Thai government shuts down key-population led PrEP services
2023-02-15
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Thailand’s government has stopped the country’s leading pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) services from operating, jeopardising an approach that has attracted international attention and is at the heart of Asia’s largest PrEP programme.
Around 80% of people using PrEP in Thailand receive it from a clinic led and staffed by members of the community that it serves. But under ne .....
Green light for red lights in Thailand
2021-10-01
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The Ministry of Social and Human Development is seeking public feedback over one month. Unlike Miss Rotten Egg's case, this exercise was proceeding quietly without much media attention. Those who knew what was going on did not know what the ministry intended to do with the opinions gathered.
Hopefully, the ministry will get serious about rewriting this archaic law after failed attempts t .....
OnlyFans star's arrest renews debate on sex work
2021-09-28
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Thai, Only Fans star and her boy friend were arrested for producing erotic vides on the channel. The produced sexually explicit content on the OnlyFans social media platform. Their arrest has sparked a wave of fear and resentment among other creators. It is time the Thai government revisted existing laws on pornographic content.
"It is time the state admits that se .....
Thailand's sex workers petition to decriminalise prostitution
2020-09-22
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Sex workers in Thailand have launched a petition calling for prostitution to be decriminalised and urging authorities to remove all penalties for selling and buying sex.
“The law punishes sex workers - 80% of whom are mothers and the main breadwinner for the whole family,” said Mai Junta, a representative from Empower.
More than 24,000 people were arrested, prosecuted and fi .....
Bangkok brothel brings in coronavirus thermal scanners for its escorts and customers
2020-03-19
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A Bangkok brothel has brought in thermal scanners to test its customers for coronavirus.
Patrons of the sprawling seven-storey 'entertainment venue' are given scans to detect fevers, one of the symptoms of the bug which has infected more than 140 people in the country. .....