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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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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 and critical campaigners

When campaigners filmed secretly in the club where she worked, exotic dancer Ella Smith felt frightened and degraded. Here she speaks out about the attack on her livelihood.

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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.

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  • Your guide to safer sex and the condom / Family Planning Information Service.
  • Your guide to safer sex and the condom / Family Planning Information Service.
  • A Spanish rent boy who insists on safe sex gives "perfect customer service"; advertising safe sex. Colour lithograph by Wolfang Mudra and Martin E. Kautter for the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.
  • The black silhouettes of men and women with arrows and the message that AIDS is a sexually transmitted disease so stick to one partner and use condoms; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Seychelles. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • Safer sex for ever : hommes entre eux / Sida Info Service ... [and 4 others].
  • Safer sex for ever : hommes entre eux / Sida Info Service ... [and 4 others].
  • The black silhouettes of men and women with arrows and the message that AIDS is a sexually transmitted disease so stick to one partner and use condoms; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Seychelles (Creole version). Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A woman whispers into the ear of a man 'Turn it on' with an AIDS helpline; a safe sex advertisement in a collaboration with Leona Detiège, Flemish Minister of Employment and Social Affairs and the condom makers, Durex. Lithograph by VVL/BBDO, ca. 1995.
  • A man whispers into the ear of another man 'Turn it on' with an AIDS helpline; a safe sex advertisement in a collaboration with Leona Detiège, Flemish Minister of Employment and Social Affairs and the condom makers, Durex. Lithograph by VVL/BBDO, ca. 1995.
  • A cream condom with a gradually fading list of sexually transmitted diseases crossed out representing an advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Consumption in Spain. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
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