Nothing about us without us: sex workers at Women Deliver
Thousands of advocates, policymakers, researchers, community leaders and delegates from around the world attended Women Deliver 2026, held from 27-30 April in Naarm (Melbourne). As one of the largest global gender equality conferences and the first Women Deliver to be...
Sex workers welcome Tickle decision as vital affirmation of trans rights and anti-discrimination protections
Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association, has welcomed the Federal Court’s decision today in Tickle v Giggle for Girls Pty Ltd, which reaffirmed that excluding a transgender woman from a “women-only” social media app was unlawful gender identity...
Scarlet Alliance 2025 Wrap-Up
Statement on the Queensland World AIDS Day Parliamentary Breakfast
Scarlet Alliance recognises the deep pain and anger in our communities following Queensland's ban on gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth. This is a cruel, unscientific policy that has devastated hundreds of trans youth and their families. We stand firmly...
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AMSWAG Statement on Continued Deportation and Mistreatment of Asian Migrant Sex Workers
ABC News has reported on the story of Sonya, a transgender Filipina sex worker, who was profiled, detained, and deported by the Australian Border Force (ABF) in mid-February. Firstly, AMSWAG would like to commend Sonya’s decision to come forward to the media. It takes...
Asian migrant sex workers respond to unjust verdict on the death of Yuqi Lou and Hyun Sook Jeon
Today, the Victorian Supreme Court accepted the plea deal struck between the Victorian police and the murderer of two Asian migrant sex workers, Yuqi Lou and Hyun Sook Jeon. This outcome is a disgrace to sex workers, migrants, and women everywhere, and reaffirms the dehumanisation sex workers in the legal framework.
Debunking the Porn Panic Webinar
The media is full of assumptions about the relationship between pornography and sexual violence, but where is the evidence? How do these conversations impact sex workers and how can we have more constructive conversations around these issues moving forward?
Exclusion of access to sex work services under the NDIS
Scarlet Alliance and Touching Base unequivocally reject Minister Bill Shorten’s public declaration to exclude access to sex work services under the NDIS. We are currently engaging with allied peer and peak disability organisations, policy makers and media…
Deepfake Politics
Following the announcement of new Commonwealth criminal laws to ban the non-consensual sharing of sexually explicit material, including digitally manipulated deepfakes, sex workers and human rights advocates are left with more questions than answers.