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June is Pride Month, when the world’s LGBTQIA+ communities come together and celebrate the freedom to be themselves. Pride gatherings are...
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Lydia Babcock
- May 26
- 6 min
Sigma and Stereotypes - Media Portrayal of PLWHIV
Media outlets often use extreme or exaggerated cases that are sensationalized, stigmatizing, and inaccurate that, as one collaborator...
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Hunter Leight
- May 26
- 2 min
Legacy of Love
In Loving Memory of Carol Leigh, 1951-2022 On Saturday, May 20the, 2023, the world of sex workers joined together to celebrate the life...
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Swop Behind Bars
- May 22
- 5 min
Disney Does DeSantis
Florida has always been a little wacky in its policies and legislation but there has never been such a public and vitreous spat between...
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Lydia Babcock
- May 12
- 16 min
The Clinic to Prison Pipeline
Society demonstrates the ways in which public identity and the politics of disgust are internalized and externalized through criminal...
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Swop Behind Bars
- May 6
- 2 min
Fight For Nikki
Anyways, Niki has had a terrible turn of luck. A few weeks ago, Niki noticed tingling in her toes. Eventually, she started having a hard...
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Swop Behind Bars
- Apr 23
- 4 min
Oh Feminism, Where Art Thou?
From the Editor: On April 6th, 2018, Backpage was seized by the Federal Government of the United States and millions of sex workers...
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Swop Behind Bars
- Mar 26
- 7 min
Solutions for Defeating Performative DEI
With the expansion of DEI efforts and commitments from both for profit and non-profit organizations and corporations, we have seen a...
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Swop Behind Bars
- Mar 18
- 6 min
The Best of Intentions
“Community engagement” is a buzzword that is technically defined as a way of working that recognizes and values community members as...
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Swop Behind Bars
- Mar 8
- 5 min
The Internet that Porn Built
Many folks don’t remember the time before the internet… but if you bring up the sound of dialup AOL Messenger at a party, you will not...
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Swop Behind Bars
- Mar 2
- 6 min
Guide to Hiring Sex Workers and Survivors
Strategies on hiring that will benefit your company! Traditional employment - or as we say in sex work language - “vanilla” or “straight”...
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Swop Behind Bars
- Feb 27
- 4 min
Facts We All Need to Know About the Intersections of Race and Mass Incarceration
Mass incarceration is a highly complex issue that has deep, historical roots. Paired with considerations around racial inequity, it...
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Swop Behind Bars
- Feb 19
- 5 min
Super Bowl Hangover
Every year, a remarkable thing happens: Like clockwork, as the Super Bowl approaches, anti-trafficking organizations trot out the same...
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Swop Behind Bars
- Jan 27
- 5 min
8 Tips for Achieving Work/Life Balance
Balancing work, and life has special challenges. The buzzword for the past couple of years have been “self care”, and everyone...