by Alison Bass | Oct 20, 2015 | prostitution, public health, sex trafficking, sex work, trafficking, Uncategorized
My book tour seems to be off to a good start. Getting Screwed: Sex Workers and the Law sold out on Amazon three days after its official release Oct. 6 and only today has the online retailer finally caught up with the demand. On Oct. 12, about 50 people showed up at...
by Alison Bass | Sep 14, 2015 | prostitution, public health, sex work, Uncategorized
I read Mary Mitchell’s column in the Chicago Sun Times this weekend with mounting disbelief and disgust. It’s hard to believe that in 2015 a news columnist, an African-American woman no less, was arguing that a sex worker raped at gunpoint by a client was...
by Alison Bass | Aug 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
I was interviewed on HuffPost Live about the recent Rentboy raid and its implications for sex workers. You can view the video below or use the direct link provided: http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/homeland-security-rentboy-raid/55d7f4be78c90a7f88000522 Click...
by Alison Bass | Aug 26, 2015 | prostitution, public health, sex trafficking, sex work, trafficking, Uncategorized, underage prostitution
This week, federal and state law enforcement officials shut down the well-known website, Rentboy.com, which provided a venue for thousands of gay escorts to post ads and screen potential clients. In a raid on the site’s headquarters in New York City, the officers...
by Alison Bass | Aug 2, 2015 | human trafficking, media coverage, prostitution, public health, sex trafficking, sex work, trafficking, Uncategorized, underage prostitution
Now that Amnesty International seems to be getting behind the movement to decriminalize sex work, the issue is finally getting some attention in the mainstream press. But as usual the media, or at least this article in the New York Times, has got some of its facts...
by Alison Bass | Jul 28, 2015 | human trafficking, prostitution, public health, sex trafficking, sex work, trafficking, Uncategorized
Sex workers like to work together because it’s safer for them. A co-worker who knows where they’re going and who they’re with can intervene if necessary. Now, a new Canadian study has found that working together or what the researchers call...
