Portugal escorts Welcome New Constitutional Court Ruling
2023-05-22
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The Constitutional Court of Portugal ruled in early May that it was unconstitutional to criminalise some third parties who are involved in sex work. Portugal’s current law bans any form of organised sex work, including running a brothel. It is also illegal to profit from, promote, encourage or facilitate ‘prostitution’, which affects the ability of sex workers to work together a .....
Brothels at full throttle, says tabloid
2020-04-30
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With so many stories of hardship and stalled businesses, tabloid Correio da Manhã says brothels are working at pretty much full throttle through the lockdown. ‘Madame’ Ana Loureiro – the face of a recent petition focused on legalising prostitution in Portugal – tells the paper that she did shut down her two houses at the start of the lockdown but decided to reopen o .....
85 Ways to Make Sex Workers' Lives a Little Easier
2020-03-11
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Here are some simple strategies for educating yourself, changing the conversations you have about sex workers, and generally being less of a jerk about sex work. Eighty-Five ways to make sex workers lives easier. .....
Prostitute takes petition to regulate sector to parliament
2020-01-22
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Ana Loureiro managed to collect the 4000 signatures required for a petition to be discussed in parliament in just 60 days. She is in favour of regulating sex work to allow brothels to operate. Though sex work is legal on Portugal, no third party is allowed to benefit or facilitate it. she is now amassing signatures for a referendum, on the basis that the law won't change .....