Show threadYenn dc ☂️13h ago

«Sex Work and Racism»
Community Report #2: The Impact of Structural Racism on Racialised Sex Workers in Europe and Central Asia.

👥 ESWA 🗓️ October 2022
🌐 Web: https://www.eswalliance.org/sex_work_racism_second_community_report
📄 PDF (© ¿?): https://assets.nationbuilder.com/eswa/pages/256/attachments/original/1665409755/SW___Racism_2.pdf?1665409755

> This briefing paper is the second publication of the European Sex Workers’ Rights Alliance’s (ESWA) series on sex work and racism. It follows the paper entitled ‘Sex Work and Racism: Historical Overview of Racism in Anti-Sex Work, Anti-Trafficking and Anti-Immigration (ASWTI) Legislation in Europe’ (ESWA, 2022), which explained the development of anti-sex work, anti-trafficking, and anti- immigration legislation and policy and the history of sexual racialisation under the white European systems of chattel slavery, colonialism, and militarised sex work. As was explored in the paper, the legacy of these systems is structural racism, which is defined as “a product of a system in which public policies, institutional practices, cultural representations, and other norms work in various ways to perpetuate racial inequity, and has been a feature of the social, economic, and political systems in which we all exist.” (European Network Against Racism (ENAR, n.d.).

> Structural racism results in discrimination against racialised sex workers that hinders equal opportunities and treatment in various aspects of their work and everyday lives. Racialised1 sex workers who are LGBTQ, (undocumented) migrants, poor, and/or work on the street have to deal with multiple oppressive forces and systems, such as homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, classism, sexism, ableism, and others, which intersect with racism (ENAR, 2020).

> This briefing paper aims to explore the impact of structural racism among racialised sex workers in Europe and Central Asia. To do so, ESWA first reviewed the existing literature in the field of structural racism in Europe and Central Asia, also in relation to sex work. Since data disaggregated by race and ethnicity is lacking in many European and Central Asian countries, ESWA also investigated the literature on sex work and migration, as the groups of racialised sex workers and (undocumented) migrant and refugee sex workers frequently overlap in this context. Following this, ESWA conducted research using an online e-consultation open to all ESWA members, followed by a racialised sex worker focus group to explore the topic more in-depth.

> The briefing paper is structured as follows: the first section details the prevalence and impact of structural racism in the areas of housing, health, labour, law enforcement, and accessing justice. The following section highlights how racialised sex workers resist this racism, and the final section presents conclusions and recommendations to address the issue of structural racism at European, national, and individual levels.

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Much like the previous: don't think it needs further commentary.
A significant portion of sex workers in Europe/CEECA regions are racialized; it's pretty clear racism will thus affect them.

As with most things surrounding sex work, however, there are additional layers of discrimination and structural and institutional violences on top.
Here's a relatively in-depth overview of how it materializes in Europe and Central Asia across multiple different intersections.

See above for the first part, as well~

#SexWork #Report #Racism #CommunityReport #Legislation #Antitrafficking #Immigration #Colonialism #History #ESWA #Europe #CentralAsia #SWBooks #October2022

Yenn dc ☂️13h ago

«Sex Work and Racism»
Community Report 1: Historical Overview of Racism in Anti-Sex Work, Anti-Trafficking, and Anti-Immigration (ASWTI) Legislation

👥 ESWA 🗓️ April 2022
🌐 Web: https://www.eswalliance.org/sex_work_racism_first_community_report
📄 PDF (© ¿?): https://assets.nationbuilder.com/eswa/pages/234/attachments/original/1649756144/SW___Racism_-_aligned.pdf?1649756144

> Racialised people constitute an important yet frequently overlooked group of sex workers in Europe. The daily racism they experience is a result of European and North American chattel slavery, colonialism, and militarised prostitution. Under these systems, white European and North American men obtained uninhibited sexual access to enslaved and colonised people, particularly women (Kempadoo, 2001). Although chattel slavery has been abolished and many former colonies have liberated themselves, racist colonial structures, ideas, stereotypes, and practices continue to exist. For racialised sex workers, many of whom are (undocumented) migrants (Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants [PICUM], 2019; Kempadoo, 2001), the racism and discrimination they experience is structurally rooted in a socio-political landscape that includes anti-sex work, anti-trafficking, and anti-immigration (hereafter, ASWTI) laws and policies.

