Prostitution and Sex Workers

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Eddie Farnsworth's Flaccid Rationale For Not Closing Child Prostitution Loophole

Courtesy of the conservative Western Free Press, we finally have state Representative Eddie Farnsworth's lame attempt to justify not allowing a bill that would have cracked down on pimps selling teenage prostitutes to have a hearing in the Judiciary Committee, which Farnsworth chairs. See also: -Ed ... More >>

Eddie Farnsworth Blocked Hearing for Anti-Child-Sex-Trafficking Bill, Time Running Out for Striker

Pimps selling child prostitutes and the johns that buy them can rest easy knowing that Republican Eddie Farnsworth is chair of the state House Judiciary Committee. See also: -Why Eddie "Little Lord" Farnsworth and Fellow GOPers Need to Suppress the Latino Vote Despite the broad support of both Rep ... More >>

Best Reader Caption For Photo Of Jan Brewer Fingering Paul Babeu: Superbowl sex worker

Pinal County Sheriff's Office"OK Ma'am, the alphabet does not have any numbers in it. You've failed that test and you couldn't walk a straight line. Let's try something else. Follow my finger with your eyes without moving your head. No ma'am, YOU follow MY finger with your, oh for christ sake. Turn ... More >>

Super Bowl Prostitution Hoax: Indianapolis Mobilizes for an Epic Battle with an Urban Legend

Alleged Pimp Al O'Neal (a Black Guy) Has Rule For Child Prostitutes: "[Don't] Get into Cars With Black Guys"

MCSOAl O'Neal (a black guy)​Convicted sex criminal/alleged pimp Al Maurice O'Neal has some rules for his stable of underage "hoes."For starters, they must earn for him $200 a day. Secondly, his girls are required to ask a would-be John to "show his dick or grab her tits" to make sure he's not a co ... More >>

Activists Picket New Times Building in Protest of Backpage.com

James King This was the scene outside of New Times' downtown Phoenix offices this afternoon. ​About 15 to 20 protesters picketed New Times' downtown Phoenix offices today in protest of Backpage.com, a classified ad website owned by our parent company, Village Voice Media ... More >>

Video of Activists Protesting New Times -- Compliments of Dennis Gilman

Roughly 15 activists picketed in front of New Times' Phoenix offices this afternoon in protest of our parent company, Village Voice Media's, classified ad website Backpage.com.The activists feel the website facilitates sex trafficking -- although, they admit that getting rid of Backpage.com will not ... More >>

New Research Demolishes the Stereotype of the Underage Sex Worker

Village Voice Media Asks for Your Support of Senate Bill 596

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, July 21, 2011

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, July 14, 2011

CNN Reporter Amber Lyon Fuels Paranoia Over Underage Sex Trafficking

​Last Week, New Times brought you a story about Ashton Kutcher's panic-inducing campaign against child sex slaves based on inaccurate statistics.This week, we take a look at how CNN reporter Amber Lyon is adding another dose of fear to the factually muddled conversation. 

Underage Sex Trafficking Not as Popular as Ashton Kutcher Wants You to Believe

www.flickr.comAshton Kutcher's trying to Punk the world into thinking up to 300,000 underage kids become prostitutes every year.​If you're buying into Ashton Kutcher's latest media blitz about underage sex trafficking, and think 100,000 to 300,000 children in America become prostitutes every year, ... More >>

Avondale Man Who Traded Tattoo For Sex With Teen Gets More Than Seven Years in Joint

Juan Lara's tattoo parlor will be moving from his Avondale trailer to an Arizona state prison.​An amateur Avondale tattoo artist who traded a tattoo for sex with a teenage girl was sentenced to prison today after pleading guilty to two counts of attempted child prostitution and two counts of unlaw ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, April 14, 2011

Wall of Shame

CNN, USA Today, and other media organizations got fooled

Women's Funding Network Sex Trafficking Study Is Junk Science

Schapiro Group data wasn't questioned by mainstream media

Online File-Sharing Leads Cops to Alleged Perv With Kiddy-Porn-Loaded Laptop

MCSO Jeffrey I Eberlein​As if having a laptop full of kiddy porn wasn't enough, cops say a man was sharing his cruel collection of exploited children with the rest of the Internet from his Laveen home. Police say they arrested 22-year-old Jeffrey Eberlein about 3 p.m. Wednesday, after an u ... More >>

Bare Market

Phoenix’s oldest gallery keeps things edgy

Pinal County Man Arrested for Offering 14-Year-Old Girl Cash for Sex; Dude Was Living Half a Mile From Victim's Home in His Car

PCSO Kenneth McDaniel​Living in a van down by the river, as the late Chris Farley eloquently explained, is not the most admirable abode for anyone. Living in your car parked half a mile from the 14-year-old to whom you've been anonymously writing sexually charged notes offeri ... More >>

Alleged Human Traffickers Stopped Before Immigrants Brought to Arizona

  Image: Wikimedia CommonsSo-called human traffickers were apparently trying to set up shop in Arizona before authorities caught up to them. According a May indictment of 12 people, including eight from Uzbekistan, the alleged traffickers had already brought several immigrants to Missour ... More >>

Craigslist Announces it Will Drop "Erotic Services" Category Associated With Murders

Last week, New Times featured an in-depth look at the hype surrounding the "Craigslist Killings." Much of the controversy and opposition centered on the "Erotic Services" section of the Web site. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Sheriff Thomas Dart of Cook Count ... More >>

Craig Newmark Speaks at Victim's Memorial in Wake of Craigslist Killings

Ex-Prostitutes Who Proselytize

A former madam leads a crusade to rescue prostitutes from a dangerous, addictive lifestyle