My Anger, by Duduzile Dlamini
(h/t SWEAT)A story supported by the Sex Worker Education and Advocacy Task Force (SWEAT) and facilitated by Women'sNet in South Africa. I found this to be moving, simple and very much at the core of...
View ArticleNew PSA - "What I Love About Being A Sex Worker"
This new short film / PSA is from RedLightDistrictChicago, directed by Serpent Libertine. Flying in the face of stereotypes and slander, the film is a collection of sex workers stating in their own...
View ArticleThe PEPFAR pledge: Goosby’s sex work dissembling
Eric Goosby, the head of the USA’s global HIV and AIDS programme PEPFAR, gave aninterviewduring the recent International AIDS Conference in Vienna. He was asked a question about the “prostitution...
View ArticleNina Hartley, Adult Film Director, Actor, and Sex Educator at Desiree...
Here is Nina giving the Keynote Address at the 2010 Annual Conference of the Desiree Alliance, Las Vegas, NV.
View ArticleRed Umbrella Diaries Blog Carnival - Call for Participants!
Greetings, Red Umbrella Diaries fans!I wanted to let you know that the new call for participants for the Red Umbrella Diaries Blog Carnival is open! For the next event, which takes place on September...
View ArticleHIV prevention for sex workers by sex workers in Kenya
NAIROBI, 11 August 2010 (PlusNews) - By night, Viviane Muasi, 25, is a sex worker in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, but when not canvassing for clients, she spends much of her time convincing other sex...
View ArticleKusum - The Flower Bud
Director:Shumona BanerjeeSynopsis:Can hope be found in the most unusual places amongst the most unlikely characters? A young transvestite prostitute, Kusum, locked up in her room, gears up for a...
View ArticleSex Journalism: Call for "Johns"
As a sex-positive, sex-journalist, I am working on a project about the clientel of sex workers. I am currently looking to interview men, women and people of all genders who have experience visiting...
View ArticleShort Film About Sex Workers in Myanmar
This film by the Asia Pacific Network of Sex Worker$ (APNSW) gives an inside look at issues facing sex workers in Myanmar, and tells some of the fascinating story of how sex workers have organised and...
View ArticleBlog Carnival Call for Posts: Healing Touch
If you can’t get to New York to see or perform in our monthly live event, the Blog Carnival is a way for sex workers and their allies to participate in the Red Umbrella Diaries from afar. Every month,...
View ArticleAPNSW HR Regional Sex Workers Forum: Summary Report
APNSW HR Regional Sex Workers ForumDates: July: 29, 30, 31 and 1st Aug 2010Venue: Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaSummary ReportSome 15 national representatives from 14 countries of APNSW Sex Workers Forum...
View ArticleLaura Agustín on Sex Work Facts v. Fiction
Laura Agustín, author of Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry is seen here discussing sex work in reality and the impact of misconceptions and misinformation on sex...
View ArticleSex worker sob story totally misses the point
Originally posted at Clarisse Thorn: Pro-Sex Outreach, Open-Minded FeminismForget the voices of sex workers who genuinely enjoy their jobs and are tired of being cut out of the discourse on the sex...
View ArticleTalking About the Taboo: 2nd CSPH Annual Conference
CSPH 2nd Annual ConferenceOctober 10th1:00-5:00 PmYes, folks, it’s that time of year again, The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health welcomes you to our 2nd annual conference, “Talking About the...
View Article[porn] A Lone Villain working within an Evil Empire
Originally posted at Clarisse Thorn: Pro-Sex Outreach, Open-Minded FeminismI met Tim Woodman and his partner this past weekend at an S&M party. Tim — whose business cards style him a Professional...
View ArticleSex Worker Rights - A Public Service Announcement from FIRST
Celebrating the strength and diversity of sex workers. A Public Service Announcement from FIRST. Sex workers face extreme levels of stigma and social exclusion, often fearful of the social...
View Article[porn] The Lone Villain Rides Again
Originally posted at Clarisse Thorn: Pro-Sex Outreach, Open-Minded FeminismLast week, I posted an interview with Tim Woodman, who’s a fetish porn director and an experienced BDSMer to boot. His...
View ArticleAbsolutist abolitionists
The sorts of things that are said about sex workWestminster skeptics recently hosted a discussion on sex work and the law, featuring Dr Belinda Brooks-Gordon and Dr Brooke Magnanti. It is well worth a...
View ArticleAIDS Universal Access and the Lancet's equivocation
Universal access and excluded groups2010 is the deadline set by the international community at the UN General Assembly for providing universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care. As the...
View ArticleSimone de Beauvoir Institute - A Feminist Position On Sex Work
(h/t Cybersolidaires)Simone de Beauvoir Institute’s Statement:A Feminist Position on Sex WorkThe Simone de Beauvoir Institute of Concordia University supports the recent decision by Ontario Superior...
View ArticleInternational Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers - Vigil & Speak Out
Friday, December 17 · 7:30pm - 9:30pmMetropolitan Community Church of New York446 West 36th Street,Second Floor SanctuaryNew York, NYThis event is free and open to the public.Map:...
View ArticleNews Flash, Pay Attention: HIV Is About Sex
Originally posted at Clarisse Thorn: Pro-Sex Outreach, Open-Minded FeminismToday is World AIDS Day. I don’t think about HIV as much as I did a few months ago, when I was still in Africa and my job was...
View Article[litquote] Sex workers and whore stigma in southern Africa
Originally posted at Clarisse Thorn: Pro-Sex Outreach, Open-Minded FeminismI read a lot when I was in Africa. One of the most interesting books available was Catherine Campbell’s Letting Them Die....
View ArticleThe Alt Sex Anti-Abuse Dream Team
Originally posted at Clarisse Thorn: Pro-Sex Outreach, Open-Minded FeminismThis was originally posted on September 28, 2010 over at Feministe, where it picked up a fair number of comments. I’m posting...
View ArticleDirty Mouth: The Politics of Sex Talk in Public Spaces
I am a dirty mouth who needs to be silenced.This is what constitutes my parents’ most profound struggle when, before our family Sundays, they remind me every time to “watch it”, keep my mouth shut, and...
View Article[litquote] S&M stereotypes, parenting, and community action
Originally posted at Clarisse Thorn: Pro-Sex Outreach, Open-Minded Feminism The following quotation is from an essay that doesn’t just tear apart some awful BDSM stereotypes, but also makes a great...
View ArticleCruel and Unusual Punishment On Planet New Orleans
I'm going to repost an article from DBM about how a law dating back to 1805 that criminalizes "unnatural copulation" (often taken to include oral and anal sex) is being used to force sex workers...
View ArticleCall for presenters: Workshops at the San Francisco Sex Workers Festival
The San Francisco Sex Workers Festival was established in 1998 to provide a forum for the accomplishments of sex worker film and video makers and to screen works about sex workers and the sex...
View ArticleAnnouncing SWAAY: Sex Work Activists, Allies, and You (with stuff you can do...
Originally posted at Feminisnt.comAs I wrote a couple of weeks ago, I'm going to be starting a new sex workers rights project. The name I've chosen for it is SWAAY, which stands for Sex Work...
View ArticleIndigenous Peoples In the Sex Trade – Speaking For Ourselves
(I saw this today and felt it needed as much exposure as possible)We as Indigenous peoples who have current and/or former life experience in the sex trade and sex industries met on unceeded Coast...
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