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7th September 2021

The National: A Killing In Tiger Bay – Daughter tells of family’s trauma

A murder carried out almost a decade before her birth, and which her family should have had no connection to, has long cast a shadow for Cassie Justice Parris. The 24-year-old only found out through anxious curiosity how her father, Tony Paris, had been dragged into what would become Britain’s longest running murder trial, unwilling to wait until she was older to be let in on what appeared to be a secret in her father’s past. “I googled […]

27th August 2021

I News: OnlyFans’ U-turn on explicit content shows the sex worker rights movement is getting too loud to ignore

We are organising around the world, fighting back not only against criminalisation but against the system which pits us against each other By Frankie Miren For sex workers on OnlyFans, the last week has been a wild ride. On 19 August it was announced that the website would ban all explicit content as of 1 October. On […]

26th August 2021

The Canary: Sex workers remain united against stigmatisation following OnlyFans’ explicit content u-turn

UK-based content subscription platform OnlyFans has u-turned on its decision to ban “sexually-explicit” content on its site.The original, surprise announcement was met with backlash from sex workers, who accused the site of turning its back on the people who helped secure the platform’s success. On 25 August, OnlyFans announced that it has “suspended” the planned policy change. The platform’s flip-flopping […]

23rd August 2021

Vice: Love Island’s Megan Barton-Hanson Condemns OnlyFans Explicit Content Ban

The reality TV star tells VICE World News the decision will unfairly target sex workers, saying: “It feels like we are back at square one.” Love Island star and sex columnist Megan Barton-Hanson has condemned a decision by content subscription service OnlyFans to ban sexually explicit content on its site, accusing it of treating sex workers unfairly. According to […]

23rd August 2021

OpenDemocracy: Why Freedom United supports the decriminalisation of sex work

The evidence is clear that to build resilience to human trafficking in the sex industry, decriminalisation is the most effective approach, so that is what we support Fences are not comfortable places, yet when it comes to sex work anti-trafficking organisations are clambering for a perch. They like it up there because it keeps them […]

23rd August 2021

Refinery29: Life Lessons To Be Learned From A 91-Year-Old Activist

At 91, Selma James has been an activist for longer than I’ve been alive, times three. A Jewish woman born in New York, in 1952 she published her first book, A Woman’s Place, aged just 22 – a radical piece of work underlining the frustrations of women’s lives in the home and the significance of their unwaged labour […]

23rd August 2021

UNILAD: OnlyFans Star Megan Barton–Hanson Condemns ‘Unfair’ Sexual Content Ban

OnlyFans and Love Island star, Megan Barton-Hanson, has hit out at OnlyFans’ decision to ban sexual content, branding the move as ‘unfair’. Last week, OnlyFans announced that from October 1, porn, or what it sees to be ‘any content containing sexually-explicit conduct’ will be banned under new guidelines. Barton-Hanson, who found her fame on the ITV series Love […]

21st August 2021

Daily Mail: Medical students demand right to use sex work to fund their studies and want to be protected from expulsion

Trainee doctors have called for the British Medical Association to work with universities to recognise and support students working in the sex industry Pandemic has forced student sex workers into risky situations claim trade union More than 90 per cent of students believe money and living cost is a motivationMedical students are demanding to be protected from […]

21st August 2021

BBC News: OnlyFans porn ban a ‘kick in the teeth’ for creators

By Kirsty Grant & Shiona McCallumOnlyFans has plenty of cooking tutorials and fitness classes, but it’s best known for one thing – porn.But that’s all going to change soon.The subscription site has announced it will block sexually explicit photos and videos from October – although some nude content will still be allowed.OnlyFans creators have told Radio 1 […]

19th August 2021

Video: Time to get off the fence on sex workers’ rights

https://youtu.be/pGL6jbo4XdUOpenDemocracy live discussion. 19 August 2021.It’s time for anti-trafficking activists to stop being silent on sex workers’ rights.Hear from a panel of anti-trafficking leaders and migrant sex worker activists as they discuss why the trafficking sector is letting down sex workers and how to do things differently.Speakers:Joanna Ewart-James Executive director, Freedom UnitedJean Bruggeman Executive director, Freedom Network […]