man and a woman, for the brutal murder of a prostitute in 2010, while Liverpool police may have solved the 2005… Continue reading The Week In Links: July 1
The Week In Links: June 24
“March of the Whores”—Mexico’s response to Slutwalk—recently took place in Mexico City. A Missouri police officer has been found guilty of a conspiracy to steal from suspected prostitutes. (Last year, a St. Louis police officer pled guilty to similar charges of habitually sexually assaulting and robbing prostitutes.) Joseph Naso’s trial becomes increasingly disturbing. A man who… Continue reading The Week In Links: June 24