Study: Liberalizing prostitution laws "leads to a significant decrease in rape rates," while prohibiting prostitution "leads to a significant increase."

New bills in six states showcase some right and wrong ways to help sex workers, from full decriminalization to ramping up penalties for prostitution customers.

A new report by a Rhode Island study commission recommends the full decriminalization of consensual adult sex work in the state.

Over 60 bills were heard Tuesday in front of the Judiciary Committee. One filed by Representative Sabadosa would decriminalize sex work.

As rightwing media and the mayor target a Queens neighborhood, sex workers say they’re just trying to survive

When sex work is not a criminal offence, workers are much safer because they can report crimes against them to the police

People with (dis)abilities have sex just like people without (dis)abilities, and that sex should not be criminalized. Decriminalize Sex Work.

"At every turn we are making life harder both for people who want to remain in the sex trade and for those who want to leave it."

The Andrews government has announced a two-year legislative overhaul, starting with the removal of offences and criminal penalties for consensual sex work.

Citing extensive empirical evidence, 250 of the most respected researchers and scientists from the U.S. and around the world recently called for federal and state legislators to support decriminali...

The Last Week Tonight host discussed how US sex workers are often demonised, patronised or mistreated by the system

Lying about my job is the norm, and I’m afraid of being outed.

They say legislation is targeted toward all sex workers, not just those being trafficked.

Grant them immunity from prostitution prosecution when they have information about crimes.

Michelle Anderson, the policy associate for The Afiya Center, a Black-owned women reproductive justice organization, thinks a ban on purchasing sex will only push the industry further underground.

Don't let sex workers and sex trafficking survivors be the test cases for revoking rights for others.

The movement to decriminalize sex work is slowly gaining more and more support in the U.S., and Vermont has become the most recent state looking to take the necessary steps to achieve that goal. A …

Lawmakers now have to figure out the next era in prostitution laws.

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The Entrapment Model, also known as the Nordic Model, or Equality Model, refers to the theory that criminalizing clients and third parties.

Nearly 11 percent of transgender people reported having participated in the sex trade, according to the 2015 National Transgender Discrimination Survey.

The National ACLU cites 30-year period in Rhode Island when indoor sex work was technically legal.

The 2018 law criminalizes websites that "promote or facilitate" prostitution. Two of three judges on the panel pushed back against government claims that this doesn't criminalize speech.

Steven Brown, Executive Director of Rhode Island ACLU, highlights the discriminatory impact, invasion of privacy, and harm caused by criminalization of consensual sex work. Research shows decrimina...

Maine’s new law to partially decriminalize sex work goes into effect this week. The law criminalizes people who pay for sex, while eliminating criminal charges for sex workers. The intent is to give...

Amnesty International has published its policy on protecting sex workers from human rights violations and abuses, along with four research reports on these issues in Papua New Guinea, Hong Kong,...

Sex workers and advocates gathered outside Footprint Center on Monday, saying the increased attention about human trafficking isn't needed. #superbowl #ariz...

From the beginning, the women who were found murdered were reduced to being prostitutes. More than a decade after they went missing, that seems to have changed.

Anti-trafficking work runs aground wherever it tries to avoid taking a position on sex work

Two bills are before the New York State Senate proposing to decriminalize sex work. Only one would truly help sex workers.

The man would covertly put his phone in his shoe and then hit record.

When lawmakers conflate human trafficking with consensual adult sex work, innocent people are exploited, arrested, and prosecuted.

When lawmakers conflate human trafficking with consensual adult sex work, innocent people are exploited, arrested, and prosecuted.