Corrie star says sex work storyline was most awkward moment of his career
2023-08-21
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Standin' on't Coronation Street set wi' his top off, ready t'film scenes where his character chats naughty fer cash online, actor Ryan Prescott's admittin' the storyline's given him a bit of a weird feelin', proper awkward, ya know.
But th' 34-year-old star's sayin' the cast an' crew 'ave helped him cope wi' any nerves he 'ad before .....
Manchester Independent Escorts
2022-11-24
elrond
There are two employment types for escorts. The escort who works for an agency. The agency takes the booking and contacts the escort and passes this information to the escort. The escort makes their own way there, though some agencies may handle this with a driver. Employing a driver can introduce legal issues for the agency. The payment is usually collected by the escort, who will th .....
The Left (Morning Start) gets it wrong with escorts and universities
2021-11-19
elrond
LAST week Diane Abbott MP tweeted about the “sex worker” training that Durham University was offering its students. Her detractors were soon out in hordes insisting that “sex work” just needs to be made safe and she is simply not progressive enough to understand.
The Universites are being positive in providing saftey advice. No one denies that selling sexual serv .....
Only 3 Russell Group universities have policies in place to support student escorts
2021-11-19
elrond
Durham, Newcastle and Manchester are the only Russell Group universities that have policies in place to support their students who work in the sex industry. There is an estimate that there are 214,200 student sex workers. That does sound high to me, but not all those student sex workers would be student escorts.
It is a pity that other Universities do not provide advice to those who are sex .....
Vital service is providing support for Manchester sex workers over Christmas
2020-12-26
elrond
For many women working the streets of Manchester during the coronavirus pandemic, clients have been their only regular human contact.
For one day in December, a group of women were able to sit, laugh and share stories with each other and their caseworkers over a hearty, socially-distanced Christmas dinner. .....
Mums Net thread on sex work by a sexworker
2020-10-11
elrond
For 12 years I worked as an escort, I also did occasional phone & cam work. I varied between working full time and part time, but around half was full time and the other half part time.
I've been put off doing one of these because of how they usually go but I'm always banging on about people making assumptions about sex workers and accepting stereotypes about us so I might as wel .....
The laws that sex workers really want
2020-07-28
elrond
Want to know about sex worker laws? Then watch this excellent video
Everyone has an opinion about how to legislate sex work (whether to legalize it, ban it or even tax it) ... but what do workers themselves think would work best? Activist Juno Mac explains four legal models that are being used around the world and shows us the model that she believes will work best to keep sex workers safe a .....
Business as usual, just on a smaller scale
2020-06-02
elrond
For dozens of sex workers in Manchester it’s still ‘business as usual’ during the coronavirus crisis.
The women continuing to work the city’s streets are at the ‘sharpest end of vulnerability’, living through chaotic and unstable situations.
In the early weeks of the outbreak many women were able to secure temporary accommodation in hotels.
Those .....
Woman escapes house where she was forced into prostitution
2020-05-07
elrond
Officers were called to reports of concern for the welfare of a woman at Dallas Court, off Langworthy Road, in Salford, at around 7.30am on Saturday May 2. Enquiries then established that she was a victim of modern slavery.
‘We are appealing to anyone with information, or who recalls helping or seeing this woman in the early morning of Saturday 2 May, or the days preceding, to contact .....