On this special episode, host and human rights activist Lakeesha Harris gathers a legendary roundtable of leaders in the Black Sex Worker movement: performer/activists Sinnamon Love and Jet Setting Jasmine of the BIPOC Adult Industry Collective, and historian/professor Dr Charlene Fletcher. Together, they discuss the legacy of sex workers in fine art museums, Black women who are silenced in the archives, pleasure influence, mental health care, colorism at the strip club, and more! And Lakeesha gives a raw and righteous farewell to Old Pro News, asserting that no conversation surrounding worker ..read more

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This week, on Old Pro News, we have an extra long interview with Zola Z. Bruce and Mariah Grant from the Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center in New York City. We discussed the Safe Sex Workers Study Act, FOSTA-SESTA, OnlyFans, and many other topics related to tech freedom.   For more resources on this episode, visit our website: https://oldprosonline.org/oldpronews-008   Bios   Zola Z. Bruce MSSW is a social worker, activist and artist who focuses on helping people to create the life they  want in all aspects of their career. Originally from Dallas, TX, they mov ..read more

This week, on Old Pro News, we’ll tell you about two new online reporting programs, only one of which we believe will actually keep sex workers safe. Then, we’ll be chatting with Tamika Spellman, the Advocacy Manager of the harm reduction organization HIPS DC, about the  #DECRIMNOW campaign and why we need to center — and pay! — black trans women in the movement. And we’ll fill you in on recent sex work related legislation in Lousiana and Ohio, and why this makes Lakeesha feel like the government just doesn’t want us to survive!   For more resources on this episode, visit our website ..read more

This week, on Old Pro News, we’re talking decrim strategies in Rhode Island and dominatrix discrimination from DoorDash. Our guest is Geo, an activist from Sex Workers Against Criminalization New Orleans, who shares her story of being an undocumented sex worker in the United States. Then I explain what the 14th amendment has to do with the personhood of sex workers.   For more resources on this episode, visit our website: https://oldprosonline.org/oldpronews-006/ GUEST BIO AND LINKS   Our guest this week is Geo, an organizer with SWers Against Criminalization New Orleans, who has cho ..read more

This week, on Old Pro News, we’re talking about decrim in Belgium, a stripper strike in North Hollywood, and financial discrimination in the sex industry. Our guest is Alexandra Hunt, a congressional candidate from Philadelphia who has made her background as a stripper a part of her campaign while refusing to be reduced to that one aspect of who she is and what she stands for. And then Keesha connects Alexandra Hunt’s fight for dignity to the worthiness of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.   For more resources on this episode, visit our website: https://oldprosonline.org/oldpronews-005/ GUEST ..read more

This week, on Old Pro News, we’re talking about transgender housing justice, Safe Reporting in Colorado, and the dictionary. Our guests are Yeonhoo Cho and Esther Kao from Red Canary Song, who are here to commemorate the one year anniversary of the Atlanta spa shootings with a conversation about Asian migrant massage workers rights.    For more resources on this episode, visit our website: https://oldprosonline.org/oldpronews-004/ GUEST BIO AND LINKS   Yeonhoo Cho and Esther Kao, organizers with Red Canary Song, a grassroots coalition organizing with migrant & Asian massage ..read more

This week, on Old Pro News, we’ll update you on exciting new pieces legislation regarding sex worker safety at the state and federal levels, as well as some troubling developments from Russian Only Fans creators. Our very special guest this week is host Lakeesha Harris’ daughter, Desiree. They share a personal conversation on generational sex work.    For more resources on this episode, visit our website: https://oldprosonline.org/oldpronews-003/   GUEST BIO AND LINK   HEADLINE 1 | John Oliver’s Sex Work Segment “Sex Work: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)” https://w ..read more

This week, on Old Pro News, we’ll update you on a former stripper who is running for Congress, and an exciting new exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art in London. Then, host Lakeesha Harris will explain why the EARN IT Act is the new FOSTA SESTA. Our guest today is Daly Barnett from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. She’s here to break down the return of EARN IT, and how it could allow the government to violate your privacy.   For more resources on this episode, visit our website: https://oldprosonline.org/oldpronews-002/   Daly Barnett is a staff technologist at the EFF. S ..read more

Welcome to the first episode of Old Pro News, with your host, Lakeesha Harris!     For more resources on this episode, visit our website: https://oldprosonline.org/oldpronews-pilot/   Headlines: New York District Attourney Bragg Includes Landmark Sex Work Reform in Policy Statement / Decriminalize Sex Work https://decriminalizesex.work/ny-district-attorney-bragg-includes-landmark-sex-work-reform-in-policy-statement   In Light Of Dallas’ New SOB Ordinance, Imagine What Could Be Possible If We Transformed The Way We Respond To Violence In Our City / Central Track https://www ..read more