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Supes want to crack down on massage businesses

Tim Redmond - October 15, 2018

The Board of Supes Land Use Committee approved stricter rules for massage establishments despite opposition from both therapeutic massage businesses and sex-worker advocates who...

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Sex workers organize national anti-SESTA/FOSTA protests Saturday

Caitlin Donohue - May 31, 2018

It's been three months since the passage of SESTA/FOSTA, the new law purportedly intended to curb sex-trafficking, which makes website owners liable for any...

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Appeals court considers challenge to prostitution laws

Dan Raile - October 19, 2017

On Oct. 19, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in a case aimed at overturning California’s anti-prostitution laws. It will be...

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Tremble, fair reader, before the mighty Litquake!

Marke B. - October 2, 2017

Litquake -- the annual, gargantuan local literary festival (October 6-14) -- is turning 18 this year. And it's ready to rumble right out of...

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Will the courts legalize sex work?

Tim Redmond - October 4, 2016

A sex-worker advocacy group has filed what could be a dramatic precedent-setting appeal in federal court, seeking a ruling that would overturn the laws...

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The real-estate sleaze reaches high tide in the DCCC race

Tim Redmond - June 5, 2016

The sleaze coming out of the real-estate industry has reached astonishing levels in the past couple of days, with Big Tech and the Association...

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Dem Party Chair Mary Jung’s sex-work hypocrisy

Tim Redmond - June 2, 2016

Truth is a pretty fungible commodity during election season, and we all give candidates a little slack. But an oped in today’s Examiner by...

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Some Mother’s Daughter: Fighting the criminalization of sex workers

Sana Saleem - March 23, 2016

Imagine a woman goes missing and no one looks for her. There’s no inquiry, no need for forensics, and no further investigation required. In...

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Move to overturn prostitution laws advances, for now

Tim Redmond - January 19, 2016

A federal judge has asked for additional briefings on a case that raises a profound question – are the laws against prostitution unconstitutional? –...

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Homeland Security: The new morals police?

Tim Redmond - August 31, 2015

Are we going back to the days when the cops raided queer clubs and harassed street queens? by Tommi Avicolli Mecca AUGSUST 31, 2015 -- “What...

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