GLAAD released their third annual Trans Images on TV report and were pleased to find that “only one character this year was portrayed as a sex worker, Venus Van Dam on FX’s Sons of Anarchy. This is an improvement over previous years in which the most common profession for trans characters was sex worker.” Terri Jean… Continue reading The Week in Links—November 21st
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The Week in Links—November 14th
Amanda Brooks published this post about the ordeal a client put her and Jill Brenneman through over the past two years. It’s a horrifying and compelling must-read. Scarlet Road, a documentary about an Australian escort and her disabled clients, is showing at the Columbus International Film Fest. An Irish sex work abolitionist group is making… Continue reading The Week in Links—November 14th
The Week in Links—November 7th
Viktoria, a new film about migrant sex workers in Switzerland, is out now in that country. Switzerland attracts sex workers from Hungary, although prejudices against the Roma—a group many of the migrants belong to—color their reception. Jordan Flaherty, interviewed on this site about his reporting on Project ROSE, has a new story out about how Alaska’s… Continue reading The Week in Links—November 7th
The Week In Links—October 31
Darren Vann, the man accused of targeting sex workers and killing seven women in Indiana, says he messed up by killing his last victim, Afrikka Hardy in Hammond instead of Gary. (True remorse.) S.E. Smith asks how a convicted sex offender was able to murder at least seven women over the past few decades. Gary… Continue reading The Week In Links—October 31
The Week In Links—October 17
Help Tits and Sass contributor Peechington Marie’s fundraiser to offset funeral costs for murdered young Black strippers Tjisha Ball and Angelia Mangum meet its goal in its final week. The Daily Dot covers an online campaign to have the AP style book replace “prostitute” with “sex worker.” Want more on this? You’re in luck, as… Continue reading The Week In Links—October 17