Street-based sex work is now legal across Victoria
Decriminalisation of the industry expected to allow sex workers to feel confident in reporting crimes
April 2022
‘Forced to move home’: discrimination of Queensland sex workers needs to end, say advocates
Under state law, sex workers can be evicted, refused accommodation and charged higher rents or fees
February 2022
John Oliver recap
John Oliver: sex work regulation in the US is ‘confusing and counter-productive’
The Last Week Tonight host discussed how US sex workers are often demonised, patronised or mistreated by the system
New York might decriminalize sex work. But will it do so safely and responsibly?
Geoffrey Mak
In an odd twist, leftwing groups support a libertarian, free-market approach, while some sex trafficking survivors support a more cautious, regulated approach
‘Now we don’t have a safe place’: sex workers’ social media site Switter shuts down amid legal fears
Whips, manacles and a bedazzled dildo – the ICA’s controversial show on sex work
How will Victoria’s sex work decriminalisation bill work and will it make the industry safer?
December 2021
Bliss review – Berlin sex worker falls in love with new girl in no holds barred drama
Opinion
Even after 40 years the response to Aids in many countries is still held back by stigma
Hakima Himmich and Mike Podmore
November 2021
If you really care about the safety of sex workers like me, let us make our own choices
Georgie Wolf
Selling sex is highly dangerous. Treating it like a regular job only makes it worse
Sonia Sodha
October 2021
Edgar Wright edits Observer New Review
Women in 60s Soho: ‘You were less judged. You could do what you wanted’
Sex discrimination: why banks shun workers in adult entertainment
September 2021
Indecent proposal: the queer Yiddish play that led to an obscenity trial and a Broadway hit
‘I went to school drunk in a bikini’: how Sophie Willan turned her chaotic life into sitcom gold
July 2021
Video of Patriots owner Robert Kraft in massage parlor sex sting to be destroyed
Judge says recordings not part of permanent court record, in case in which NFL owner pleaded not guilty but issued public apology
June 2021
Victorian government to decriminalise sex work after review hears of exploitation
The ‘human rights’ sex trade case that will harm women
Julie Bindel
Black lives
Brenda Myers-Powell: she was pimped out, left for dead – then survived to fight for other girls
‘I’m sacrificing myself’: agony of Kabul’s secret sex workers
![Brenda Myers-Powell, cofounder and Chief Operating Officer of the Dreamcatcher Foundation, on Nov. 20, 2020 at her home in Calumet City, Ill. Myers-Powell spends Thursday thru Saturday nights driving around in the Dreamcatcher Foundation van doing outreach with prostitutes and handing out PPE and information. “It’s never been so hard for us to be on the street and its neer been so dangerous,” says Myers-Powell, who’s noticed an increase in prostitution during the pandemic. “I tell them [working prostitutes], ‘I already know what you’ve been through, I just want to know when you’re ready. When you’re ready, I’ll be there,’’’ says Myers-Powell who is on call 24/7 at the number 1-844-WED-DREAM. Myers-Powell is a former prostitute herself. Photo by Michelle Kanaar](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a1437ef8be62604bb4e4c2783cd16978e7faa4cf/0_182_5448_3269/master/5448.jpg?width=220&dpr=2&s=none)
