Sex Work Advocacy with Jenna Love

Jenna Love has worked as an independent sex worker for over a decade, and now leads Sex Work Advocacy work as the president of Scarlet Alliance. In this episode she speaks with Jordan about her experience at the Women Deliver conference in Melbourne to the fight for decriminalisation across so-called Australia. We explore the long history of peer-to-peer organising in the sex worker community, the contagious spread of the Nordic model, and what genuine allyship looks like. Chapters 00:00 — Introduction 05:00 — Meeting incredible overachievers at Women Deliver 10:00 — Creating the sex worker networking zone 15:00 — Emerging Together: Sex Work at End of Empire 20:00 — Global solidarity among sex workers across borders 25:00 — Advice for allies supporting sex worker advocacy 30:00 — The Nordic Model and its harmful impact 35:00 — Queensland’s decriminalisation as best practice model 40:00 — Whore Walk: sex work history walking tours 45:00 — Sex work and digital rights All chapter timecodes are approximate. Want more Well Well Well? Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health and wellbeing at joy.org.au/wellwellwell. If there’s something you’d like us to explore on the show, send through ideas or questions at [email protected] Find out more about LGBTIQ+ services and events in Victoria and South Australia at thorneharbour.org. Produced by: Jack Crnjanin & Jordan