Tuesday, 30 June 2009
by Kathryn Hadley
I have vivid memories of a school trip to Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Oranienburg, 35 kilometres north of Berlin: the crematories, the so-called ‘Station Z’ built for the extermination of prisoners in 1942, the infirmary… I have no recollection, however, of the camp brothel.
Robert Sommer’s latest book The Concentration Camp [...]
June 30, 2009
Categories: Book Reviews, Brothels, Continental Europe, Fraud and Coercion, History, Human Rights, International, Labor, Political Scandals, Sex Work and Military, Violence Against Sex Workers, War/Conflict-Induced sex work . . Author: swoplv . Comments: Leave a Comment
Fairfax County
By Gregg MacDonald
Source: Fairfax County Times
TUESDAY, JUNE 30 2009
In today’s world of ultra-convenience, practically any goods or services can be delivered directly to your home. That includes prostitution.
On June 11, Detective James K. Sheeran of the Town of Vienna Police Dept. noticed a suspicious vehicle bearing a temporary Maryland license plate parked [...]
June 30, 2009
Categories: Arrests and Persecution, Consenting Adults, Escorting, Idiot Authorities, Labor, National, Police, Shaming and Stigma, Zealotry . . Author: swoplv . Comments: Leave a Comment
Judge Gerald Price unable to work while tabloid claims about private life are investigated
Steven Morris
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 30 June 2009 13.46 BST
A senior judge has been suspended while allegations printed about his private life in a tabloid newspaper are investigated, it emerged today.
The Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC) said Judge Gerald Price QC would not [...]
June 30, 2009
Categories: Arrests and Persecution, Celebrity Stuff, Clients, Consenting Adults, Human Rights, Idiot Authorities, International, Labor, Male Sex Work, Personal stories, Political Scandals, Prohibitionism, Shaming and Stigma, Unfair Policy, Zealotry . . Author: swoplv . Comments: Leave a Comment
By J.J. Stambaugh (Contact)
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Dozens of Knoxville’s street-level prostitutes are infected with syphilis or HIV and many of them don’t even know it, according to the Knox County Health Department.
Even when prostitutes do know that they’re potentially spreading a lethal disease and might face a stiff prison term for it, many continue plying [...]
June 30, 2009
Categories: "Dirty Whores", "Vectors of Disease", Clients, HIV/AIDS, Health, Labor, National, STIs, Safer sex, Street-based work, The Life . . Author: swoplv . Comments: Leave a Comment
June 30, 2:28 PM
Today’s Providence Journal has a column by Ed Achorn that is so misguided, that it is difficult to figure out where to start. The column criticizes the loophole in Rhode Island law which makes prostitution legal, if it occurs indoors. For a multitude of reason, the current law is effective [...]
June 30, 2009
Categories: Conflation of trafficking and prostitution, Editorials, Labor, Legalize Decriminalize Prohibit, Legislation, National . . Author: swoplv . Comments: 2 Comments
01:00 AM EDT on Tuesday, June 30, 2009
EDWARD ACHORN
TO ITS ETERNAL GLORY, Rhode Island was one of the first states to abolish slavery. To its eternal shame, it is the only state that legally permits — via a loophole in state law — its modern version.
By refusing to pass a good law specifically banning [...]
June 30, 2009
Categories: "Dirty Whores", Conflation of trafficking and prostitution, Editorials, Idiot Authorities, Ignorance, Labor, National, Prohibitionism, Prostitutes as "Victims", Trafficking, Whore Stigma, Zealotry . . Author: swoplv . Comments: Leave a Comment
Christina Cauterucci
Issue date: 6/29/09 Section: Commentary
Hooker. Whore. Trick. You’ve probably heard a multitude of such less-than-respectful terms for individuals who sell sex for money or drugs. They are rarely represented in political proceedings, seldom mentioned favorably in popular media and often condemned for engaging in what society considers to be immoral and illegal behavior that [...]
June 30, 2009
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Join SWOP Las Vegas as we help the Sin Sity Sisters celebrate their birthday!
July 4th, 10 PM
At the Erotic Heritage Museum
$15 in Advance
$20 at the Door
This will be one helluva party! Click on photo for more info.
June 30, 2009
Categories: Alert, Art, Las Vegas, National, Nevada, Sex . . Author: swoplv . Comments: Leave a Comment
Sun, Jun 28 11:45 AM
London, June 28 (ANI): Former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss is set to tie the knot with the owner of the world’s most famous brothel, Nevada’s Moonlite Bunny Ranch.
After recently claiming that a stint on reality TV show Celebrity Rehab helped her kick her drug addictions, Fleiss is planning to make Dennis [...]
June 29, 2009
Categories: Brothels, Celebrity Stuff, Heidi Fleiss, Media, National, Nevada, Personal stories, madams . . Author: swoplv . Comments: Leave a Comment
Published: Monday, June 29, 2009
By Jackson Holtz
Herald Writer
EVERETT – Undercover Everett police officers arrested 10 men Thursday suspected of trying to hire prostitutes.
Two female officers posed as decoys during the sting operation, Everett police Sgt. Robert Goetz said.
Efforts focused on both the north and south ends of the city, locations based on known prostitution activity [...]
June 29, 2009
Categories: Arrests and Persecution, Clients, Labor, Police, Stings, Street-based work . . Author: swoplv . Comments: Leave a Comment