By Max ZhouWhat if hairdressers were regulated like sex workers are in Victoria right now?A simple appointment at the barber is both legal and as normal as it gets.
But a similar type of appointment with a self-employed, independent sex worker is illegal if it occurs at the sex worker’s home or apartment.
Decriminalising sex work would regulate this type of work using similar business laws which already regulate other service industries.
Decriminalisation would provide sex workers with the same rights and legal protections as workers in any other personal service industry.Most gay male sex workers, like myself, work independently from their private residences.