Alaska needs to stop prioritizing incarceration over education in effort to reduce sex trafficking
In Alaska, immunity can catch killers
Glamour: Alaska Cops Defend Their ‘Right’ to Sexual Contact with Sex Workers Before Arresting Them
AK Public Media: New Measure Gives Immunity to Sex Workers Reporting Crimes
Reason: Alaska Cops Fight for the Right to Sexually Exploit Prostitution Suspects
Alaska Police: We Need to Have ‘Sexual Contact’ With Sex Workers
ADN: Bills to Ban Police Sexual Contact With Prostitutes They Investigate Met with Opposition
Broadly: Police are Allegedly Sleeping with Sex Workers Before Arresting Them
KTUU: Protection for Sex Workers Proposed for Those Who Report Crimes
Anchorage Press: Policing the Oldest Profession
SWS Podcast: Fighting the Trafficking Narrative from Alaska to Rhode Island
AK Public Radio: Easier Reporting Could Reduce Violence Against Sex Workers
KTVA: Legal Loophole Allows Police To Have Sex With Prostitutes
Juneau Empire: Former Sex Workers Seek Protection For Sex Workers
Anchorage Press: 602 Imaginary prostitutes were arrested in Alaska in 2013 according to the FBI February, 2016
Forcing sex workers into the hidden economy will not keep them safe September, 2015
This mini-documentary about us was named as the best sex worker documentary of 2014 by Tits and Sass:
Amber Batts Case Sheds Light on Alaska’s Struggles with Sex Trafficking September, 2015
In Alaska, Not All ‘Sex Traffickers’ Are Sex Traffickers August, 2015
Alaskan Escort-Service Owner Amber Batts Gets Five Years Prison for ‘Sex Trafficking’ August, 2015
Sex workers want this major sex trafficker set free August, 2015
Woman pleads guilty to running a sex-trafficking ring, sentenced to 5 1/2 years August, 2015
The State Is A Trafficker: Why Alaska Arrested Amber Batts August, 2015
Safety in the Sex Industry January 2015
The Dangers of Sex Work in Alaska: Is the State Helping or Hurting Sex Workers December 2014
Alaska’s Prostitution Law Isn’t Working December 2014
Is the State of Alaska Fighting Sex Trafficking or Targeting Women? November 2014
Alaska Declares Open Season on Sex Workers September 2014 – About the time we tried to report sex trafficking (their definition) to the police.
Trafficking Laws: Abetting Violence Against Sex Workers December 2013
Advocacy group hopes to rewrite Alaska’s sex trafficking laws, make sex workers safer December 2013
Masters of Sex and the ongoing stigma of sex research July 2015
Alaska sex workers use crowd funding to hire lobbyist February 2015
Sex worker group seeks to fund lobbyist in Juneau February 2015
Sex workers raise money to fund lobbyist February 2015
To Fund Lobbying Effort, Sex Worker Advocates Turn to Internet February 2015
Sex worker advocate in Juneau lobbying for change to Alaska law February 2015