Mycelial review – underground community of sex workers fight for change
Female drug users at risk of exploitation in mixed-sex treatment groups, study finds
September 2023
Best reads of 2023
What women want when they pay for sex: ‘Just kindness’
In his four years as a sex worker, Dan Moon saw women whose needs were more than physical. He brought a listening ear – and an open heart – which led to him ‘falling in care’ with his clients
August 2023
Adults review – sex comedy gets serious about state of the nation
Kokomo City review – the perilous, gutsy lives of four Black trans sex workers
‘The police see us as disposable’: what life’s really like in New York’s maligned ‘red light district’
Kokomo City review – Black trans women tell truths of light and dark side of sex work
July 2023
Leading questions
My husband has started paying escorts for live sex videos. Is he cheating?
Whether or not this is technically cheating isn’t the most important thing, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. What matters is how you feel about it
California man charged with femicide in deaths of three women in Mexico
Mexican authorities will seek to extradite Bryant Rivera of the Los Angeles area for the death of Angela Carolina Acosta Flores
UK police accused by MPs of ‘cosying up’ to ‘pimping websites’
Home affairs select committee members criticise policy of working with businesses such as Vivastreet
June 2023
The Stroll: looking back on the lives of trans sex workers in New York City
In a new documentary, two trans film-makers aim to shed light on a community often stereotyped and undervalued
May 2023
Wait for Me review – grimy Yorkshire melodrama offers serious scenery chewing
Karen Hassan is terrific as an Irish woman fleeing sex work, but her powerful screen presence is not matched by the film around her
Leading questions
I may have fallen in love with a sex worker I am paying. Could it be real?
Does she reciprocate your feelings? Unlikely, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. But the intimacy you experience can still be valuable
Rights and freedom
The lawyer whose sex trafficking case against Instagram could spell trouble for big tech
Annie McAdams represents clients who claim Meta’s products connect vulnerable people with sex buyers
April 2023
Vulnerable UK women forced into ‘sex for rent’ by cost of living crisis
Some women are turning to escort work to meet basic housing costs, charities warn
‘It was frightening’: undercover stings on sex workers criticised as Queensland moves to decriminalisation
The industry wants a moratorium on the use of some police powers ahead of legislatives changes
Australia news live
Opposition says review ‘a cannibalisation’ – as it happened
Queensland to decriminalise sex work as review recommends new advertising rules
Labor to consider age-verification ‘roadmap’ for restricting online pornography access
March 2023
‘It damages our free spirit’: war on British tourists won’t work, say Amsterdammers
Young Britons are the target for a crackdown on antisocial behaviour in the city – but are they the real problem?