> This community report explores how racism is entangled in ASWTI legislation in Europe. To do so, the European Sex Workers’ Rights Alliance (ESWA) conducted a literature review on the history of sexualised racism in the European context and racism in global and national sex work policies and laws. This community report is thus structured as follows: the first section explains how the sexual racialisation of non-Western peoples by European and North American powers was both a source and product of racism during chattel slavery, colonalism, and militarised prostitution. The following section then explores how sexualised racialisation and racism has influenced ASWTI legislation and policy. The final section presents concluding remarks and recommendations.

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Don't think this one needs the slightest commentary, tbh.
Anti-SW sentiment is DEEPLY intertwined with racism and misogyny; and so is anti-trafficking legislation with control of immigration and sexuality, via colonial ideas.

The report exposes the not-so-subtle but often overlooked weave among these topics, which is still very much present to this day.

See below for the second part, as well~

#SexWork #Report #Racism #CommunityReport #Legislation #Antitrafficking #Immigration #Colonialism #History #ESWA #Europe #SWBooks #April2022

Yenn dc ☂️May 24

«Whoring Art: A Red Light Anthology»

🆔 ISBN: 9-789-08-3453-22-4
🗓️ 21st May 2026
👥 Edited: HXSSY
📔 Editorial: @spookstad 🛒 https://spookstad.boo/
[🔍 Search for the title, although it'll be towards the top for a while.]

> What happens when sex workers are in charge of their own image, labor laws, work places, and community spaces?

> Sex work everywhere is facing erasure from public life. In Amsterdam’s infamous Red Light District – De Wallen – the combined forces of gentrification, repression, hetero-cis sexism, and stigma are threatening its future. But sex workers have risen up, reclaiming the unconstrained genius and militancy of whores as the key to social transformation.

> This book brings together the voices of sex workers, queer and trans cultural workers, and Amsterdam’s squatting movement, to offer a radical vision of whoring liberated. Whoring Art: A Red Light Anthology is an abundant reimagination of sex work in the city.

> Edited by HXSSY, a former Red Light-based queer sex worker-centered collective led by Mercy St. J, Adanya Dunn, and Anna Torres.

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I think this one speaks for itself. ^~

Amsterdam's Red Light District gets talked about far and wide (often with a fair amount if poison) 'cept by those actually working there. As usual for sex work.

The book is just published — literally release date was three days ago, the website hasn't updated the “preorder” label yet even — so I can't add any sort of review, but I can confidently advance this is a much-needed reframing~

#SWBooks #SexWork #DeWallen #Amsterdam #RedLightDistrict #Anthology #NonFiction #HXSSY #Book #Books #Bookstodon #May2026

Show threadYenn dc ☂️May 1

«Transactional Intercourse»

👤 Editor: Jack Parker
🗓️ April 27th 2026
🆔 ISBN: 978-17-38495-56-6
🛒 Physical: https://www.jackviolet.store/product/order-transactional-intercourse
🛒 PDF: https://www.jackviolet.store/product/transactional-intercourse-pdf
🛒 EBook (?): https://jackparker.gumroad.com/l/transactionalinter

> Transactional Intercourse is an anthology of trans and intersex sex workers' writing, serving as a snapshot of our experiences in our own words. It includes essays and personal narratives from 30 sex workers who either sell sex directly to clients or make porn, across the sex and gender spectrum.

