Kate D'Adamo

Strippers in the UK are looking to improve their working conditions through unionization. This would expand the number of countries in the world with a union for those in the sex trade. In 2018 Spain's Labor Ministry registered OTRAS, and just last month Scotland's GMB launched a sex worker branch.

In addition to FOSTA, broader conversation about private companies trying to make decisions about content has led to the clamping down of numerous outlets. Recently, Instagram has decided that content which is sexual but not explicit is going to be downgraded in searches, but not removed.

This year is seeing a slew of state laws that impact folks who trade sex in a variety of ways, and where sex workers are showing up to champion change. In Oregon, Senate bill 596 would protect sex workers...

In South Australia (a state of Australia), an MP has introduced a decriminalization bill on sex work. Sex workers and advocates, including New Zealand’s Dame Catherine Healy, came to Parliament to urge legislators to pass the bill. This would be the second of Australia’s six states to decriminalize.

With so much going on around the issue of sex work, it's impossible to keep up. In this space, I'm going to be collecting and sharing some of the news along with some context. Hopefully once a week I can give you a smattering of how alive this movement is right now and get you as excited as I am.