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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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Hole-y terrors

Dennis Harvey - October 25, 2016

SCREEN GRABS As Election Day approaches, real life is terrifying enough -- making it a good moment to blow off steam by experiencing some...

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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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Black Lives Matter, others pull out of SF Pride Parade

Marke B. - June 24, 2016

Three major participants have dropped out of this year's SF Pride parade, after the SF Pride organization announced earlier this week that it would...

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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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15 years in, DocFest opens eyes and minds

Dennis Harvey - June 1, 2016

SCREEN GRABS When SF DocFest (running June 2-16 at various venues) launched 15 years ago, it didn’t seem all that sure a thing. Yes, impresario...

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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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Anger, sadness, hope as St. James Infirmary forced out

Caitlin Donohue - October 21, 2015

San Francisco's beloved sex worker health clinic will have to find a new home after losing its building, but a fundraising campaign looks to...

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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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