Tag: sex work
Sex Workers Got No Pardons. Decriminalization Is Overdue.
On October 8, President Biden pardoned thousands of people convicted of simple marijuana possession. ...
Monkeypox Vaccine Rollout Reflects Deprioritization of Sex Workers
The monkeypox epidemic isn’t going anywhere, especially for street-based sex workers. NPR reports that ...
CA Bill to Decriminalize “Loitering” Spotlights Cops-Turned-Politicians
A 2019 explainer from CalMatters on the difficulties of police reform in Sacramento explained ...
Baltimore Study Boosts Movements to Decriminalize Drugs and Sex Work
Replication is of paramount importance, in the sciences, in determining whether an earlier research ...
Sex Workers No Longer Criminalized for Simply Living With HIV in Nevada
In Nevada, sex workers living with HIV have been uniquely targeted by the state, ...
Federal Watchdog: FOSTA Isn’t Even Useful for Law Enforcement
From the get-go, sex worker activists knew nothing good would come from FOSTA, a ...
As Sex Workers, We Know the “Equality Model” Is a Dangerous Mistake
The general public is perhaps only tangentially aware of sex workers’ rights and the ...
NY Ends “Walking While Trans” Ban Targeting Women of Color
Transgender and criminal justice reform activists won a major victory as New York Governor ...
How New Haven Harm Reductionists Reach Sex Workers in the Pandemic
In November, Sex Workers and Allies Network (SWAN) unveiled a new mobile-outreach van. Our ...
Decriminalizing Sex Work and Drugs Central to Trans and LGBTQ+ Rights
Every day, people do what they need to do in order to survive. That ...
