Radio 3 Hong Kong: Morning Brew

Tracy will be on the radio at 11:10 am Hong Kong time, Monday, 1 March. You can listen online here or wait for the archive if you miss the show. She’ll be discussing her Daily Beast column about the rigors of sex worker romance.

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An open letter from a client

I write to express my concern about the amendment, presently before the Scottish Parliament, to criminalise the purchase of sexual service, to advertise prostitution etc. The amendment comes, I am given to understand, from MSP Trish Godman and the rationale behind it is laid out on a website, under the sponsorship of Glasgow Council, http://www.endprostitutionnow.org/. [...]

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What I did for love…

Should you give up your job for a man? We hate to admit this, but for quite a few of us ladies it’s easy to get all hot and bothered when the man we love resents our work. It makes us feel like the star of our own private, x-rated soap opera. And we’re more [...]

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Proposed changes to Scottish Law

From my blog : I have spent a large portion of the day lobbying other escorts for support for some forthcoming proposed legislative changes to the law in Scotland. In short, here is the news I have been spreading ; “This is the proposed amendment to the Scottish Police Bill. It has been tabled late [...]

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BRILLIANT ARTICLE IN SCOTTISH HERALD

http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/guest-commentary/essay-of-the-week-the-new-puritanism-1.1008122 A brilliant article in the Scottish Herald. Well argued and sensible. Why will politicians not listen? I suppose the media in general and politicians like easy targets to attack. The sex industry is an easy target because the sex industry finds it hard to answer back. We are criminalised and stigmatised so for us [...]

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Petition on sex education at the Downing St website

I’m not sure this is entirely on-topic here (although I would have liked to include sex work in the issues covered, I figured it was safer to stick to a single issue that ought to get lots of support rather than alienating others) – I’ve created a petition on the Downing Street website to call [...]

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IF YOUR ON FB PLEASE JOIN

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=311318611711 I am invited every day to join a bewildering and diverse plethora of face book campaigns and societies. Some I join and some I don’t and some I actually get involved with and excited about. I was invited to join “I bet we can find 1,000,000 people who support decriminalizing sex work!” and it [...]

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THE LABOUR PARTY MANIFESTO

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7026316.ece It seems that Labour has now given up any pretence that they are interested in only victims of human trafficking. The labour manifesto as reported in this article in the Times has made it clear that if they are re elected then they intend to launch a major assault on the sex industry.Building on [...]

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HAPPY LUPERCALIA

Valentines Day is a sanitised version of the ancient pagan festival of Lupercalia and was originally celebrated on the 15th of February. This lusty ancient Roman festival involved naked virile young men running through the streets with whips made from the skins of sacrificed goats and dogs. These animals were noted for their sexual rapaciousness [...]

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Tracy’s News: Valentine’s Day broadcast, advice and more

If it’s complicated, this one’s for you. For some sex workers I know, February 14 is a merry, almost patriotic occasion. You dress up in red undergarments and make charming sales calls to regular clients. For others, it gets more complicated. It’s so much easier to juggle boyfriends and besotted customers when Valentine’s falls on [...]

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