Visit the DecrimNOW resources page for a wealth of resources on sex work decriminalization.
Shorter Pieces
Anna North, “The Movement to Decriminalize Sex Work, Explained,” 2019.
Rewire News Group Staff, “Prison Abolition Requires Decriminalizing Sex Work,” 2020.
Red Schulte, “Ending Violence Against Sex Workers Means Abolishing Police and Prisons,” 2020.
Melissa Gira Grant, “This is How Sex Workers Win,” 2021.
Erin Albright and Kat D’Adamo, “Decreasing Human Trafficking through Sex Work Decriminalization,” 2017.
Marla Cruz, “A Stripper’s Case for the Full Decriminalization of Sex Work,” 2021.
DecrimNow, “Open Letter Opposing the Nordic Model,” 2021.
Longer Pieces
Molly Smith and Juno Mac, Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights, 2018. [review of book linked]
Melissa Gira Grant, Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work, 2014. [summary of book linked]
Anne Gray Fischer, The Streets Belong To Us: Sex, Race, and Police Power from Segregation to Gentrification, 2022. [excerpt from book linked]
Amnesty International, “‘We Live Within a Violent System’: Structural Violence Against Sex Workers in Ireland,” 2022.
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