Experience: I ran a brothel in a country village
This article originally appeared in the Guardian on 5 June 2010
Claire Finch: read other related posts here
Most people would think where I live is the last place you’d expect to find a brothel or massage parlour: a pretty bungalow in a quiet cul-de-sac of a sleepy Bedfordshire village. But I’ve run one from my home for the [...]
Prostitute wins court case
In a amazing victory, on 29 April 2010 in Luton Crown Court, Claire Finch was found not guilty of a criminal charge of keeping a brothel. The jury, in line with public opinion, refused to criminalise Ms Finch for working together with friends from her own home for safety. The jury of 8 men and [...]
Nothing About Us Without Us
a sex worker campaign from NSW in Australia. check out their website.
What We Want:
Full enjoyment of the 1995 reforms decriminalising sex work in NSW!
In 1995 criminal laws relating to adult sex work in NSW were repealed, meaning that the sex industry could be regulated in the same way as any other industry.
Decriminalisation is recognised by [...]
Demonstration Against the Policing and Crime Bill
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SEX WORKERS NEED SAFETY AND RIGHTS, NOT CRIMINALISATION
Demonstration Against the Policing and Crime Bill
12-2pm, Tuesday 3 November, Parliament Square
Bring placards and red umbrella’s and join the demonstration to [...]
Forget the propaganda and hear the evidence
Public Meeting
Forget the propaganda and hear the evidence on rape, trafficking and prostitution
6-7pm Monday 2 November
Committee Room 3A
House of Lords
Enter through St Stephen’s entrance
The day before the final debate on the prostitution clauses in the PCB, please join us in a discussion of the evidence. Whatever your views on the sex industry, women’s [...]
Soho: Justice prevails against prejudice and witch-hunts!
report from the English Collective of Prostitutes on 18 Feb 2009
… also an interesting (and dare we say balanced) article appeared in the Evening Standard (below)
An application by the Metropolitan Police and Westminster Council for a Closure Order against two flats at 61 Dean Street, Soho, was dismissed today.
With the help of Soho sex workers [...]
Speak Out + Stand Up for Sex Worker Rights
Tuesday 31 March
2pm at the Eros Fountain, Piccadilly Circus
Bring your red umbrellas
Workers in the sex industry and their allies are speaking out against the Policing and Crime Bill.
This Bill will further criminalise those of us in the sex industry in the UK, whether we work by CHOICE, CIRCUMSTANCE or COERCION. It criminalises our clients, increases [...]
xtalk Briefing Notes Jan 2009
Briefing Notes for Trade Unions, NGO’s and Allies
on the proposed legislation to criminalise sex work
The Policing and Crime Bill goes before the House of Commons Scrutiny Committee this week and will hear evidence for a month from Tuesday 26th January through to 26th February. The bill includes proposals to criminalise the demand for sex work [...]
Italy: New Anti-Prostitution Law Criminalises Street Sex Workers
ITALIANO
Negli ultimi tempi in Italia si è creato un pericoloso clima di intolleranza nei confronti delle persone che si prostituiscono e più in generale verso tutti coloro che, secondo campagne politiche ben orchestrate, metterebbero in discussione la sicurezza dei cittadini. L’allarme sociale, diretto da abili esperti, è andato crescendo fino al punto da creare capri [...]
IUSW GMB Briefing
IUSW GMB Briefing on Home Office recommendations for new legislation on the sex industry - November 2008
Following consultations, which involved members of the GMB, the Home Office has unveiled plans for possible legislation on the sex industry. The main proposals are
criminalising paying for sex with someone who is controlled for gain (to be considered a [...]