Call for Action #IstanbulPride
The Istanbul LGBTI Pride Parade has been held for thirteen years. Yet this year the Istanbul Governor’s Office blocked the parade, citing the fact that it coincided with Ramadan. The use of Ramadan, the Islamic…
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STATEMENT FOLLOWING THE ICRSE PARIS CONVENING ON REGIONAL MOVEMENT BUILDING- JUNE/2015[
SEX WORKERS FROM EIGHT EUROPEAN COUNTRIES GATHER TO NETWORK, SHARE STRATEGIES AND PROTEST AGAINST CRIMINALISATION OF SEX WORK, STIGMATISATION, POLICE REPRESSION Watch video of the protest on Square of Human Rights here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO4LXOKLOcs Article in…
ASK A SEX RESEARCHER
Dr. Zhana, the archangel of sex positivity, teaches us the right way to have butt sex, and how to break it to your partner that they’re not doing it right (the nice way)! This is…
(VIDEO)Red umbrella march 17th December 2014
December 17th, International day to END the Violence on Sex Workers – this day unites sex workers from around the world gathered together to raise their voice against discrimination, and by their actions to raise…
1 in 3 sex workers have degrees – survey
Nearly 40 percent of sex workers in the UK have a degree from either college or university, a recent study has found. The study, which took data from British sex workers who were not trafficked…
Geena Rocero: Why I must come out
This story begins on a beach in Tulum, Mexico, last October. It was my 30th birthday, and I was dancing on the beach with my then partner. As he spun me around, he asked me,…
#HoneyballNO
549 NGOs and over 50 academics reject report by Mary Honeyball 554 NGOs, including 466 based in Europe, have asked the members of the European Parliament to reject a “Report on Prostitution and Sexual Exploitation…
(VIDEO)The Try Guys Try Drag For The First Time
If you’re not yet familiar with Buzzfeed’s “The Try Guys,” chances are that you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last few months (or you’re my parents). Now, for their latest “try,” the guys…
Criminalising the buyers of sex will endanger women
Sex worker and star of RTÉ’s Connected Kate McGrew says that a proposal to criminalise the buyers of sex will lead to an increase in the illegal trafficking of women for the sex industry. “If…
Salzburg must pay €1 million to prostitutes
According to a report Monday in the news daily Heute, the provincial government of Salzburg is being forced to hand back illegally-imposed fees for medical checks on several hundred sex workers. It was announced by…