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NYC’s Second Annual Sex Worker Cabaret – June 12 2011
Posted on May 26, 2011 by sarah jenny
Join us for the Second Annual Sex Worker Cabaret on Sunday, June 12, 2011! >>> Buy Tickets Now! Sex workers take the stage to tell their diverse stories through performance, narrative, puppetry, burlesque, comedy and more. This event starts with a curated selection of video works about sex work around the globe, and then features [...]
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Connections between Anti-Prostitution Laws and Fake Sting Operations
Posted on May 18, 2011 by Vegan Vixen
Many of us are well aware of how anti-prostitution laws promote and encourage real vice sting operations against sex workers, but there seems to be much less focus on how these same anti-prostitution laws also promote fake sting operations, in which abusers tell sex workers that they’re vice cops so that they’ll comply to be [...]
Filed under: Arrests, Assholes, Ethics, Harassment of Sex Workers, Law Enforcement, Legal, Prohibition, Violence | 5 Comments »
“Sex Crimes In New Orleans, Separate and Unequal”
Posted on May 6, 2011 by kitteninfinite
NEW ORLEANS — In their neighborhoods, they are sometimes taunted with dirty looks and jeers. Their pictures hang on the walls of local community centers where their children and grandchildren play. And their names and addresses are listed in newspapers and mailed out on postcards to everyone in the neighborhood. Landing a job or even [...]
Filed under: Arrests, Ethics, Harassment of Sex Workers, Injustice, Law Enforcement, Legal, outdoor (street-based), Politicians, Politics, Workers of Color | 2 Comments »
