A view into prostitution before defined as trafficking, today in history: Heidi Fleiss
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 December 17: 22nd Int’l Day To End Violence Against S3X Workers (IDTEVASW) – December 17th: International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
2025 December 17: 22nd Int’l Day To End Violence Against S3X Workers (IDTEVASW) – December 17th: International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers — Read on dec17philly.com/2025/11/11/2025-december-17-21st-intl-day-to-end-violence-against-s3x-workers-idtevasw/
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!
2025 Live in Boston, Massachusetts
We hope you’ll join us in Boston for this vital conversation.
2025 ESPLER Project Policy Agenda
Explore @esplerp Policy Agenda 2025 to discover a comprehensive roadmap for legislative changes that champion the rights and safety of sex workers
2025 Inspirational Quote
Be part of the shared solution!
2025 Josie Oakley SpokesHub Presentation
To work towards liberation, we have to hit them with heartfelt stories and hard data. In this 90-minute workshop, you'll be able to identify what questions can be answered by data, locate prostitution arrest data for your area, import sample data, and generate graphs to answer a few basic questions.
2025 When Sex Work Is Treated Like Sex Trafficking | Cato Institute
Elizabeth Nolan Brown of Reason details the implications of Commonwealth v. Garafalo, a case in Massachusetts that may ultimately define all sex work as sex trafficking.
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