In chronological order, here are the ten biggest international sex work stories. See yesterday’s post for the U.S. stories. 1. Amnesty International Considers Supporting Decriminalization In January, a leaked Amnesty International internal document about the human rights benefits of decriminalizing sex work set off protests from anti-sex worker activists and support from sex workers and public health workers. Amnesty swiftly… Continue reading The Ten Biggest Sex Work Stories of 2014, International Edition
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The Week in Links—December 20th
You can contribute to longtime sex worker activists Jill Brenneman and Amanda Brooks to help them pay their medical expenses using the email abrooks2014@hush.com through Giftrocket. Brenneman and Brooks were abused and terrorized by a client over a span of two and a half years—they discussed their devastating story with Tits and Sass co-editors Caty and… Continue reading The Week in Links—December 20th
The Week in Links—December 12th
Have you heard about the new regulations on porn made in the United Kingdom? You know, the oddly specific rules that have banned pissing and whipping and squirting and jazz hands and weird mustaches? They’ve at least inspired the coolest protest ever. Three words: MASS FACE SITTING. Speaking of dumb laws in the UK, Britain’s established… Continue reading The Week in Links—December 12th
The Week in Links—November 21st
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
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