A big issue for window workers in the Netherlands as well

Reminder! You can still join 👇

Stop de Amerikaanse overname DigiD! Onze privé-gegevens zijn bij overname door een Amerikaans bedrijf niet veilig! Dit lijkt ons niet de veilige manier nu president Trump in Amerika aan het roer staat. Dit kan misgaan! Als de Nederland...

Privacy is erg belangrijk, daar weten sekswerkers alles van!

Even tekenen 👇

actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/st...

Alle mensen verdienen veiligheid en mensenrechten.

Hoop begint hier. Maak Gemeente Amsterdam dapper! Als we kiezen voor solidariteit in plaats van verdeeldheid, voor publieke voorzieningen in plaats van afbraak, dan nemen we de voedingsbodem van extreemrechts weg. Hoop begint lokaal.

Mooi initiatief - een boodschap van solidariteit voor de nieuwe coalitie & raad in Amsterdam:

1. Bescherm en versterk publieke voorzieningen

2. Pak leegstand aan en zorg voor betaalbare woningen

3. Wees een veilige haven voor mensen zonder papieren

identity.degoedezaak.org/clicks/link/...

Zwitsers techbedrijf Proton: ‘Het verdienmodel van Big Tech is slecht voor de samenleving. Wij zijn een geloofwaardig alternatief’ Techbedrijf: Het Zwitserse techbedrijf Proton verkoopt online privacy. Het is ontstaan in reactie op surveillance van overheden, getekend door Chinese dreiging voor Taiwan, en groeit wegens een toenem...

Voor sekswerkers is privacy online ontzettend belangrijk - Proton wordt in onze community dan ook al veel gebruikt.

Ook als kleine organisatie zijn wij nu aan het overstappen (en ja, dat hadden we al lang geleden moeten doen maarja, veel te doen en beperkte capaciteit)

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

I'm soft-launching 'Red Umbrella Research' a YouTube Channel sharing #research briefings that promote academic studies & community reports about #adultindustries #sxworkers. Full launch- end of April. Please follow me on socials. Solidarity! youtube.com/@redumbrella...

The Victorian Sex Trafficking Panic

Excellent podcast to appreciate and share!

It talks in a nuanced way about sexual exploitation, sex work and related laws and policies.
About the harms of fosta/ sesta and the panic in the UK around “sex trafficking”.

#Decrim #WhiteSlavery #FeministSky

open.spotify.com/episode/7CtS...

This is a big miss for sex workers going to Geneva to influence decision making there. SRI provided crucial support, connections and a safe space. We wish you all well!

Stichting Mainline, die zich inzet voor drugsgebruikers in Amsterdam, moet na 36 jaar stoppen. Hoe zat het eigenlijk met het drugsgebruik en de hulpverlening aan drugsgebruikers vóór Mainline? U leest het in Ons Amsterdam: buff.ly/tw943Ax

Beeld: Interieur van het HUK in 1975. Mainline, mei 1994

Are you a sex worker anywhere in Europe? Your voice counts!

We want to improve access to sexual health and PrEP services across Europe for sex workers. In order to do that, we'd like to understand better the needs and perspectives of the community.

www.thelovetank.info/esws/en

This Friday, we are tackling 'sex worker exclusionary feminism' - the kind of feminism that harms sex workers. Let’s unpack some common statements made by SWERFs and explain why they don’t hold up.

If you are traveling to Vienna next week... This is the place to be!

Mansplain gerust nog even verder Peter ;).

Zo is dat!

Mocht je een keer meer willen leren over porno ben je welkom langs te komen. Het bestaat in veel verschillende vormen, wordt door alle genders geproduceerd en heeft toch echt een veel diverser publiek dan jij hierboven schetst.

Mariska Majoor founded the PIC in 1994. She worked behind the windows in the Red Light District of Amsterdam. She appreciated the work & enjoyed the money she earned but got fed up with the prejudice she faced.

❤️ She opened the PIC, gave lectures & wrote books to educate & destigmatize sex work ❤️

Get your Kamasutra and heart shaped cookie cutters at PIC in Amsterdam 😍😋

Open Wed - Saturday, 12 - 17 hrs in the Red Light District

And lots of other fun gifts, great books and art made by sex workers 📚🎨🖌️

Great opportunity for sex workers' groups to strengthen fundraising skills & opportunities ❤️💪

sexworkdonorcollaborative.org/news/webinar

Indeed 👇

Altijd weer wat leuks te koop bij het PIC. Een kado, een unieke souvenir, if lekker voor jezelf.

En van de verkoop houden wij ons centrum open 🙌❤️

Steun sekswerkersrechten - koop bij het PIC 🎉 in Amsterdam.

Mooi aanbod ⬇️

My Life as a Black Sex Worker in Tokyo Many of my clients are Japanese women who are curious about foreigners and Black guys. Others are in sexless relationships with men who have erection issues. If I can help them restore their confidenc...

(1/2) "AC, a 45-year-old Black American man living in Tokyo, shares his story of becoming a sex worker specializing in female clients. What began as a job in p🔞rn—after moving to Japan to teach English in the early 2000s—evolved into providing services." - Red Umbrella Club

Great opportunity 👇

Also for sale at PIC for those in Amsterdam 😉

Better still: decriminalise sex work.

Monthly Mythbusting Sex Work is a driver of violence against women

MYTH Anti-violence and gender equality work in Australia often positions sex work and porn as key drivers of violence against women. To understand how this view exists in contemporary Australian culture, let’s go back to the emergence of women’s anti-violence work during the ‘70s. Much of this activism was influenced by second wave feminists who conceptualised sex work and pornography as drivers and instances of gendered violence. This ‘legacy’ has ongoing impacts today. Many anti-violence organisations, leaders, and researchers still view sex work and pornography as incompatible with gender equality. Policy and media discussions often frame sex work and pornography as enablers of violence against women.

Perspectives that portray sex work as inherently violent leaves sex workers excluded from mainstream feminist anti-gendered violence campaigns. These beliefs contribute to the stigma and discrimination that means sex worker victim-survivors are not believed and often prevents them from seeking support services and access to justice. SWERFS (sex work exclusionary radical feminists) oppose sex work using the language of feminism as a smokescreen for their anti-sex work bias.

TRUTH Anti-sex work and anti-porn rhetoric shifts the blame onto sex workers rather than holding perpetrators accountable. Research shows that anti–sex work rhetoric is linked to increased violence against sex workers, helping create a culture where harm against us is seen as acceptable. The misconception that violence is “part of the job” ignores the boundaries we create at work and overlooks our vulnerability to intimate partner violence. Similarly, the myth that sex work and porn drive gendered violence creates barriers to justice and support and allows perpetrators to evade accountability, perpetuating the cycle of violence. Violence against sex workers is compounded by the attitudes we face when we seek support and justice. Experiences of violence and barriers to services and justice are even greater for sex workers experiencing multiple forms of marginalisation.

Sex workers are part of the community. So what happens when we need to seek support from anti violence services who think we are the cause of the gendered violence problem? Read our briefing paper on "sex workers, family, domestic, and sexual violence" buff.ly/fddeG5o

@swdigitaal.bsky.social @sekswerkexpertise.bsky.social @meldenadviespunt.bsky.social

📢 Free workshop for sex workers and allies:

👉 Data subject rights 101

There is one in-person option and one online option (they are the same in content)

#KnowYourRights
#DigitalRights #SexWork

En wat betekent dit voor het beleid op en perceptie van sekswerk? Daarin lagen Groenlinks en PvdA mijlenver uit elkaar...