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Revealing Business: Sex Workers Can Now Bare All In Advertisements In Victoria

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Do you think Marco is wearing too many clothes in his escort advertisement?On 10 May 2022, a raft of outdated sex work specific advertising criminal laws were repealed in Victoria, in a major win for sex workers’ rights and freedom of expression.

The relaxation of advertising laws is the first set of sex industry law changes following the passage of the Sex Work Decriminalisation Act 2022 in February.Previously, sex work was licensed in Victoria; an outdated model of regulation which left the majority of gay male sex workers criminalised and fearing the police.

The banning of the words ‘massage’ or ‘massage therapist’ in ads was laughable, given that so many gay male sex workers possess professional massage qualifications and choose to operate on a massage table rather than a bed.

All of these advertising restrictions will be lifted, as well as the requirement to print, in at least 7-point type sized text, the sex worker’s registration number on every ad.

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