Introduction Welcome to the Respect Inc workshop for sex workers. This workshop aims to provide information and education for sex workers. You can choose to go through the entire workshop or select sections that are relevant to your needs. We are not the experts in your business but we hope that this workshop will give some ideas and techniques that may be useful when providing sexual services. To tell us what you think or for further information please contact us by phone, drop into a Respect Inc office near you or send us an email to [email protected] Contents Safer sex ....................................................................................................................................................... 3 Safer sex supplies include ......................................................................................................................... 3 Male condoms ............................................................................................................................................ 3 How to use a condom .............................................................................................................................. 4 Female condoms ....................................................................................................................................... 4 How to use a female condom (femidom) ............................................................................................ 4 What to do if the condom breaks .......................................................................................................... 5 Post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) .............................................................................................................. 5 Emergency contraception ....................................................................................................................... 5 Dams ............................................................................................................................................................. 5 How to use a dam ................................................................................................................................. 5 Lubricant ...................................................................................................................................................... 6 Where to get safer sex supplies ............................................................................................................... 6 Xylocaine ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 Sex toys ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 Sexual health checks ................................................................................................................................. 6 Sexual health certificates ......................................................................................................................... 7 Checking a client ....................................................................................................................................... 7 Other sexual health information .............................................................................................................. 7 Tips for male workers .............................................................................................................................. 7 Tips for male to female trans* workers, pre op ................................................................................. 8 Tips for trans* women, post op ............................................................................................................ 8 Page 1 of 22 Tips for female workers .......................................................................................................................... 8 Sponges and working with your period ......................................................................................... 8 Diaphragms ......................................................................................................................................... 9 Sexually transmissible infections (STI’s) ............................................................................................... 9 Types of STI’s ........................................................................................................................................ 9 Emotional wellbeing ................................................................................................................................ 10 Looking after your health ................................................................................................................... 10 Emotional wellbeing strategies ......................................................................................................... 11 Negotiating the booking ........................................................................................................................ 12 Common terms used in sex work in Australia ................................................................................. 12 Safety tips ................................................................................................................................................... 13 All workers .............................................................................................................................................. 13 In house (incall) .................................................................................................................................... 14 Escort (outcall) ...................................................................................................................................... 14 Escort and street................................................................................................................................... 14 Sexual assault in our workplaces ....................................................................................................... 14 Sexual assault is a crime ................................................................................................................. 14 Finance and tax ....................................................................................................................................... 15 Bookkeeping ............................................................................................................................................. 16 Charging your clients .......................................................................................................................... 16 Discrimination ............................................................................................................................................ 16 What’s legal and what’s not? ............................................................................................................... 17 Licensing and registration of sex workers ........................................................................................ 17 What is prostitution? ............................................................................................................................. 17 Unlawful Prostitution ............................................................................................................................. 17 Message Takers – CC s229HA(5) ....................................................................................................... 17 Drivers – CC s229HA(4)(B)(ii) ............................................................................................................... 18 Security/Bodyguards – CC s229HA(4)(B)(i) ..................................................................................... 18 Can the Bodyguard & Driver be the same person? ..................................................................... 18 Advertising – Prostitution Act (Qld) 1999 s92–s96C ....................................................................... 18 Working from your own home ........................................................................................................... 19 Street and bar work – PA s73 ............................................................................................................. 19 Motels and hotels ................................................................................................................................. 19 Procuring prostitution - CC s229G ..................................................................................................... 19 Knowingly participating in prostitution by another - CC s229H .................................................. 20 Condoms laws in Queensland – PA s77A ........................................................................................ 20 Page 2 of 22 What is oral sex? ................................................................................................................................... 21 What is sexual intercourse? ................................................................................................................ 21 Sexual health duty of care ................................................................................................................. 21 Licensed brothels ................................................................................................................................