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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…
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(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…
( VIDEO ) Unique initiative of sex workers in Macedonia
We do believe that mobilization and integration of male and transgender sex workers in activities that help improve the sexual and reproductive health would have significant contribution to the secondary healthcare. Sex workers appear to…
French plan to fine sex-worker clients in doubt
A landmark bill in France that would see clients of prostitutes hit with fines of up to €1,500 may never see the light of day after senators voted to scrap the legislation this week. Lawmakers…
A Feminist’s Argument On How Sex Work Can Benefit Women
Carol Leigh advocates for sex work in her essay, “Inventing Sex Work.” She acknowledges that sex work is a legitimate form of work (1997). Sex work is a predominantly female trade, and many sex workers…
The ballroom queens of Bound By Night
Enter the dance paradise of New York’s ballroom scene Existing largely within the LGBT community, although open to all, House Ballroom is a form of dance competition, where players dressed in unique outfits will vogue…
Prostitution is nothing more than work. Treat it that way
Imagine a case where a young woman accuses her employer of sexual harassment. The man in question makes inappropriate comments about the woman’s body and suggests that her co-workers are all having sex with him:…
Researchers slam plans to criminalise sex work
Twenty-six Danish researchers have signed a protest letter against the European Parliament’s recommendations to criminalise sex work. Politicians ignore most of the research in this field, they argue. They agree with the 91 international researchers…