Sex workers say they have been abused and spat at, yet many can’t access government support By Frankie Miren As everyone’s life is thrown into turmoil, it’s right to focus on those at the sharpest end of the pandemic chaos. But, in the glut of articles about sex workers and coronavirus, the reasons for sex […]
The Guardian: UK sex workers in “dire and desperate” need amid coronavirus lockdown “As the bills come in I stack them up on a shelf and try to forget about them. I spend my whole day anxious. There is no let-up. I have the worry of the children, the worry of my mother who is […]
A THREE-YEAR series of protests to support mothers and children targeted by poverty, child removal and domestic violence moved online today amid the coronavirus crisis.The monthly action, organised by the Support not Separation Coalition (SSC), had been taking place outside the Central Family Court in London, but saw thousands of online posts to make up […]
The English Collective of Prostitutes says Whitehall must step in to provide financial relief. Picture: English Collective of ProstitutesThe English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP), based at the Crossroads Women’s Centre in Wolsey Mews, is calling on Whitehall to officially recognise sex workers as employees so they can receive financial aid, as the government has done […]
Sex work. Aside from healthcare, it’s the ultimate close contact service. And right now, many of its estimated 72,800 sex workers in the UK are particularly vulnerable to the physical and economic effects of the Covid crisis. With a UK lockdown in force, not only are thousands of sex workers being forced to choose between […]
by Sophie Hemery @SophieHemery The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted almost everyone’s work, in a way most of us had never experienced before. But as with any crisis, those who were already the most marginalised have been hit the hardest, and frequently face higher barriers to accessing any or adequate state support. Sex workers have been severely […]
Ray Filar ‘Sex workers are the original feminists’, say Juno Mac and Molly Smith in Revolting Prostitutes. It’s an incendiary claim–not least because tracking ‘firsts’ is a fraught pursuit–but it might well be true. Mac and Smith point toward the medieval brothel workers who formed guilds and went on strike; the 15th century Bavarian […]
Pandemic ‘adds to an existing crisis’, campaigner says Maya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent Sex workers are being left penniless and face being made homeless as they struggle for income during the coronavirus outbreak, campaigners have said. The government has brought in strict lockdown measures to limit the spread of the virus, with people told to remain at home and avoid contact […]
An English Collective of Prostitutes banner at the sex workers strike on International Women’s Day 2020 calling for the full decriminalisation of sex work. (Ollie Millington/Getty Images) The coronavirus pandemic has thrown sex workers into a “hidden crisis” that means sex work must immediately be decriminalised, the English Collective of Prostitutes has said. Millions of […]
SEX WORKERS are demanding emergency funds from the government, warning that the loss of income caused by the coronavirus crisis could reduce many of them to destitution.The English Collective of Prostitutes, based in north London, has made an urgent call for sex workers to be entitled to the same financial support as others hit by […]
