Happy Gay Pride! Queer alt pornographer Courtney Trouble is throwing an afterparty in San Francisco this weekend. Gay male strip club Swinging Richards is suing North Miami Beach for discrimination—they’ve been told that they can’t get fully nude and serve alcohol, even though local other clubs are allowed to feature naked ladies and booze. We… Continue reading The Week in Links: June 22
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The Week In Links: June 15
An off-duty Broward County deputy (Christian Benenati, pictured) solicited an undercover cop from his own department for prostitution, and was arrested. HAHA. Our own Charlotte Shane wrote this thoughtful essay about wealth for The New Inquiry. And Bubbles wrote about obstacles sex workers encounter trying to get paid without cash on Forbes.com The Angry Stripper, Sarah Tressler, is on… Continue reading The Week In Links: June 15
The Week in Links: June 8
Dennis Hof just returned to the states from the U.K., where he gave a talk at Oxford University on legalizing prostitution. (Beware of his racial stereotypes and blaming all exploitation of women on immigrants, but it’s kind of funny when he compares fidelity in marriage to the Tooth Fairy.) Channing Tatum says that after the release… Continue reading The Week in Links: June 8
The Week in Links: June 1
Australia celebrated its first-ever Festival of Sex Work this week. You’re more likely to catch computer viruses perusing “religious and ideological sites” than porn sites, according to the makers of Norton AntiVirus software. Kate Middleton’s hot cousin is giving up her office job to pursue a burlesque career. Jenna Jameson can’t seem to stay out… Continue reading The Week in Links: June 1
The Week in Links: May 25
The Stop the Arrests movement is calling for a moratorium on prostitution arrests in London throughout the 2012 Olympics. Meanwhile there’s manufactured prostitution hysteria in the Ukraine preceding the Euro soccer championship. Laura Agustín links to studies that have disproven the myth that trafficking spikes around major sporting events. NYPD cop by day, stripper by night Steve… Continue reading The Week in Links: May 25