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We are a platform for those interested in sex work and sexual governance scholarship within the island of Ireland.

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ruresearch.bsky.social @ruresearch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Does more law mean more justice? New Red Umbrella Research Brief: Why Decriminalise Adult Industries? Scoular & Fitzgerald (2021) Watch here: youtu.be/SwiYqHPDcCU Please subscribe to support the channel! #decriminalisation #justice #redumbrellaresearch
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National Ugly Mugs @nationaluglymugs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We are honoured to preserve SWAI's legacy, celebrating 16 years of Sx Workers’ Alliance Ireland (SWAI). Explore the page and remember SWAI’s contributions to workers across Ireland: nationaluglymugs.org/swai/ Their tireless advocacy for the safety and autonomy of sx workers will not be forgotten 💗
A banner at the top displays SWAI's logo and their signature umbrella image from their original website. Text reads, "SWAI archive now hosted on National Ugly Mugs website. Preserving 16 years of activism for sx workers in Ireland. Visit www.nationaluglymugs.org/swai"
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Irish Sex Work Research Network (ISWRN) @iswrn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Living the law: An ecological analysis of NGO responses to sex work governance pureadmin.qub.ac.uk/ws/portalfil...
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ruresearch.bsky.social @ruresearch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Policing strategies don’t automatically undo stigma... New Red Umbrella Research Brief: Still Seen as ‘Trash’ Krüsi et al. 2016 Watch here: youtu.be/PKuYp-jnDPc Please subscribe to support the channel! #Stigma #Policing #redumbrellaresearch
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ruresearch.bsky.social @ruresearch.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Law, policing and stigma make safety harder to achieve… New Red Umbrella Research Brief: Irish Street-Based Workers and the Law after Dark Minescu et al. (2022) Watch here: youtu.be/rsqiM37X6OI Please subscribe to support the channel! #decriminalisation #policing #RedUmbrellaResearch
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ruresearch.bsky.social @ruresearch.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Law changes what can be negotiated, recognised and challenged… New Red Umbrella Research Brief: When Law Produces Harm Brents et al. (2026) Watch here: youtu.be/b0SBxqtoYaI Please subscribe to support the channel! #lawreform #labourrights #redumbrellaresearch
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Irish Sex Work Research Network (ISWRN) @iswrn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Dublin's newest street mural honours the women of the Monto www.rte.ie/lifestyle/li...
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Dublin's newest street mural honours the women of the Monto
"If we only preserve the histories of those considered respectable or acceptable, we lose a vital part of our understanding of Dublin and its people."
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ruresearch.bsky.social @ruresearch.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Safety is not an individual burden, it’s structural… New Red Umbrella Research Brief: Beyond Individual Risk Deering et al. (2014) Watch here: youtu.be/UJO96bEAN1Y Please subscribe to support the channel! #publichealth #violenceprevention #policy #research #redumbrellaresearch
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ruresearch.bsky.social @ruresearch.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
What happens when intimacy becomes a middle-class service economy? New Red Umbrella Research Brief: The Price of Authenticity Bernstein (2007) Watch here: youtu.be/JJbA6E7-ucA Please subscribe! #Sociology #DigitalLabour #PlatformEconomy #Class #Research #redumbrellaresearch
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ruresearch.bsky.social @ruresearch.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Who Benefits from Rescue? New Red Umbrella Research Brief: The Rescue Economy Plambech (2016) Watch here: youtu.be/QxEFeOKDN5s Please subscribe to support the channel! #migration #deportation #criminology #politicaleconomy #research #redumbrellaresearch
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ruresearch.bsky.social @ruresearch.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
When “rescue” becomes surveillance... New Red Umbrella Research Brief: Racialised Bordering Politics Mai et al. (2021) Watch here: youtu.be/-OvzQ2fFj_0 Please subscribe to support the channel! #research #sociology #criminology #migration #trafficking #border #ResearchBriefing #RedUmbrellaResearch
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Irish Sex Work Research Network (ISWRN) @iswrn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Another police offender who deliberately targeted sex workers www.irishnews.com/news/uk/poli...
