Former tech workers became sex workers — and love their new lives
2023-11-12
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As some tech workers resist going back to the office, face job cuts that hurt progress in diversity and equality, and see their hopes of starting successful startups fade away, a group of tech workers is quietly leaving the industry for a different path: sex work.
These individuals, including erotic filmmakers, professional dominatrixes, and traditional escorts, share stories of feeling more .....
Amid concerns over Mission District sex work, some propose creating an S.F. red-light district
2023-02-09
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As San Francisco leaders scramble to install barriers on Capp Street — hoping to divert, or at least slow down an unchecked market for sex work — some community organizers are contemplating a more controversial and far-reaching approach: creating a sanctioned red-light district.
The move has support from sex-worker advocates, Mission District residents who want the now-illicit .....
This Porn Star Is Haunted by Bogus Sex Trafficking Rumors
2022-12-05
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A few weeks ago, rumors began spreading online that Nicole Doshi was missing. But Doshi wasn’t missing. Nor is she a sex trafficking victim, she emphatically told The Daily Beast in an interview. This wasn’t the first time someone had made a claim like this about me,” Doshi explained.
Many anti-porn and anti-trafficking groups have long argued that most (if not al .....
Activist Carol Leigh, who coined term `sex work’, dies at 71
2022-11-20
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Carol Leigh, a San Francisco activist who is credited with coining the term “sex work” and who sought for decades to improve conditions for prostitutes and others in the adult entertainment business, has died. She was 71.
Kate Marquez, the executor of her estate, said Leigh died Wednesday of cancer, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Thursday.
A former prostitute, Leigh de .....
California Ends Loitering for Prostitution Ban With Safer Streets for All Act
2022-07-20
elrond
California has ended prosecution of prostitutes where they are loitering with the intent to engage in prostitution . The previous law allowed the police to target and arrest people who were wearing tight clothes and / or lots of makeup. Many of those impacted by the old law are Black and Brown trans women. This crime was so subjective and inherently profiling that it allows a poli .....
Ex-prostitute sentenced to life in prison for killing pimp when she was 16 is pardoned
2022-07-05
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This heading is so wrong. The heading is copied from the article. She was 13 when she was forced into prostitution and ended up shooting her pimp at 16. This to me is trafficking, and abuse of a minor. The words Ex-Prostitute is so wrong in this abusive case.
Secondly, why was she sentenced to life imprisonment with no parole for killer her abuser. Governor Arnold Schwarzene .....
California Could Overturn Loitering for Sex Work Law
2021-08-30
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California has an anti-loitering code, which was meant to crack down on sex workers. This law has hit the transgender community particularily hard. State Senator Scott Wiener, says it was discrimination. Wiener says that many people have started calling the anti-loitering law, the "walking while trans" law.
Earlier this year New York repealed a similar law. .....
St James Infirmary: 22 year organization serving the sex workers
2021-07-14
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The San Franciso based organisation supporting sex workers has been in operation for 22 years. The organisation was founded by sex workers and San Francisco escorts and health care workers, including the Margo St James who recently died. The institute is a free clinic run by sex workers for sex workers. .....
South Bay couple trafficked over 100 sex workers, DA says
2021-06-13
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SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Calif. (KRON) — A married couple has been charged with human trafficking and operating at least six brothels in Santa Clara County.
The victims told authorities that they would service 10-15 men per day. They found the brothels online and paid Hu through Venmo and PayPal, according to the DA. The victims said they often were locked in the brothels and their passport .....
Repeal of loitering law targeting sex workers passes Calif.
2021-04-14
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A law which repeals provisions of California law that criminalizes loitering for the intent to engage in sex work passed through the Senate Public Safety Committee by a vote of 4-1.
Senate Bill 357, authored by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), repeals provisions of state statues that criminalize loitering for the intent to engage in sex work. These provisions oft times resul .....