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Kate D'Adamo

Kate D'Adamo

Kate D‘Adamo is a Sex Worker rights advocate with a focus on economic justice, anti-policing and incarceration, and public health. Follow her on twitter: @katedadamo

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News

Black Sex Workers' Lives Matter

In the last several weeks, the murder of George Floyd has sparked protests across the world which are already changing the landscape of America. In a moment which Angela Davis described as holding

  • Kate D'Adamo
    Kate D'Adamo
4 min read
News

International Whores Day (IWD): 45 Years After Lyon

In a moment marked by a failure of safety nets, social unrest, and public reactions to pervasive and escalating state violence, June 2 will mark International Whores Day (IWD), which began when sex workers took a stand against police violence to demand better.

  • Kate D'Adamo
    Kate D'Adamo
5 min read
Experience

What IS Labor: Working in a Post-COVID World

Sex workers have been hit hard, both with health concerns causing a drop in clients, and the eternal struggle of informal/under the table workers just having more difficulty accessing many of the expanding social support systems. But even essential workers are facing problems with labor.

  • Kate D'Adamo
    Kate D'Adamo
6 min read
News

May 18: Everyone's Fucking Up on the Internet, Challenges to Getting "Back to Work," and Looking Toward #InternationalWhoresDay

After the initial calls for everyone to just hop on the internet when in-person work became significantly riskier, outlets are finally showing that, much like every other areas of sex work, it's not as easy as everyone thinks. Vice looked at how expensive it actually is.

  • Kate D'Adamo
    Kate D'Adamo
4 min read
News

May 4: Sex Work is Survival

Sex workers are being vocal and demanding they not be ignored, like this California-based Sex Worker Town Hall held to talk about impact and needs, and is leading to a call on CA Gov. Newsome to address direct asks, including financial support to trans-led organizations.

  • Kate D'Adamo
    Kate D'Adamo
4 min read
News

April 20: COVID Quarantine Continues, Online Sex Work Attracts An Influx of New Performers, and Alexis Martin is Finally Freed

Amidst the crisis, a lot of sex workers have been forced to change the medium of their work, trying to shift to working remotely alongside everyone else. While some have been able to sustain their work, others are finding that significant barriers exist to making a full living virtually.

  • Kate D'Adamo
    Kate D'Adamo
4 min read
Advice

Do Sex Workers Pay Taxes? Yeah. Duh.

Sex workers face unique barriers, but yes, they pay taxes. But in an industry that frequently operates in cash, and under the table, and where many are prohibited from engaging with financial systems like banks and payment transfer apps, the idea of being 'on the books' might feel dangerous.

  • Kate D'Adamo
    Kate D'Adamo
6 min read
Guides

SPECIAL EDITION: Resources and Tips for Getting What's Yours and Staying Safe

There may be programs like unemployment insurance available to you, but different states offer different benefits, so where you live is going to have an impact. Your situation is unique, and right now it's confusing for everyone because there are many things still in flux.

  • Kate D'Adamo
    Kate D'Adamo
8 min read
News

April 6: Activist Lorena Borjas is Lost to COVID19, State Surveillance of Technology is going UP not DOWN, and Mental Health Links for the Weeks Ahead

Last Monday, the sex worker community saw one of our great organizers and true mamas of the movement when Lorena Borjas lost her battle with COVID-19. On Monday night roughly 240 people gathered on a Zoom call to share stories of her generosity and fierceness.

  • Kate D'Adamo
    Kate D'Adamo
5 min read
Law

The EARN IT Act is a Trojan Horse Designed to Permanently Shatter The Privacy of Internet Users

Technology experts are pointing out that the EARN IT Act is not just about the legal liabilities of platforms, but a broader (albeit covert) attempt by AG Barr to kill end-to-end encryption -- the kind of privacy used by secure apps like Signal or WhatsApp, and email platforms like ProtonMail.

  • Kate D'Adamo
    Kate D'Adamo
6 min read
News

March 23: COVID-19's Brave New (All Online?) World

Moving online is also being seen by some as a new frontier, as this Atlanta strip club is offering $20 virtual lap dances. And in my favorite moment of "I love the sex industry" this week, dancers from one Portland strip club are doing delivery and calling it 'Boober Eats.'

  • Kate D'Adamo
    Kate D'Adamo
5 min read
Experience

COVID-19 Could be Uniquely Serious for Sex Workers

In efforts to limit the spread of COVID-19, companies, including Twitter, Google, and Facebook (as well as the federal government) have all restricted employee travel. For areas of the adult entertainment industry who rely on conferences and travelers, cancellations are really starting to add up.

  • Kate D'Adamo
    Kate D'Adamo
7 min read
News

March 9: From the US to UK and Beyond, Sex Workers' Rights are a Global Affair

Louisiana – thanks to the incredible work of Women with a Vision – has become the third jurisdiction to introduce decriminalization legislation in the United States with HB 366.

