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• Don’t Use Classism and Anti-Sex Worker Rhetoric to Protest Fur

  
  Vegans of Color — Authority: 408
  Fur is for beautiful animals & scary hookers , claims an incredibly fucked-up post at the Vegan Shoe Lady. She cites a Guardian article where Ingrid Newkirk is quoted as saying, “Fur has lost all its cachet. It’s yesterday. I see prostitutes in Atlantic City wearing fur.” The Vegan Shoe Lady then takes ...
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• Sex workers’ children becoming school dropouts

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  By Ajitha MenonKolkata, Dec.22 (ANI): A large number of children of sex workers drop out from school at the secondary level out of embarrassment over their family background or lack of financial support and remedial tuition. Till primary level, queries from peers on family are limited. But children studying in ...
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• Let’s Get Real

  
  The Real Princess Diaries — Authority: 117
  I find myself in the position of needing to defend myself against some not-so-thinly veiled accusations leveled by Monica Stiles and Jenny DeMilo, a provider based in Los Angeles. They basically assert that I am a “fake sex worker.” Jenny believes being a sex worker is the new “black” and that I’ve [...]
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• Dera Sacha Sauda members rally on, offer to marry sex workers

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) Followers of religious sect Dera Sacha Sauda have come forward to marry sex workers in an effort to fight for the rights of women who have been trafficked and forced into prostitution. And they took out a rally here Sunday to spread their message.The rally began from the Ramlila grounds [...]
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• Thoughts on International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

  
  Sexuality Happens — Authority: 494
  Last week was a crazy week. Follow up from my birthday, Channukah, our anniversary, getting a job (will write about it soon), etc. Something I didn’t get to write about that I had wanted to was the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, which is December 17th (Q and my anniversary) every year. There ...
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• International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

  
  happy endings? You Can't Clap with One Hand — Authority: 115
  On Thursday December 17, Sex Workers Outreach Project Boston held a memorial and a march in honor of International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. I gave a short speech about my experiences making the film “Happy Endings?”  When I began the film, the “Rhody Ripper” Jeffery Mailhot was on trial for ...
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• Sex workers’ children become school dropouts

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  By Ajitha MenonKolkata, Dec 19 (ANI) : Most of the children of sex workers in Kolkata have become school dropouts at an early age, owing to family background besides lack of financial support.Till the primary classes, queries from peers on family are limited but as the children grow up, they become more curious to ask ...
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• Memorial for Catherine Lique

  
  SWOP-LV NEWS — Authority: 109
  Posted in Deaths, December 17th, Missing, National, Nevada, Violence Against Sex Workers
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• Copenhagen climate conference’s giant globe: A sign of things to come?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  An enormous white globe dangled in Copenhagen’s Bella Centre, the location of the world’s largest ever leaders’ summit on climate change, could be an unintended yet chilling sign of things to come. An observant attendee made it clear by scribbling on the giant model of the earth that its designers forgot to ...
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• Sex Worker Candlelight Vigil

  
  Radical Vixen — Authority: 126
  This Dec. 17th was my first time at an International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers event. It was a somber event but also an inspiring one. I cried, as did others in attendance. But I left with the hope that comes from activist solidarity. We sex workers have much work to do but we do have each other. ...
  6 days ago

• Sarkozy’s tough message on climate – did it get through?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  After one and a half days of mostly uninspired and often irrelevant speeches by world leaders, French President Nicolas Sarkozy walked to the podium at UN climate talks in Copenhagen and produced a seven minute rallying cry - focused, energetic and packed with more punch than the rest put together. Jabbing his ...
  6 days ago

• Good Idea? Bad Idea? [Wedding Bells]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 804
  Men from an Indian sect called Dera Sacha Sauda (or "Abode of the Real Deal") want to stop the exploitation of women and the spread of HIV — by marrying sex workers . Almost 100 women have shown interest. [ BBC ]
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• The strange spectacle of too many heads of government

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  There are around 120 heads of government at the Copenhagen climate talks, so many that it’s hard to keep track of the exact number. Their presence has been trumpeted as a sign of the world’s commitment to tackling climate change. But in return for showing up, they all want a chance to address the conference – ...
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• Auxiliary verbs at 10pm and the scarcest resource – sleep

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  The issues are global and urgent, but the bureaucracy can sometimes be mind-bogglingly slow and petty. After a day of stalled talks, the 193 nations at UN-led climate talks finally met for a plenary to discuss one of the main drafts floating around the summit, just two days (and two hours) from the deadline for a ...
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• International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers

  
  Mixtapes for Hookers — Authority: 131
  Tomorrow marks the seventh annual International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, celebrated every year on December 17th; sex workers and their supporters, many carrying red umbrellas, will be holding vigils and demonstrations  across the world to honor those who have been assaulted or, in too many cases, ...
  1 week ago

• International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers

  
  Providence Daily Dose — Authority: 542
  Tomorrow marks the seventh annual International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, celebrated every year on December 17th; vigils and demonstrations are being held across the world to honor those who have been assaulted or, in too many cases, who have died during the past year. The annual event began in 2003 ...
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• NYC December 17th Event

  
  Radical Vixen — Authority: 126
  If you’re in New York City, join $pread and out allies in honoring the lives of sex workers and celebrating our communities with a candlelit vigil. Come add your voice to the call to end violence against sex workers at our community speak-out. Speakers will include community organizers, peer educators, ...
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• Can you trust the science?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  Today we pose the question to our virtual panel of experts, “How far can we trust the science of climate change?” Join the debate and leave your comments below. Bjorn Lomborg , statistician and author of “The Skeptical Environmentalist”: The vast majority of climate scientists tell us that increases ...
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• Budget hotels in Malaysia being turned into sex dens

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Kuala Lumpur, Dec 16 (ANI): The Alor Star City Council has found that 90 per cent of the city’s budget lodgings are fire traps.Many such places have also become dens for immoral activities, including gambling and prostitution, the council found.The findings come as the council checked about 100 budget lodgings, ...
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• Ecstacies & Elegies: In Honor of International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

  
  Good Vibrations Magazine — Authority: 429
  A friend passed this along to me in my email inbox and I had to share it. Even though this vigil, and the performance event the following night will be located in San Francisco Bay Area, the events are part of an International Day of Awareness. Sex Workers are a part of our community and their issues are our issues. ...
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