On August 30, 1996, workers at the Lusty Lady theater in San Francisco became the first sex workers in American history to form a federally recognized union when they joined.
Like the case of the Virginia candidate who was discovered to also be a sex worker, I really don't care what people do sexually. I mean this in the most.
For the latest LGM podcast, I had the honor of speaking to Karma Chávez, department chair of the Department of Mexican American and Latino/a Studies at the University of Texas-Austin.
The issue of sex work is complicated one, but the absolute principle needs to be that sex workers have rights and those rights need to be respected. But if your.
Fascinating and excellent essay about Ah Toy, the Chinese brothel madam in Gold Rush San Francisco, and the anti-Asian racism that impacted her long life in California. An excerpt: In.
On March 21, 1866, California passed An Act for the Suppression of Chinese Houses of Ill Fame, an anti-prostitution measure that stood in for a larger anti-Chinese sentiment in that.
On June 23, 1855, a 19 year old slave woman named Celia murdered her master rather than allow him to rape her. She then attempted to burn his body, nearly.
It seems that Nic Kristof was more than a dupe of Somaly Mam's lies. Sounds like he was complicit to a significant degree: Many of her accolades, in turn, can.
