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Why Beggars Must Be Choosers

Becca Stevens | Posted 05.17.2012

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Becca Stevens

As the founding volunteer director for Thistle Farms I have long ago bought into the myth that beggars can't be choosers. As a professional beggar and priest for more than 20 years, I now understand beggars have to be choosy.

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WATCH: Do Porn And Parenting Mix?

The Huffington Post | Ileana Llorens | Posted 05.03.2012

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Porn stars are good mothers. That's what Alana Evans, an adult porn star, expressed when she appeared on Dr. Drew's HLN program on May 1. The moth...

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Escort Service Offers Ousted Secret Service Agents Job To Review Prostitutes

TMZ | Posted 04.23.2012

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The 11 Secret Service agents currently under investigation for their alleged Colombian sexual escapades have a steamy new job offer that will put thei...

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Lawmaker: Most Secret Service Agents Involved In Scandal Likely To Leave Agency

Reuters | Posted 04.22.2012

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WASHINGTON, April 21 (Reuters) - Most of the U.S. Secret Service agents accused of misconduct with prostitutes ahead of President Barack Obama's rec...

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Ban Condoms From Prostitute Cases?

AP | MICHAEL VIRTANEN | Posted 04.17.2012

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ALBANY, N.Y. -- Advocates for sex workers want New York to become the first state to ban police officers from confiscating condoms as evidence in pros...

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Poll Position: Should Prostituion Be Legal? Vote Now!

Posted 04.13.2012

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It's Friday, and you know what the means -- a new Poll Position and another chance to sound off on a controversial topic facing the LGBT community. ...

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Some People Enjoy Being Prostitutes... Get Over It

Kitty Stryker | Posted 04.10.2012

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Kitty Stryker

I am sick and tired of having to explain that, yeah, I do all that and I support women's rights. Yeah, I do feel empowered. I put on my lipstick not as an expression of femininity but as a queer femme. Don't take that agency away from me.

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'Bar Code Pimps' Tattoo Prostitutes

Posted 03.25.2012

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Spanish police have arrested 22 alleged pimps in connection with a prostitution ring in Madrid -- and some even allegedly tattooed their prostitutes a...

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GOP Candidate Advised Readers About Picking Up Prostitutes

Posted 03.21.2012

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Neil Livingstone, the counterterrorism expert who's running to be Montana's next Republican governor, explained to the Associated Press last week how ...

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Why We Need to Abolish This Word

Tara Sophia Mohr | Posted 05.06.2012

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Tara Sophia Mohr

We can take this moment to let companies know we will not support them if they support this kind of demeaning speech in the media.

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Ten Ways to Distinguish Yourself From a Hooker

Tamara Shayne Kagel | Posted 05.01.2012

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Tamara Shayne Kagel

I'm starting to think more and more about taking my boyfriend's money. So if he does start paying my rent, have I crossed the line into the murky waters of prostitution? I decided to look for signs.

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Prostitute Electrocuted While Drying Client's Clothes

Posted 02.27.2012

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A sex worker in Zimbabwe electrocuted herself while drying her client's garments on a clothesline -- and now her family wants the client to pay up. ...

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Finding HOPE In the Slums of Kolkata

MeiMei Fox | Posted 03.13.2012

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MeiMei Fox

This past December, I returned to Kolkata for the first time since 2004, this time with my husband, Kiran. Here is our story -- Kiran's photographs, my words -- of poverty, inspirational people, and, ultimately, hope.

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Sex Spa Cover-Up Is a Joke

Bethany St. James | Posted 01.07.2012

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Bethany St. James

Legalize regulated brothels and focus on shutting down these illegal operations. Combating illegal prostitution is futile unless a viable alternative is available.

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Does Buying Sex Make You a Criminal?

Tom Matlack | Posted 09.24.2011

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Tom Matlack

This is certainly an important question and one that bears directly on the impact of the accelerating sex trade. But 202 subjects recruited in the local paper by an activist with an ax to grind doesn't seem to be good science.

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Pimp Turned Politician: Thai Ex-Brothel Owner Seeks Parliament Seat

AP | TODD PITMAN | Posted 08.28.2011

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BANGKOK — As the super-pimp who once ran Thailand's biggest brothel empire and then exposed the police kickbacks he had to pay for it to flouris...

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Friday Talking Points [169] -- Weiner Roast

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.11.2011

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Chris Weigant

Having just gotten back from a trip abroad where the news was dominated by the story of a politician facing severe consequences for his sexual misconduct, I opened up the pages of the American news to find... well, pretty much the same thing.

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Before Olympics, Rio Battles Prostitution

AP | By JULIANA BARBASSA | Posted 08.01.2011

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Cris touches up her lipstick in the bar's dingy mirror, getting ready to work the rush hour in Vila Mimosa, Rio's bustling working-c...

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South Korean Sex Workers Protest Against Police Crackdown

AP | Posted 11.16.2011

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SEOUL, South Korea -- Hundreds of prostitutes and pimps rallied Tuesday near a red-light district in Seoul to protest a police crackdown on brothels, ...

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NYPD Denies Cops Are Suspects In Long Island Serial Killer Slayings

Posted 07.16.2011

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The New York Police Department is denying that two of its cops are suspects in the Long Island serial killings. Ten sets of human remains, includin...

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Sister Received Prank Calls From Missing Prostitute's Phone

AP | BEN DOBBIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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AMHERST, N.Y. — The teenage sister of one of four prostitutes found slain on Long Island received a half-dozen calls from the victim's cell phone in...

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Italian Prime Minister's 'Many Prostitutes'

AP | FRANCES D'EMILIO | Posted 05.25.2011

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ROME — Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi had sex with a significant number of prostitutes, Milan prosecutors alleged Monday in documents seeking...

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Dutch Prostitutes Get A Visitor

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 05.25.2011

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AMSTERDAM — Workers in the world's oldest profession are about to get a lesson in the harsh reality of Europe's new age of austerity. The Dutch...

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A Conversation With the Naked Anthropologist About Sex Trafficking

David Henry Sterry | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Henry Sterry

When I first met Laura Agustín at a conference in Brussels, I immediately noticed how different she was from most people I met at sex worker conferences. For one, she had a sense of humor.

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New Years Eve Weekly News Round Up

Katie Halper | Posted 05.25.2011

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