Several people have contacted UKAP over the past few days asking for comment and guidance in respect to the current ongoing Coronavirus outbreak. Whilst we are obviously in no position to tell people what to do regarding shoots, parties etc, UKAP does however STRONGLY advise that everybody working in or around the adult industry follow the same Government guidelines regarding …
“HMRC has a set up a phone helpline to support businesses and self-employed people concerned about not being able to pay their tax due to coronavirus (COVID-19). The helpline allows any business or self-employed individual who is concerned about paying their tax due to coronavirus to get practical help and advice. Up to 2,000 experienced call handlers are available to …
Jason Domino, UKAP health and wellbeing lead speaking at the NHS Clinic: 56 Dean street ” Recently I have been challenging HIV charities & clinics regarding “the hard to reach” & inclusivity. Here is a seminar I did at 56 Dean st recently on specific intersectionality. The seminar gets granular looking into specific scenarios like black men in sex work …
15th MARCH UPDATE FROM FSC. “FSC is calling for a voluntary shutdown of all adult entertainment productions in the United States and Canada through Tuesday, March 31.” Read full update here: https://www.freespeechcoalition.com/blog/2020/03/06/adult-industry-coronavirus-covid-19-advisory/ UNITED KINGDOM UPDATE: Some of the UKs adult production studios have decided to shut down production as a precautionary measure in the wake of the worsening Corona Virus …
USA Adult Industry COVID-19 Event Cancellations, Postponements and Production Holds “Updated 3/13 to note that in the Free Speech Coalition’s updated addult industry COVIDE-19 advisory the FSC said it is “not yet calling an industry-wide or regional production hold,” adding that while FSC is “in full support of the producers and studios that have suspended production, and encourage others to …
Adult Industry Coronavirus (COVID-19) Advisory by Free Speech Coalition “We are not yet calling a production hold in the adult industry, but performers and producers should be actively planning for the possibility of one in the future. In the meantime, individual producers and performers should make their own decisions about whether or not they feel comfortable continuing to shoot. This …
Will the Porn Industry Be Disrupted by Coronavirus? “I’ve shifted my focus to content platforms and streaming; things I can do with no physical contact with other performers. And I’m pretty happy with that decision,” she tells Rolling Stone. “I think I’m gonna wait until we have a better idea of how this will play out.” For more information click …
Sex workers are organising to fight for basic rights, “In 2018, strippers and other sex workers joined UVW to start organising together, and fight to change the industry from within. Stripping, like other forms of sex work in the UK, is legal, but workers have very few rights and protections at work.In particular, strippers are misclassified as self-employed / independent …
Filming Sex Without Consent Is A Criminal Offence ” Anyone who films a partner during sex without their consent is committing the criminal offence of voyeurism, the court of appeal has ruled in a case that may affect the Crown Prosecution Service’s apparent reluctance to bring charges. The ruling by three judges came at the end of an unsuccessful appeal …
This is HUGE news! A unitedstripper member just won a tribunal case for worker status! ” UVW and Decrim Now are celebrating after a judge at an employment tribunal ruled that dancers in a London strip clubs Browns and Horns have worker status. Until now, dancers were misclassified as ‘independent contractors’, which means they had no access to even the …