Among the most fascinating local elections this year is a ballot initiative in San Francisco that would effectively stop enforcement of anti-prostitution laws and prevent use of racial profiling to identify victims of trafficking. Bay Area Reporter by Seth Hemmelgarn…Opponents say the measure, Proposition K, would prohibit law enforcement from going after sex traffickers … [...]

guardian.co.ukTop academics involved in sex research …claim that research into prostitution in the UK published last month by the Poppy Project, which is partly funded by the Ministry of Justice, is inaccurate and unethical. The research in the Big Brothel report "exhibits serious flaws in its mode of data collection and analysis," they warn.The group [...]