‘We have been silenced’: meet the sex worker coalition fighting the cost of living crisis gal-dem.com/hookers-agains…

Edinburgh - come along to our next meeting on Saturday at Crew: Mind Altering!

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This is today! Do come — you don’t have to be a sex worker or know loads about the issue; the baseline for attending is that you’re broadly politically aligned w the sex worker movt & would like to know more/get more involved! It will be friendly & there will be snacks 🍕

A must-read thread on HAH Campaign’s demands. If you haven’t already, follow the campaign on Twitter and Insta (HAH_campaign), share the content with your friends, email your MP to raise awareness, and donate if you can ✊☂️

🚨NEW CAMPAIGN VIDEO🚨 - sex workers are being forced to work in more dangerous conditions because of the cost of living crisis and laws around sex work.

Reminder - we’re meeting in Glasgow on 24th November 🗓️ Sex workers and allies welcome, DM or email us for the location!

So good to see Nadia Whittome MP supporting the HAH Campaign ❤️‍🔥

Solidarity @unitedswers 🔥🔥🔥

"More women are being pushed into sex work because of poverty… some returning for the first time in 20 years." Labour MP Nadia Whittome tells Cathy Newman "benefits need to rise" so the government can tackle the root cause. channel4.com/news/increase-…

No one should be pushed into sex work by poverty. But that’s the reality for many women in a cost of living crisis. Criminalisation makes the industry more dangerous and harder to leave. The solution is to fully decriminalise it + tackle the root causes. Me on Channel 4 News 👇🏽

When I speak to sex workers about what makes women join the industry, the answer often is: the benefit system. Universal Credit is very low, sanctions are extremely punitive and many migrants can’t access benefits at all. To protect women, we need real social security for all.

Glasgow City Council says teacher Kirsty Buchan brought her school into disrepute going on OnlyFans. Buchan says she did it because she has a sick son to support. The disreputable thing here is low teacher's wages and lack of paid caregiver leave, not OF. edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh…

For anyone who may be new to the campaign, here’s a thread of full explanations of our demands of the government - we make these demands to try and ensure that *no one is forced into sex work as a result of financial hardship*.

"Researchers warned the data shows police officers are misleading the public by claiming they have rescued trafficking victims in raids which target sex workers." independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…