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This Opera Gives Sex Workers a Voice
The Sex Workers' Opera has allowed those who feel their voice is becoming increasingly marginalized to speak out against the criminalization of their trade in a unique way.
William T. Vollmann Channels His Female Alter-Ego Dolores in His First Art Exhibit
Vollmann has joined the mujahideen in Afghanistan, smoked crack with prostitutes, and even became an FBI Unabomber suspect. Now, he's taken on a different type of exploration through his female alter-ego at the Steven Wolf Fine Art gallery.
A Letter from a Sex Worker to a Wife About Her Cheating Husband
Despite what you may think of me, I offer a service that's discreet, uncomplicated, and a necessary ingredient in a lot of marriages.
On the Road with Britain's Leading Brothel Reviewer
George McCoy has been releasing guidebooks to the UK's brothels for over a decade.
The 'Kept Man' Who Seduced All Your Favorite Dead Gay Novelists
What do Truman Capote, Christopher Isherwood, and Gore Vidal (allegedly) have in common? Denham Fouts, who was once called "the most expensive male prostitute in the world."
I Marched Through London Last Night in Support of Britain's Sex Workers
It's been a year since one of the most cynical crackdowns on prostitution the UK has ever seen, and that is still weighing on the minds of activists.
Profit and Loss in the Wall Street Sex Trade
According to a few sex workers I spoke to, there's no escaping Wall Street, since almost every sector in New York—real estate, restaurants, prostitution, you name it—opens its mouth to finance's trickle-down.
Sheffield's Sex Workers Are at War with the City's New Yuppies
Kelham Island, in the English town of Sheffield, is home to craft beer, upmarket flats and an uneasy tension between rich residents and downtrodden sex workers.
An Escort Taught Me How to Sell Myself to Strangers Online
Thanks to a chance encounter with a professional lady of the night named "Amber," I was able to get a lot of helpful advice about how to turn myself into an attractive gigolo.
A Wall Street Banker Went on a Sex-Crazed Killing Spree in Hong Kong
Rurik Jutting, a Cambridge graduate who worked for Bank of America Merrill Lynch, is accused of murdering Jesse Lorena and Sumarti Ningsih, who are being identified as prostitutes from Southeast Asia.
The High Cost of Cheap Clothes
Cambodian authorities are pushing former sex workers into a trade where conditions and pay are even worse: making clothing for Western brands.