Stories
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The bishop’s profitable sex workers
How did the Church rake in revenue from 14th-century sex regulations? Kate Lister explores a bishop’s lucrative rulebook.
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Selling sex and sacrificing safety
Sex workers who report crimes against them can face a “what do you expect?” attitude. But one organisation is working to protect vulnerable people in the sex industry.
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Sex work, stigma and whorephobia
Like everyone, sex workers sometimes need medical or mental health support. But shame and stigma seriously affect attitudes and access.
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Dial ‘S’ for sex
In pre-internet days, phone boxes became a patchwork of ‘tart cards’ offering sexual services. Find out about the clandestine world they hint at.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Sexual Health Promotion Magazines for Sex Workers in the UK
Health Education CouncilDate: 1994Reference: SA/HEC/B/13/100Part of: Health Education Council and Health Education Authority- Books
The condom survey / Camden & Islington HIV Workers Forum For Men who Have Sex With Men.
Date: [1993]
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Condoman, a cartoon figure, holds a packet of condoms on a beach; advertising safe sex among indigenous Australians. Colour lithograph by the Department of Health, Housing and Community Services, Australia, and the Aboriginal Health Workers of Australia (Queensland).
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 669751i- Books
Revolting prostitutes : the fight for sex workers' rights / Molly Smith and Juno Mac.
Smith, Molly (Sex worker)Date: 2020
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Cartoon sequence in which a black man has sex with a woman who has AIDS who he meets in a nightclub and brings it home to his wife and baby killing them all; a safe sex advertisement by the Department of Health, Housing, Local Government and Community Services, Aboriginal Health Workers of Australia (Queensland). Colour lithograph.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 669878i