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Mourning on International Whore’s Day

In the Trump era few federal policy proposals are met with such seamless bipartisan cooperation as The Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA) and The Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA), House and Senate bills that became law as FOSTA-SESTA last month.

By Verónica Bayetti Flores • 9 years ago

For those whose bodies are dangerous

For trans women of color who are living in their truth,

For women who choose to wear hijab,

For trans women of color who are living in their truth,

For women who choose to wear hijab,

By Juliana Britto Schwartz • 10 years ago

6 topics for an HBO TV series on Brazil more original than “high end (white) sex workers”

Earlier this month, HBO Latino announced an upcoming new series titled “El Negocio,” about three white women looking to revolutionize the sex work industry in Brazil, and the concept made me yawn.

By Katie Halper • 10 years ago

Canada’s first national survey of sex workers shows most are satisfied with their jobs

Canada’s conservative government is poised to pass a bill which would criminalize sex work. But a new national study disproves many of the paternalistic stereotypes and assumptions behind the legislation.

By Courtney Baxter • 10 years ago

Weekly Feminist Reader

Do you know about Anita Hill?

Cameroon has been quietly locking up LGBT people for years with little international attention.

The last rural abortion clinics in Texas just shut down.

“It’s a myth as old as this nation: the idea that Black men are more likely to be sexual predators — especially of white women.”

On dealing with constant micro-aggressions within a bi-racial family.

“Homo queer fag bear daddy” (and 26 other portraits challenging sexual identities).

Do you know about Anita Hill?

Cameroon has been quietly locking up LGBT people for years with little international attention.

The last rural abortion clinics in Texas just shut down.

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By Katie Halper • 10 years ago

10 things to do on today’s International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

Today the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. Here are 10 things you can do to participate in this important commemoration.

By Jos Truitt • 10 years ago

6 questions for the media about the Soho anti-prostitution raids

On the night of December 4th police raided sex worker’s flats in Soho, London. Immigrant women were taken into custody, and the cops brought along the news media to take photos. The explanation for the arrests that the cops gave the media was that these women were the victims of trafficking. There wasn’t another perspective represented in the press coverage I saw. Which brought up a few questions I’d like to ask the media:

By Katie Halper • 12 years ago

The real secret service scandal: NOT paying for sex

The Secret Service debacle has been politicized, sensationalized and commodified. Spirit Airlines has launched a “more bang for your buck” ad, with an “upfront payment is required” warning. The Republicans have made it an Obama issue, the president is angry and the press has covered it as a salacious scandal. Meanwhile, neither the politicians nor the press have covered the real transgression. This was not about U.S. government workers paying for sex; this was about refusing to pay for it. In Colombia’s “tolerance zones,” the sex trade is legal. And yet, a U.S. citizen and government worker thought it was all right to break the law by giving a sex worker $30, less than a twentieth ...