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by suzyhookerAn open letter extravaganza began this week when Sinead O’Connor wrote to Miley Cyrus, warning her that the music industry “will prostitute you for all you are worth, and cleverly make you think its[sic] what YOU wanted.. and when you end up in rehab as a result of being prostituted, ‘they’ will be sunning […]
by WILLIAM McLENNAN SEX workers and Soho residents stood shoulder to shoulder this week in protest over evictions which they say will “put women in danger”. A small crowd wearing colourful masks and waving pink banners descended on the headquarters of Soho Estates on Wednesday morning following the eviction of women from several flats in […]
No one is congratulating the men who pay for sex for their contribution to a local economy, but the issue here is one vice against another – greed versus lust JOY LO DICO Waves of moralism regularly sweep up the river Thames. When the bankers seemed too rich, the Occupy encampment moved in. Oxford Street […]
London — Sex workers in the legendary London district of Soho demonstrated in carnival masks and negligees on Wednesday against evictions they claim threaten their safety and the unique nature of the area.The small but colourful group held up posters saying “No evictions — safety first” and “I’d rather sell my body than sell my […]
Following the eviction of several sex workers from a flat in Soho, London, on Tuesday, the English Collective of Prostitutes protest at the office of the landlords who enforced the eviction. One sex worker and two “maids” explain why they do their work, and how the crackdown in Soho will make their job more dangerous […]
Is Soho’s red light reputation dimming?On Tuesday evening, six sex workers at 26 Romilly Street in Soho were evicted from two flats there after the Metropolitan Police closed down the premises. A demonstration to protest the eviction was held today and some of the women involved in the eviction spoke about their future. ‘We will […]
A group of prostitutes have been evicted from their house in London’s Soho district. Protestors gathered in the area – which is known as an unnofficial red-light district – to denounce the evictions. The English Collective of Prostitutes who organised the protest are saying criminal activity still remains to be proven and that this move […]
Demonstrators gather outside office of one of the main property owners in the area calling for them to stand up to the police. A new crackdown on sex workers in London’s historic red light district risks putting women in danger and changing the character of Soho, sex workers and activists said on Wednesday. Sex workers from […]