What a week it’s been for sex worker organizing! The first sex worker Lobby Day on June 1st was followed by nationwide sex worker action on International Whores’ Day on June 2nd. Post-SESTA, this annual day of organizing picked up more momentum than ever. Here’s our attempt at curating the coverage of this week’s news… Continue reading International Whores’ Day (And Lobby Day!) Link Roundup
Tag: Las Vegas
If You Want to Understand the Violence White Men are Capable of, Ask Any Sex Worker
As a Vegas resident and sex worker for nearly a decade, the massacre there hits close to home. Too close, actually, as knowledge of the shooter’s proclivities for erotic services surface. In fact, my first response to images of the shooter was, “He looks familiar.” I chalked it up to the fact that every white… Continue reading If You Want to Understand the Violence White Men are Capable of, Ask Any Sex Worker
The Week In Links—April 17
A former stripper was in a car accident involving a pole which created the most unnecessary and painful reading experience of the week. Sex workers that are refugees have special needs and concerns. This editorial argues that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) needs to work harder to reach the sex working refugee committee.… Continue reading The Week In Links—April 17
The Week In Links—February 21
After the state aired a documentary on a so-called “sin city” in China, exposing the prevalence of sex work (amongst other things), support for damaging anti-vice campaigns is growing. Support for the legalization of sex work in China is also growing. Oh, COME ON, Canada! Just ask sex workers what the best way to re-write prostitution laws is, because the stupid… Continue reading The Week In Links—February 21
The Week In Links—December 20
What a triumphant end to this week of International Day to End Violence Against Sex Work: today, the Canadian Supreme Court struck down the country’s prostitution related laws in a unanimous decision on Bedford vs. Canada, calling all three statutes—prohibiting brothels, living on the avails of prostitution, and communicating in public with clients—over-broad and “grossly disproportionate.”… Continue reading The Week In Links—December 20