SIECUS Report articles from March 2005

SIECUS Report archives from March 2005

Sex workers: a glimpse into public health perspectives.(FROM THE EDITOR)(Editorial)
March 22, 2005... Few issues have the potential to cause as much debate among public health professionals as commercial sex work. Commercial sex work is a broad term that includes street prostitution, massage parlors, brothels, escort services, strip clubs,...

Behind closed doors: an analysis of indoor sex work in New York City.
March 22, 2005... I started when the father of my child decided to take off with another woman. I was living in the Bronx, couldn't make rent, and [had to] take care of my two children. So, I moved in with my parents. But I couldn't find a job and...

A view from the field: sex work in D.C.(prostitution)
March 22, 2005... Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive (HIPS) is a non-profit organization that has over ten years of experience doing outreach to sex workers in the D.C. area. Utilizing a harm reduction model, HIPS provides comprehensive services and...

Exotic dancing and unionizing: the challenges of feminist and antiracist organizing at the Lusty Lady Theater.
March 22, 2005... On August 30, 1996, the Lusty Lady Theater in San Francisco made history by becoming the only women-managed strip club in the United Sates to unionize successfully. Dancers at the Lusty Lady joined Local 790 of the SEIU (Service Employee...

Among ourselves: female sex workers construct their sexual health.
March 22, 2005... In the almost 40 years that I have been working in the sexuality education field, I have worked with all types of populations. I have worked with young and old people, men and women, fishing folk in remote villages in Mexico only reachable by...

Health risks and power among female sex workers in Moscow.
March 22, 2005... Sex workers have often been viewed as a bridge population for HIV infection, as they have the potential to have spread HIV to the general population through unprotected sex. (1) Programs often focus on trying to limit or eliminate proximate...

New U.S. funding policies on trafficking affect sex work and HIV-prevention efforts world wide.
March 22, 2005... The United States is the largest donor to health promotion efforts in the world (even at one of the lowest percentages of giving based on gross national product), and this has continued with recent funding for both anti-trafficking initiatives...