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Red lights out: Singapore’s sex industry shuts due to coronavirus

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Shortly after midnight on Friday, a young Asian sex worker dressed in a baggy cotton dress and slippers stepped out of a brothel in Singapore's deserted red light district and rolled a wheelie bin to the side of the street. Two hours earlier,...

Quarantine and chill: How New Yorkers are mating and dating during coronavirus

In fair Corona, where we lay our scene, Juliet is prepping for a hot pandemic lockdown. “Condoms, a bunch of sex toys . . . also, a mask — but not for coronavirus purposes,” says Mal, 41, reading off her quarantine shopping list. The Lower East Sider, who declined to...

Strip club turns itself into food delivery service called ‘Boober Eats’

A strip club has rebranded itself as a food and drink delivery service called ‘Boober Eats’ amid the worsening coronavirus crisis. Exotic dancers at the Lucky Devil Lounge in Oregon sprang intk action after their workplace shuttered its doors after the Covid-19...

Prostitution is the Social Safety Net in This Country

Sex workers can't seek government relief funds. Many are already marginalized. Some are keeping in touch with clients virtually during the coronavirus epidemic, while others are looking anywhere for help. Maxine Doogan, president of the Erotic Service Providers Legal...