CNN today presses Craig Newmark on the “adult services” ads that throng Craigslist: Sold on Craigslist: Critics say sex ad crackdown inadequate “Most of the young women we’ve worked with who have been exploited online talk about Craigslist,” said Andrea Powell of the anti-trafficking group The FAIR Fund. “Craigslist is like the Wal-Mart of online […]
Prostitution
Lambda Literary: “Discarded Teens: ‘Kicked Out'”
It might claim otherwise, but the sex industry is no friend to the LGBT community. Lambda Literary writes in June: There’s a dirty secret in the LGBT community. One we rarely discuss, but one that affects thousands of queer teens every year: homelessness. According to a report by The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, 26% of […]
The Rebecca Project: “Dear Craig”
The Rebecca Project For Human Rights appeals to Craig Newmark and Jim Buckmaster to close the Adult Services section of Craigslist. Download a high-resolution PDF of this letter. Learn more. See also: YouTube Video: “The Rebecca Project” Yahoo! News: “Craigslist faces new prostitution investigation” (5/4/10) The unfathomably popular online classifieds (and everything else) site Craigslist is back in […]
Demand Change Fact Sheet: “Prostitution: fact or fiction?”
OBJECT and Eaves in the UK have kindly given us permission to reprint this fact sheet on prostitution. Download the high-resolution PDF. See also: Examiner.com: “German’s legalized prostitution brought more exploitation than emancipation to women” (5/26/10) …sex trafficking has increased 11 percent from last year and 70% over [a] five-year period. While many advocates for legalized […]
The Vice Guide to Becoming a Whore in 2004 (explicit language)
Vice magazine describes what it’s like to be a prostituted woman (April 2004 issue): …No matter what the empowered academics in San Francisco pretend to believe, whoring—in any form—is hell, and the only reason women do it is to get money for coke NOW! If you want to try it out, be prepared to have […]
Pioneer Valley Gets 300+ Posters This Week to Protest Valley Advocate Escort Ads
NoPornNorthampton in conjunction with Our Voices Matter is putting up over 300 posters (download full-size PDF) throughout Pioneer Valley this week. Contact Daily Hampshire Gazette/Valley Advocate Publisher Jim Foudy and ask him to drop massage/escort ads from the Valley Advocate. See also:Not For Sale Media Project: Downloadable Posters MSNBC Investigates Human Trafficking and Prostitution in the […]
Press Release: “Nevada Attorney General Masto Announces Ninth Circuit Court Decision Limiting Brothel Advertising”
Click to download a PDF of this press release:See also:United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (07-16633): Coyote Publishing v. Miller (PDF, 148KB, 3/11/10)…The State of Nevada, alone among the states, [permits] the sale of sexual services in some of its counties.1 Nevada combines partial legalization of prostitution with stringent licensing and regulation, including […]
March 25: Modern Day Slavery – Panel and Discussion in Boston
See also:Hunt Alternatives Fund: Demand AbolitionDemand Abolition supports the modern-day slavery movement by combating the demand for sex trafficking. By conducting and disseminating research, convening key stakeholders to share best practices, and educating policymakers, Demand Abolition catalyzes systemic social change to reflect the dignity of all people.National Human Trafficking Resource CenterMSNBC Investigates Human Trafficking and […]
March 9: Legislative Trials and Triumphs in Combating Demand for Commercial Sex
From 3:00-4:30pm on March 9 (US Eastern time), The Comparative Urban Studies Project of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars will make available a live webcast of conduct its second discussion in the Demand Dynamics of Sex Trafficking Speaker Series co-sponsored by Hunt Alternatives Fund. To learn more about this event or to attend in […]
Gazette: “Hadley prostitution was linked to sprawling criminal enterprise”
The February 6 and 8 editions of the Daily Hampshire Gazette devote long articles to the cases of Jane’s Spa, Hadley Massage Therapy, Chinese Massage and several other area establishments “busted and shut down for prostitution” in late 2009. Two of these articles are cited below. Now if only the Gazette would train its scrutiny on its sister publication […]