> I'm tired of looking for stories from trans and intersex sex workers and finding far more instances of people speaking over us than instances where we get to speak for ourselves. I'm angry that when I do find documentaries or writing where we are featured and get the chance to express our thoughts, those involved have frequently gone unpaid and been treated poorly in the process of sharing. I'm devastated that we're so often gawked at or framed as dangerous deviants by people who gain money and notoriety from broadcasting the details of our trauma and ridiculing our joy. We deserve better, and I hope the anthology Transactional Intercourse can be a part of that!

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💙❤️🤍❤️💙
✨ It's here! 🔥
💛💜💛💜💛

Well, it's been for four days, but today is the book recommendation one. 😅
Nevermind tho, let's get to the point: this absolute jewel of a book. 💎

The work is about as self-describing as it can get: a compilation of life stories and reflections of trans and intersex people in the sex trade. ❣️

All three represent collectives that tend to remain on the sidelines and even actively silenced — never mind their intersection…

This book puts the focus right where it belongs: on the people living at these intersections, on their own voices.

It includes both the good, the bad and the ugly — because even among a relatively limited population, sex work experiences are all over the place, and none actually deserves being left out.

Of course, due to practical limitations, there are certainly going to be some that couldn't make it in —no matter how comprehensive it were, there'd always be— but nevertheless, one thing is certain:
You'll hardly find a comparable collection anywhere. 💞

#SexWork #Trans #Intersex #Anthology #SWBooks #TransActionalInterCourse #LGBTIQ #LGBTI #LGBTQI #Book #Books #NonFiction #Bookstodon #April2026

Yenn dc ☂️Apr 3

📕 «Working Guys: A Transmasculine Sex Worker Anthology»

👤 Editor: Jack Parker
🗓️ September 2024
🆔 ISBN: 978-17-38495-54-2
🌐 https://workingguys.carrd.co
🛒 Paperback: https://mxjackparker.bigcartel.com/product/pre-order-paperback-of-working-guys-a-transmasculine-sex-worker-anthology
🛒 Ebook: https://jackparker.gumroad.com/l/workingguys

> While we are slowly seeing more accounts about the experiences of sex workers being shared, there are large gaps in the representation.

> Working Guys is a collection of essays, personal narratives and interviews about the lives of transmasculine sex workers, in our own words. Joyful, traumatic, or somewhere in between, this book preserves nuance and highlights a range of experiences. From selling sex under a female persona to taking advantage of the rise in popularity of trans men in porn, the pieces within provide a snapshot of moments in various transmasculine sex workers' lives.

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🏳️‍⚧️ We're still pretty close to Trans Day of Visibility.
☂️ And it's “Sex Work Book Friday” or something [yes, I've made that up, but I intend to keep it going].
🌟 So, this book is a PERFECT match. 💖❤️‍🔥

Trans people don't get their voices heard often enough.
That usually goes double for trans men.
Sex workers have as much or worse troubles themselves.

So it readily raises the question… What happens with transmasculine sex workers..?

“Wait, is there such a thing.?!”
Oh, yes there is!
Unsurprisingly though, they're on the deep end of the “ignored” spectrum, as their mere existence tends to make EVERY take on sex work from EVERY side shake pretty badly…
So yeah, one doesn't heard much about them.

I'm not gonna spoil you the fun. ^~
The book is exactly what is says on the tin — and its value ought to be more than self-evident.
Plus, it's really just 5£ (.epub), and waaay better than any beer you might buy instead. ;P

#SWBooks #SexWork #Anthology #Trans #TransMen #TransMasc #Book #Books #Bookstodon #September2024

TK-32700Aug 5, 2023

Just a month away from From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi!

If you haven't read any of these, I enthusiastically recommend them!

The books follows the story of the films, but each chapter is written by a different author, and is written from the point of view of a different character than in the film.

So if our heroes run past a background character in the film, that chapter in the book might be told from that character's POV.

And it's great!

#FACPOV #StarWars #SWbooks #ROTJ