Episode 34: Decriminalized Sex Work Down Under

Summary: Chris travels to New South Wales, Australia where sex work is decriminalized to interview local sex workers about their lives. Guests include <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjelUkkfP7g">Tilly Lawless</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.twitter.com/camcoxsyd?lang=en">Cameron Cox</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.zachunter.com">Zach Hunter</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sydneyescortforladies.com/tom-jones-male-escort-2/">Tom Jones</a>, and <a target="_blank" href="http://scarletroad.com.au/about/">Rachel Wotton</a>, among others. Catherine Healy from the <a target="_blank" href="http://nzpc.org.nz">New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective</a> also joins the conversation. To learn more about the decriminalized sex industry in New Zealand <a target="_blank" href="http://www.otago.ac.nz/christchurch/otago018607.pdf">check out this study</a> from the University of Otago, which surveyed 772 sex workers. The government of New Zealand also released <a target="_blank" href="http://prostitutescollective.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/report-of-the-nz-prostitution-law-committee-2008.pdf">this exhaustive report</a> in 2008. And while you're clicking on links, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.twitter.com/sexwithchris">follow Chris on Twitter</a>. He just joined as <a target="_blank" href="http://www.twitter.com/sexwithchris">@SexWithChris</a>.