Victoria, BC sex worker resource society PEERS has a new executive director and some exciting new developments. After a rough financial situation last year, PEERS had to close the drop-in shelter last August, but between community support and a $100,000 grant from the provincial government it is reopening the shelter five days a week. Remember last… Continue reading The Week in Links–July 4
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The Week In Links—June 27
In a terrible blow for Bay Area sex workers, the sites MyRedbook.com and SFRedbook.com were shut down by the FBI, accused of money laundering and facilitating prostitution. Redbook was one of the few free advertising sites left where sex workers could advertise, talk to and screen clients with a degree of distance. Steph Key, a member… Continue reading The Week In Links—June 27
The Week In Links—June 20
In Washington, D.C., police make an effort to make sure sex workers know that condoms (in whatever quantity) are not admissible evidence. The Network of Sex Work Projects has put together a short film about the damage anti-sex work anti-traffickers do: Collateral Damage: Sex Workers and the Anti-Trafficking Campaigns. Very bad news about Jill Brenneman’s… Continue reading The Week In Links—June 20
The Week In Links—June 13
Honduran sex workers marched for recognition and protection, protesting the murder of sixteen Honduran sex workers since September of last year. Canadian sex workers keep it cute: “Jesus had love for Duke Ellington too!”: Tabatha Southey’s cute-but-cogent rebuttal of the current debate around the Nordic model is a must read. Vanessa D’Alessio puts Canadian… Continue reading The Week In Links—June 13
The Week In Links—June 6
If you can get past the tone (sex workers “submit” to this lifestyle and “are often diseased”) this article about a retirement home for Mexico City sex workers is fascinating and the book is probably much better (it’s “non-patronizing or glorifying,” unlike the article, which is just the former) . More discussion of Somaly Mam: Melissa… Continue reading The Week In Links—June 6