Liz Forsyth, CEO of YWCA Adelaide – in The Advertiser, August 2, 2017 SOUTH Australia has some of the most outdated and strictest laws around sex work in the country. However the Bill to decriminalise sex work may soon be before the House of Assembly, having successfully passed the Legislative Council by 13 votes to eight earlier in July. What will this reform mean? Will sex workers take...
The Human Rights Campaign, July 26, 2017 Today, HRC issued the following statement in response to an amicus brief filed by the Department of Justice arguing that Title VII does not protect lesbian, gay, or bisexual people on the basis of sex: “Attacks against the LGBTQ community at all levels of government continue to pour in from the Trump-Pence Administration,” said Sarah Warbelow, HRC Legal...
Joint media release with SIN and Scarlet Alliance, July 6, 2017 The South Australian Sex Industry Network (SIN) and Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association are today celebrating the decision of the South Australian Select Committee of the Legislative Council, to recommend the passing of the Statutes Amendment (Decriminalisation of Sex Work) Bill 2015 without amendment. The...
Lawyers Weekly, 02 June 2017 The Law Society of South Australia has voiced its support for a bill to decriminalise sex work in the state. The select committee into the decriminalisation of sex work delivered its final report earlier this week, in the culmination of a two-year consultation process. After a vote of four to three, the committee recommended that the bill, which will come before the...
VICE magazine, 16th February 2016 “If you have sex with a prostitute without her permission, is it rape or shoplifting?” This is just one of the tasteless gags that comes up when you type “prostitute jokes” into Google. Some people still believe there is a core of truth to it. There is currently a nasty strand of public opinion that says it is impossible to rape a sex...
The Guardian, Saturday 6 February 2016 02.10 AEDT There aren’t many sex workers in Britain happy to talk openly about their work, so Laura Lee is used to being interviewed. She is managing to be remarkably upbeat, on just four hours’ sleep. Lee will need all her reserves of cheerful energy during the next fortnight, as she prepares a legal challenge against the government of Northern Ireland...