"The #StripClub is not an aberration to the norm; it is a distilled expression of it. Despite being hired as #entertainers, #strippers often get treated like crooks. We are framed as dishonorable and dishonest, for asking to be compensated for the #work we got hired to do. How quintessentially #capitalist of this impertinent assumption. Strip clubs are #capitalism’s barest expression and its mistress."
https://substack.com/home/post/p-151771589

#LGBTQ+ folks #rally for “#Strippers’ #BillofRights” that would also end #policeraids on #gay #bars

One #stripper said the state's "#lewdconduct" #regulations are #symptoms of a #society that #criminalizes both #sexwork and the #LGBTQ+ #community.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Washington #Politics #Activism

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/02/lgbtq-folks-rally-for-strippers-bill-of-rights-that-would-also-end-police-raids-on-gay-bars/

Why #Washington's #dancers want a "#strippers' #billofrights"

Hundreds of #adult #dancers are urging the #Washington #statelegislature to adopt a so-called "strippers' bill of rights," which they say would help protect them from #customers and #club #owners alike.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Washington

https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2024/02/12/washington-strippers-law-bill-of-rights-strip-clubs

Jackie “Diva” Cook was dating celebrities and making up to $5,000 an hour at Atlanta's glitzy Gold Club. Then the Feds moved in.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7bjaj/gold-club-strip-club-dancer-interview?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
#WetJanuary #stripclubs #STRIPCLUB #strippers #stripper #ATLANTA #Crime

#Strippers Join #Servers and #Baristas in New #Labor Movement
https://www.yesmagazine.org/economy/2023/06/05/strippers-unionize

Let’s Hear It for the Strippers’ Union
The newly unionized Star Gardens #strippers are a triumph for the labor movement, proving that regardless of their profession, when workers unite, they can win.
https://link.thenation.com/click/31664092.90799/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlbmF0aW9uLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlL3NvY2lldHkvc3RyaXBwZXJzLXVuaW9uLXZvdGUtbmxyYj9jdXN0bm89/52868136039c1c4d1617f38cB68390938

"the nature of the business involved lends itself to widespread media and social coverage. In short, “strippers’ unionize” makes for great headlines."

#union #strippers

https://theconversation.com/unionized-bodies-in-topless-bar-strippers-join-servers-and-baristas-in-new-labor-movement-205981

"The 15-month effort by dancers employed at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood, Calif. to gain union recognition and become the nation’s only unionized strippers ended today in complete victory."

https://www.actorsequity.org/news/PR/StarGardenVictory/

Is there a name for the little pieces of insulation left over after stripping a wire?
#electronics #strippers

When #strippers tell you we’re in a #recession, believe them

https://theface.com/society/strippers-recession-stripping-adult-industry-porn-politics-economy