Clip vending site ManyVids considers itself to be a global community of creators and fans, and it further considers its stars and members in the United Kingdom to be a vital part of what makes MV special. But the UK, like so many other countries (too many other countries!), is still a society that often devalues beautiful, powerful, and entrepreneurial people who have chosen sex work as a career.
In 2010, the UK passed the Equality Act, which protects those in the UK workforce from discrimination relating to race, belief, age, disability, gender identity, and sexual orientation. What it does not protect is adult content creators, sex workers, and former sex workers. What that means is, if one is a sex worker with a part-time job that’s not in the adult industry, it’s completely legal to fire that person! Even if one is a former adult entertainer and their past work is discovered, it’s entirely legal to fire that person!
And that’s not all! Banks and online financial services can refuse to do business with sex workers just because of their jobs; landlords can deny housing on the basis of an adult entertainer’s line of work; universities can kick out students just for having worked in the adult business—and those are only a few examples!
A fair and equitable society would not allow such discrimination, and ManyVids believes it’s evident and plain that not including sex workers in the Equality Act violates the spirit and the intent of the act.
That’s why ManyVids has started an online petition that is directed to the UK government through its official online petition portal seeking to include "occupation" as a protected characteristic in order to safeguard adult entertainers from discrimination in the UK.
As an added bonus, this change would not only apply to adult entertainers but to any occupation, so no one can be fired or denied a public service because a present boss doesn’t like a job one used to have. Sex worker’s rights are human rights, and fighting this fight ensures a more just and fair society for everybody.
UK citizens, even if they're not currently living in the UK, can sign the official petition now and do their part to make their country and the world a better place.
Once the petition achieves 10,000 signatures, the government is required to discuss this in Parliament. It has no choice. That means that if a ManyVids equality supporter signs, that person would be one of the reasons Parliament would be changing the law in the UK. This is an incredible thing to do and think about.
Click here now to sign—and be sure to share it with every like-minded person who cares about creating a more just society.
