Sex Worker Rights
Wyoming City Council Passes 'Performance Prostitution' Bill With 'OnlyFans Amendment'
Two weeks after a Casper, Wyoming City Council vote on a legislative proposal criminalizing “performance prostitution” was delayed when a council member pointed out that the wording would affect local online sex workers with an OnlyFans account, the council passed the ordinance on Tuesday.
Belgian Psychologist Punished for Directing Adult Film, 'Indiscreet' Social Media Posts
Belgium’s Psychologencommissie/Commission des Psychologues, the governing body of the European kingdom's psychology profession, suspended sex expert Kaat Bollen after deciding that her choice to direct a pornographic film, and her sharing of what they deemed “indiscreet photographs,” damaged “the dignity of their profession.”
'Performance Prostitution' Ordinance Delayed in Wyoming Over OnlyFans Concerns
A City Council vote in Casper, Wyoming was delayed yesterday, after a council member pointed out that a newly phrased legislative proposal criminalizing “performance prostitution” would affect local online sex workers, particularly those with an OnlyFans account.
APAG: New Rule May End Banking Discrimination Against Performers
The Adult Performance Artists Guild (APAG) has released a statement about rule changes in the banking industry that may affect adult performers.
Sex Workers Warn of Harm to Safety, Livelihoods if Section 230 Is Repealed
An article published yesterday by legislative news site The Hill yesterday highlighted the dire consequences that the campaign to repeal Section 230 is already having for sex worker safety and visibility.
New ACLU Report Calls for Full Decriminalization of Sex Work
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released yesterday a comprehensive review of over 80 studies about sex work entitled “Is Sex Work Decriminalization the Answer? What the Research Tells Us.”
Sen. Graham Postpones EARN IT Act Hearing, Salutes It for 'Rattling the System'
The U.S. Senate’s Committee on the Judiciary postponed a hearing this morning concerning the EARN IT Act, which sex workers activists and digital rights activists have termed “the New FOSTA.”
ARTnews Explores Growing Interplay Between Art World, Sex Work
A new article in prominent art criticism and news magazine ARTnews explores the increasingly visible connections between the art world, sex work and sex worker advocacy.
NBC's 'Today Show' Two-Sides Sex Worker Rights Issue, Endorses 'Nordic Model'
NBC’s popular morning news show the "Today Show" featured a segment today two-siding the issue of sex worker rights between an advocate of full decriminalization — the position overwhelmingly supported by sex workers — and an abolition activist and advocate of the “Nordic Model” of eradication of sex work by criminalizating “pimps and johns.”
Proposed Nevada Bill Redefines 'Prostitutes' as 'Courtesans,' Creates Odd Curfew
A Nevada County Commission which has jurisdiction over the legal brothels nearest to Las Vegas has drafted proposed changes to the county code, which include officially discarding the stigmatizing term “prostitutes” in ordinances in favor of “courtesans” and reclassifying “houses of prostitution” as “brothels.”
ESPLER Hosts Sex Worker Rights Rally at California Democratic Party Convention
Erotic Service Provider Legal Education and Research Project (ESPLER) has announced that it will be hosting a rally outside the Democratic Convention on June 1 to advocate for sex workers’ rights.
Slixa.com Welcomes Sex Worker Rights Advocate Kate D'Adamo for Weekly Blog Feature
Online adult entertainment services site Slixa.com has announced the launch of ‘Kate’s Account’, a weekly blog post from sex worker rights activist and advocate Kate D’Adamo.
Ginger Banks Interviewed by Yahoo News on Sex Worker Rights
On a recent trip to New York City, cam performer and sex worker advocate Ginger Banks was interviewed by Yahoo News Unfiltered in a video interview called “Society Treats Sex Workers as Second-Class Citizens.”
Today Is 'International Sex Worker Rights Day'
The Sex Workers Outreach Project has published a toolkit, containing background about the annual March 3 event, print handouts and social media images, quotes and ideas for commemorating this day.
FSC's Diane Duke, Fabian Thylmann to Defend Sex Worker Rights Tonight at Oxford
Free Speech Coalition President Diane Duke will defend the validity of sex work as a career in a debate tonight at Oxford University in England.