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Many people at heightened risk for HIV have never been tested. Those who have self-tested for HIV often don’t go on to receive care or change their sexual behavior.
Laws regarding sex work should not be legislated based on personal moral beliefs. They should prioritize the safety of sex workers and their clients.
Escorts, sex workers and other adult entertainers often do not feel they have the power to challenge debanking.
If sex workers have to pay taxes and have all the other burdens of business and employment, then surely their contracts must be honoured as well.
Young motivated employees are pushing the movement for union representation among US workforces. Is it time for management to get on board?
The mass casualty commission report into the Nova Scotia mass murders outlines the perpetrator’s history of sexual abuse toward sex workers and what should be done to prevent it from happening again.
Experts on the history of sexuality in Canada say recent changes to the Expungement Act don’t go far enough, and they urge Canadians to reject attempts to divide marginalized communities.
Some vulnerable populations may have fallen through the cracks despite efforts to improve access to HIV services during the pandemic in Nigeria.
The conflation of sex work and human trafficking fuels support for the continued criminalisation of sex work.
Despite portraying sex workers as agents of social change, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ presents sex workers as worthy victims because they didn’t choose their disreputable fates.
Newmarket’s draconian use of bylaws and licensing to target and displace Asian massage workers risks taking us back to a racist past in Canadian history, where Asians were seen as moral threats.
Societally, we need to recognize that sex workers have agency and deserve the same respect, dignity and aid as any other person selling their labour.
The study reveals a consistently biased and negative depiction of sex workers by news media in Nigeria.
Transported to Van Diemen’s Land aged 11, Ellen Miles went on to riot in Launceston’s Female Factory, seek fortune in gold-rush Victoria and live to nearly 90.
Until Bolsonaro’s election win, sex workers had been gaining rights. His ultra-far-right, homophobic, racist and mysoginistic views have made the reality much worse.
Government support programs like CERB and EI provide a safety net. During COVID-19, sex workers accessed various financial support — future policy needs to address the rights and security of sex workers.
Wives were not a part of intellectual life – but sex workers were often seen as having captivating minds, as well as captivating bodies.
Higher education institutions should also consider how to respond should sex work take place on campus, such as in a residence.
The timely re-release of ‘Working Girls’ by Lizzie Borden brings sex work into the public eye as activists in Canada prepare for another Supreme Court challenge to laws criminalizing commercial sex.
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Professor of Women's Studies and Political Studies, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Adjunct professor, Carleton University
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Research Associate, King's College London
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Associate Professor, Cultural Studies; Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies, University of Washington, Bothell
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Professor, Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of Calgary
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Assistant Professor, School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Canada
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Professor of Sport and Social Sciences, Bournemouth University
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Knowledge Exchange Fellow/Project Lead, University of Strathclyde
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Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
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Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
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Lecturer in Criminology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Central Lancashire
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Associate Professor and Director: Research at the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute I, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director of Implementation Science, Wits Reproductive Health & HIV Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Reader in Psychology and Social Policy, Birkbeck, University of London
