Sex worker

17 May 2023

Sex Worker Film & Arts Fest Honors Founder Carol Leigh’s Legacy

This year’s festival is especially meaningful as it marks the first since the passing of the festival’s founder, Carol Leigh, aka “The Scarlot Harlot.” Leigh coined the term “sex worker” in the 1970s.

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07 Feb 2023

Why Is SFPD Trying To Barricade A Street In The Mission District?

Sex work is the quite literally the oldest profession in the World, and yet it’s continually criminalized. No matter how many negatives come from prohibition, we continually try to legislate our way out of everything we consider to be unsightly.  The Mission District along with a few other neighborhoods in

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10 Jul 2024

This New Literary Magazine is a Gift to the People of San Francisco

I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available

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31 May 2019

Sex Workers Invite You to “Sit With Us” for Brunch

On Sunday, June 2, International Sex Worker’s Day, also known as International Whore’s Day, communities all over the country will gather to advocate for the health, safety, and protection of sex workers. Bay Area harlots, escorts, street workers, strippers, Dominatrixes, and porn and cam performers invite you to “Sit With

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22 Feb 2019

There’s a Sex Worker Mixing Witchcraft into Her Bag of Tricks

Gia welcomed me into the room. Spell candles flickered, and I could smell flowers and dried sweet grass burning. Honey soaked words dripped from her mouth, asking me how my day was while she purred over my 6-month pregnant belly. When Gia speaks, it feels like you and she are the only people in existence.

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15 Jun 2018

This is How the Bay Area Showed Up for Sex Workers’ Rights

Guest post by Lia Russell “FOSTA won’t fix it!” “Sex worker justice NOW!” On June 2, hundreds of chanting sex workers, labor rights advocates, families and allies took to the streets of Oakland in support of sex workers under attack on International Sex Workers Day. With Maxine Holloway and Arabelle

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