"#Sexwork in #Sweden operates under the #NordicModel, also known as the “Equality,” “Entrapment,” or “End Demand Model,” which #criminalizes #buyingsex but not selling sex. The text of the newly-passed bill states that criminal liability for the purchase of #sexualservices shouldn’t have to require physical contact between the buyer and seller anymore, and should expand to online sex work, too.

Sweden’s law isn’t isolated to European countries. In the U.S., #Maine adopted the Nordic Model in 2023."

https://www.404media.co/sweden-sex-work-internet-law-nordic-model/

Sweden Expands Anti-Sex Work Law to Criminalize Paying for Custom OnlyFans Clips and Camming

The Nordic Model criminalizes buyers of sex in multiple European countries (and Maine). Sweden just voted to expand its reach to the internet.

404 Media

Sweden criminalises payment for sexual services online.

In Sweden, it will be illegal to pay for sexual acts on the internet from the summer. Parliament has extended an existing law and made payment for remote sexual acts a criminal offence.

This affects online platforms such as OnlyFans.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250521-sweden-criminalises-payment-for-sexual-services-online?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#OnlyFans #Sweden #SexualServices #SexWork #Sex #Online

Sweden criminalises payment for sexual services online.

In Sweden, it will be illegal to pay for sexual acts on the internet from the summer. Parliament has extended an existing law and made payment for remote sexual acts …

Heise Online
Toronto LGBTQ business owners say they're being unfairly excluded from Ontario grants program | CBC News

Some Toronto business owners in the LGBTQ community say they are worried that they're being shut out of a provincial grant program because their businesses sometimes include sexual products or services, which are specifically banned in the program's eligibility rules.

CBC
“For Melanie, the experience is more than just sexual liberation and she has got so much out of this ongoing experience she believes governments should pay and support #disabledpeople in accessing #sexualservices.” Well exactly!! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-65422489
Meet Melanie and Chayse: The disabled woman and her sex worker

Aged 43, Melanie decided to book an escort and experience sex for the first time.

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