As the Online Safety Act comes into effect in the UK, impacting websites where sex workers advertise our services, we find ourselves on the cusp of a nation-wide censorship effort that will push sex workers towards third party managers and brothel or street work.
Category Archives: Legislation
Nordic Model Proposed in the UK: How This Would Harm Sex Workers
MPs in the UK want to amend the Police & Crime bill to criminalize paying for sex and get rid of escorting websites! This will harm sex workers.
Sex Deception Guidance: The Impact on Trans and Intersex Sex Workers
To summarize this guidance in the simplest terms, it treats a trans or intersex person not disclosing their gender identity and/or the sex they were assigned at birth as a form of deception which negates consent.
Dear Home Secretary: A Plea for Sex Work Decriminalization
This is my letter to the UK Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, calling for the decriminalization of sex work.
Dear Home Secretary,
I’m writing this letter to urge you to oppose measures criminalizing sex work in the UK, and to instead support the full decriminalization of it.
Nowhere to Hide: Facial Recognition and Sex Work
Any sex worker who advertises online or posts pornographic content has heard that the internet is forever and that people will eventually find out what they do for work. That used to mean that we had to be prepared for people to stumble across porn that featured us, or for friends or family to noticeContinue reading “Nowhere to Hide: Facial Recognition and Sex Work”
Decrim Means Decrim
Among the supposed allies of sex workers, who claim to support our struggle for workers’ rights, are people who still have an instinct to cling to some level of criminalization or regulation.
Why Julie Bindel is Wrong About Sex Work
Julie Bindel is a prominent figure among so-called “radical feminists” who oppose the decriminalization and destigmatization of sex work. Sex work is work, regardless of what Bindel and her ilk keep saying, and here’s why.
NPCC Sex Working Guidance
This is a breakdown of the newest UK police guidance regarding sex work (due for review between April 2024 and August 2025), including criticisms from a sex worker perspective.
Bullshit Radical Feminist Arguments About Sex Work
Sex work is indeed often dangerous, particularly prostitution. It’s made that way by criminalization and stigma. Decriminalizing it gives sex workers more rights, more freedom, and more control over our bodies and consent. Radical feminists do not wish me well.
Age Verification Bills and the Chilling Effect
There are many problems with age verification and I don’t blame people whose first thoughts are about how this is an unhelpful restriction that doesn’t help kids but does restrict access to porn for the adults who want to watch it.
Jack Talks About Sex Work 