Thank you all you wonderful people who came out and marched with us last Saturday for #RUM2023 our 11th annual Red Umbrella March for #SexWork #Solidarity ! Here's a wee aerial video we had made. There are lots n lots of wonderful photos too. More soon. Cheers!

“A survey by European platform Erobella estimates that roughly 9,000 sex workers plan to travel to North America during the World Cup, with another 22,000 considering the trip amid expectations of increased demand and tourism spending.” nowtoronto.com/news/world-cu…

“Amanda De Lisio, assistant professor, Faculty of Health, York University, principal investigator w/ sex worker organizers in LA: ‘What we are seeing in LA reflects patterns sex worker organizers have documented in previous Olympic & FIFA host cities…’” thelalocal.org/neighborhoods…

Washington State house at center of OnlyFans trafficking case axios.com/local/seattle/2026…

“We have been seeing more violence in the community than we have ever seen before. … they’re really reluctant to go to the police when they need help, and unfortunately, predators know that…” ~ Angela Wu, executive director of SWAN Vancouver. vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/0…

Five years ago, it was rare for escorts to charge more than $1K per hour. Now, a handful of women charge much, much more: $3k, $5k an hour. $23k a day. $30k a weekend. Inside the shifting economics of intimacy in Silicon Valley: forbes.com/sites/annatong/20…

“The woman worked as ‘a dancer and sex worker in the VIP room,’ Deputy Judge James Bennett said in a recent ruling. Bennett ruled she failed to prove that the money was a gift. If the man intended it to be a gift, he could have simply given her cash…” therecord.com/news/waterloo-…

“A registered acupuncturist is facing disciplinary action from his professional college after failing ‘to take reasonable steps to ensure his employees were not engaging in sex work with patients,’ among other misconduct.” ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article…

“The crimes were rarely reported due to victims’ embarrassment & concern for personal repercussions. The financial loss and emotional distress placed victims at an elevated risk of self-harm or further violence & sex workers often faced violence from clients previously targeted.”

We don’t need anonymity. We’ve made it painfully clear. End your discriminatory and stigmatizing policy ban regarding the sale of sexual services. Pretty simple really. Remove the questions regarding trading sex for money now. #EndTheBloodBan

‘Working Girls’ at 40: Director Lizzie Borden talks Sex Work Through the Decades Sex work is work. This is true today, and it was already true 40 years ago, when American director Lizzie Borden gifted us the feminist masterpiece Working Girls. Yet, our society still chases its own tail, compelled by moralistic platitudes, desperate to bite off any material accomplishments sex workers have since achieved. So what at first seems like a tautology – sex work is work – still raises eyebrows.  Working Girls showcases the same intersectional solidarity that motivated other classics in Lizzie Borden’s filmography. This remarkable feature chronicles a day in the life of Molly, a Yale graduate working in a Manhattan brothel. Borden describes it as a “workplace film”, centring into the frame the mundane routines of sex workers with different socioeconomic backgrounds. The sheer verisimilitude of its cast, events and mise-en-scène have led many viewers into mistaking the independent drama for a documentary, which can only attest to Borden’s directorial prowess. Much has changed since Working Girls was released in 1986. Sex workers advertise their services on Reddit rather than newspaper backpages, over 4.6 million creators are registered on OnlyFans, and the porn industry alone generates almost $100 billion in revenue a year. And much has stayed the same, as sex worker unions fight familiar battles – decriminalisation, police violence, deficient health services, and so on. Both the well-intentioned, adequate criticism from the left and the chauvinistic attacks from the reactionary right can lead to material retrocesses in these workers’ struggles – all in the name of ‘protecting’ them. Some challenges are new, while others have barely bothered with rebranding themselves. thecoldmagazine.co.uk interviewed Lizzie Borden to discuss what has changed, and what Working Girls’ place is today. Read more: thecoldmagazine.co.uk/workin…

Here’s a lovely World Whores Day artifact! 🥂