2026: CECILIA’S ACT: New York Bill Protects Survivors; Sx Workers

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Cecilia's act 2 for rights in the sex trades. AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to decriminalizing sx work; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating to prostitution; to amend the criminal procedure law and civil practice law and rules, in relation to eliminating prior criminal records and making other related changes; and to repeal certain provisions of the criminal procedure law relating to the prosecution of prostitution offenses.

2025 Feature: Old Pros in Iceland

Old Pros is co-producing a one-day conference, Sex Worker Stories and Public Policy, to educate the Icelandic public about why decriminalization is the only policy that reduces violence.The conference will take place at The Nordic House, a prestigious cultural center in Reykjavik, Iceland on Saturday, November 1, 2025 from 11–8pm UTC and will be free and open to the public. Sex Worker … Continue reading 2025 Feature: Old Pros in Iceland

2025 Pittsburgh PA Decriminalizes Sx Work

An ordinance decriminalizing sex work is headed to Pittsburgh City Council | Social Justice | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper For Safer Sex Work has discussed this ordinance with the police and district attorney’s office, Nightingale said, and plans to do more outreach to educate law enforcement about the change to the minimum penalty should the ordinance pass. https://www.pghcitypaper.com/author/jordana-rosenfeld

2025 IWD is International

The history of International Sex Workers Day began in the 1970s in France. Back then, prostitution was legal in France, but surrounding activities were illegal like pimping, operating a brothel, or paying for sex with someone underage. Nevertheless, police kept sex worker under increasing pressure, forcing them to work in secret. Sex workers weren’t protected, which led to increasing violence against them. The government did nothing to improve the situation.

2025 IWD English Collective

2 June marks the day in 1975 when 150+ sex workers occupied the Church of St. Nizier in Lyon, France. A banner was hung over the church façade 'Our children don't want their mothers in prison’ The occupation was sparked by the brutal torture and murder of sex workers and a police crackdown against women. Within weeks churches had been occupied all over France and today’s international sex workers’ rights movement had been launched!