  • Kate D'Adamo
    Kate D'Adamo
5 min read
News

March 2: New Bills, Old Rifts and International Sex Worker Rights Day 2020

In the still-cold months of every year, as state legislatures start to stir again, many lawmakers across the country are about to pop their heads out into the air, look around to see if we'll have 3 more months of whorephobia. Fort Wayne decides swingers clubs and strip clubs are crucial problem.

  • Kate D'Adamo
    Kate D'Adamo
4 min read
News

Feb 10: Stats Show People Support Sex Workers, Logic; Also There was a Sports Thing

Last week, a stunning report was released pointing to new polling data that 52% of voters support decriminalization of both buyers and sellers of sexual services. The issue now is garnering support akin to other progressive topics such as Medicare for All and the Green New Deal.

  • Kate D'Adamo
    Kate D'Adamo
3 min read
News

January 27: FOSTA Legal Challenge Updates, Promising Possibilities, and Mayor Pete Fails on Sex Work

Mayo Pete provides more evidence that he's not going to be on the cutting edge of support for sex workers when he cancels a fundraiser at a gay nightclub in Providence, RI after finding out the club had a pole.

  • Kate D'Adamo
    Kate D'Adamo
3 min read
News

January 13: A New Year, An Evolving You

For the last ten years, January has been declared "Human Trafficking Awareness Month." To try and crack into news cycles dedicated to this – which are regularly dominated by police press releases and bizarre community art events – the website Open Democracy is doing a series of pieces...

  • Kate D'Adamo
    Kate D'Adamo
5 min read
News

Sex Work in 2019: A Year in Review

This last year has been nothing short of a sea change in sex workers' rights in the United States. The decades of building community, and developing our shared language and framework has foregrounded an unprecedented level of attention on the subject of sex workers' lives.

  • Kate D'Adamo
    Kate D'Adamo
8 min read
News

December 30: International Day Highs and Heartbreaks, Andrew Yang Doesn't 'Get' Sex Work, and a Positive End to 2019

On December 17, some members of Congress marked the day with a landmark bill, asking the Department of Health and Human Services to look into the impact of sex workers' health and safety when they lose access to online platform.

  • Kate D'Adamo
    Kate D'Adamo
5 min read
News

December 16: Community, Growth, and Remembrance

This week marks the 16th annual International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, and communities across the globe are taking Tuesday to honor those we have lost this year, and highlight the ways that sex workers are vulnerable to violence...

  • Kate D'Adamo
    Kate D'Adamo
4 min read
News

November 25: Two Steps Forward on Sex Work Decrim, PayPal Slights Sex Workers Yet Again, and Self Care for the Holidays from SELF

In the biggest sex work news of the last two weeks, Rep. Ayanna Pressley called for full decriminalization of sex work in a resolution titled, The People's Justice Guarantee. Resolutions are pieces of non-binding legislation which express a sentiment on an issue. This resolution also calls for...

  • Kate D'Adamo
    Kate D'Adamo
3 min read
News

November 11: DC Won't Vote On Decrim Bill, Hacking/Hustling Conference Highlights, and SWOP USA is Hiring!

On Friday, sex workers came together to present Hacking/Hustling, a day-long conference that explored tech, trafficking, SESTA/FOSTA and social change and it's worth spending as long as it takes to go through what was shared...

  • Kate D'Adamo
    Kate D'Adamo
5 min read
News

October 28: DC's Road to Sex Work Decrim, Sexual Solicitation on Facebook, and Local SW Community Events Near You

The largest story from the last two weeks was the DC City Council's hearing on decriminalization of the sex trade after years of work from the Sex Workers Action Coalition. But the day became a who’s who of anti-sex work groups sharing misinformation and fear mongering.

  • Kate D'Adamo
    Kate D'Adamo
6 min read
News

October 14: Elizabeth Warren "Open" to Sex Work Decrim, Female Johns, and Seattle's Police Strife

On October 10, nine of the presidential candidates participated in a town hall focused on LGBTQ+ issues, hosted by LGBTQ organization Human Rights Campaign. Sanders fumbled (yet again) Klobuchar stayed her course, and Warren gently opened a door to decriminalization conversation.

  • Kate D'Adamo
    Kate D'Adamo
5 min read
News

September 30: Town Halls, Council Hearings and Freedom Fighting Superhero Sex Workers

Sex Workers Have Their Own Heroes: Only adding to the canon of amazing sex worker representations which we've seen this year, Tina Horn and DC Comics released "SFSX," a comic book featuring a freedom-fighting sex worker.

  • Kate D'Adamo
    Kate D'Adamo
4 min read
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