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Sex workers in Europe, already in a uniquely vulnerable position, battle to access health services. BY ASHLEIGH FURLONG It’s going to be a bleak winter for Europe. But for sex workers, a group that feels it’s been forgotten during the pandemic, the return of lockdowns doesn’t just mean being out of work, it could also mean […]
Police have arrested more than 400 people for allegedly keeping brothels since 2017, according to figures obtained by Sky News. By Alexa Phillips, news reporter Hundreds of people have been arrested for alleged brothel-keeping offences in the last four years under laws that sex workers claim put them at risk. Police forces have detained at […]
The Commission on Social Security is a claimant’s panel that is a project set up to find out how to improve the welfare benefits system. They have an online questionnaire to ask people for their views about various proposed changes — deadline 31 October. Please fill in the questionnaire to have your say. It’s anonymous so you […]
Red-light districts in Soho and Mayfair’s Shepherd Market are facing financial crises following the pandemic, an action group for sex workers has told The Londoner.Laura Watson of the English Collective of Prostitutes said: “Some places have had to shut because they can’t make enough money. Clients just weren’t coming in.”In Soho “three flats in one […]
At the time of a pandemic when poverty, particularly among women and children has increased so massively, why is Diana Johnson and other women MPs focusing on proposals that will make women poorer. They urge the government to criminalise sex workers’ clients and crack down on online advertising sites without any consideration to the ways […]
Faima Bakar When you think about porn, racism probably isn’t the first thing on your mind. But racism worms its way into every corner of human life, and the world of sexual fantasies, fetishes and sex work is no different. A quick search reveals just how often porn sites use racist stereotypes, as mentions of […]
Article written by:Frankie Miren For 12 days in late 1982 the English Collective of Prostitutes occupied a church in King’s Cross to protest police brutality. Frankie Miren interviews women who were at the centre of the dispute, and explores explores the legacy of their action today. It’s November 1982 and you wake up on the […]
Sex work is legal in the UK. But whilst the exchange of money between two adults for consensual sex is allowed, lots of activities surrounding sex work remain illegal. Laws on ‘brothel-keeping’ and ‘loitering and soliciting’ in particular have made sex workers’ lives significantly more difficult. This legislation prevents sex workers from working together from premises, and […]