[HTML][HTML] Struggling, forgotten, and under pressure: a scoping review of experiences of sex workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

SK Brooks, SS Patel, N Greenberg - Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2023 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly affected physical, mental, and economic well-being
across the globe and has disproportionately affected certain vulnerable groups. This paper …

[HTML][HTML] Harm reduction and rights-based approaches to reduce monkeypox transmission among sex workers

SA Strathdee, AL Crago, K Shannon - The Lancet Infectious …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Although it is currently in short supply, the two-dose JYNNEOS smallpox vaccine (Bavarian
Nordic, Kvistgaard, Denmark) could confer protection for people who are unexposed but at …

OnlyFans: Content creators' perceptions of potential bans of sexually explicit content

N Lawlor, CE Leistner, M Lippmann - Sexuality Research and Social …, 2024 - Springer
Introduction OnlyFans is a unique content platform consisting of sexually explicit content. In
2021, OnlyFans proposed a ban on sexually explicit content on the platform but quickly …

50 shades of lockdown: sex workers' hidden world during COVID pandemic

MG Modena, E Lodi, E Rodighiero… - Journal of Public …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background The COVID-19 pandemic had a huge impact on psychological health and
socioeconomic structures. The consequences of COVID-19 on the physical, psychological …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of COVID-19 on female sex workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A mixed-methods analysis

M Balampama, D De Walque, WH Dow, R Hémono - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
This study investigates how the landscape of sex work in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, evolved
in the context of the COVID-19 epidemic. Using a mixed-methods approach, the analysis …

[HTML][HTML] Barriers to governmental income supports for sex workers during COVID-19: Results of a community-based cohort in metro Vancouver

J Pearson, K Shannon, A Krüsi, M Braschel… - Social Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into stark focus the economic inequities faced by
precarious, criminalized and racialized workers. Sex workers have been historically …

[HTML][HTML] Decriminalization and what else? Alternative structural interventions to promote the health, safety, and rights of sex workers

C Benoit, A Mellor - Social Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Researchers have argued that the current punitive approaches to regulating sex work
expose underlying structures that seek to preserve a social order embedded with stigmas …

[HTML][HTML] Pandemic-related challenges accessing food and primary healthcare among sex workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from a community-based …

E Frost, K Shannon, M Braschel, M Kestler… - BMC Public …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods Prospective data were drawn from a cohort of women sex workers in Vancouver,
Canada (An Evaluation of Sex Workers' Health Access, AESHA; 2010-present). Data were …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the diversity of people in sex work: Views from leaders in sex worker organizations

A Mellor, C Benoit - Social Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Criminal laws in Canada and many other countries are currently premised on the
assumption of homogeneity, that is, people in sex work are cis women and girls who are …

[HTML][HTML] “I would do anything but that”: Attitudes towards sex work among rural people who use drugs

A Rains, AL Sibley, XA Levander, SM Walters… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Stigma towards people who use drugs and those who engage in sex work is
well-documented, leading to consequences such as reduced access to health services and …