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Police officer who died now being probed over sex offences and attempted murder
Alan Greer, 47, was arrested on April 24 this year after a woman came forward to say she was raped in her home in Glasgow in 2012.
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ruresearch.bsky.social @ruresearch.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
A challenge to the ‘choice/coercion’ binary… New Red Umbrella Research Brief: Labour Unfreedom Cruz (2018) Watch here: youtu.be/_mPmsWVoLm8 Please subscribe to support the channel! #labour #migration #marxist #research #RedUmbrellaResearch
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Irish Sex Work Research Network (ISWRN) @iswrn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Open Access by Leigh-Ann Sweeney "The Closure of Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI): Implications for Sex Work and Social Work" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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ruresearch.bsky.social @ruresearch.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Social impact among academics can look like this… New Red Umbrella Research Brief: Quiet Academic Activism Laing et al. (2022) Watch here: youtu.be/R_Jp7k00BXU Please subscribe to support the channel!
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The English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Tom Hulme @tomhulme.bsky.social reviews 'Love in the Lav: A Social Biography of Same-Sex Desire in Ireland, 1922–1972', by Averill Earls @aearls.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @templeunivpress.bsky.social
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Love in the Lav: A Social Biography of Same-Sex Desire in Ireland, 1922–1972, by Averill Earls
In the last decade or so, Ireland has emerged as one of the world’s most progressive countries when it comes to matters of sexuality and gender. It was the
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ruresearch.bsky.social @ruresearch.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
When we move beyond simple choice-or-victimhood narratives… New Red Umbrella Research Briefing: Agency Under Constraint Bungay et al. (2011) Watch here: youtu.be/ZgnWuB17PxY Please subscribe to support the channel!
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ruresearch.bsky.social @ruresearch.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Participatory action research- a tool for change… New Red Umbrella Research Brief: Research as Resistance O’Neill (2010) Watch here: youtu.be/FlE-C5k7pMw Please subscribe to support the channel! #Criminology #SocialJustice #ParticipatoryActionResearch #RedUmbrellaResearch #ResearchBriefing
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ruresearch.bsky.social @ruresearch.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Criminalisation, a health risk… New Red Umbrella Research Brief: Policing & Health Risks (Meta-analysis) Platt et al. (2018) Watch here: youtu.be/kaauYz3mgzI Please subscribe to support the channel! #ViolencePrevention #HealthResearch #Criminalisation #RedUmbrellaResearch
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ruresearch.bsky.social @ruresearch.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Carceral frameworks can produce the very harms they claim to solve.... New Red Umbrella Research Brief: Graham (2017), “Governing Through Crime.” Watch here: youtu.be/dGuSrntxjxM #Criminalisation #Policing #Structuralviolence #Criminology #RedUmbrellaResearch
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ruresearch.bsky.social @ruresearch.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Decriminalisation…Job’s Not Finished! New Red Umbrella Research Brief: Bennachie et al. (2021) @NZPC_ Watch here: youtu.be/PrLbeho2Xxo Please subscribe to support the channel! #Decriminalisation #MigrantRights #ProstitutionReformAct #Aotearoa #RedUmbrellaResearch
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ESWA @eswa-network.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Happy June 2nd! ❤️ This year ESWA celebrates by releasing a documentary on the origins of International Sx Worers Day, and how sex workers around Europe celebrated its 50th anniversary last year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtp_...
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And When They Had Money, They Had Power: 50 years of fighting for sex workers' rights
YouTube video by ESWA - European Sex Workers' Rights Alliance
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Irish Sex Work Research Network (ISWRN) @iswrn.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Today! #InternationalSexWorkersDay
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ruresearch.bsky.social @ruresearch.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
New Red Umbrella Research Brief: Professionalism & Empowerment, Gloss (2024) Watch here: youtu.be/QEeytp0NXRM Please subscribe to support the channel!
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Irish Sex Work Research Network (ISWRN) @iswrn.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
We would be delighted if you can join us on Trinity campus next week - Tuesday June 2nd 2-4pm - Dr Lynzi Armstrong: Sex (Work), Lies, and Decriminalisation: Reflections from Aotearoa/New Zealand
PUBLIC LECTURE
'Sex (Work), Lies, and Decriminalisation: Reflections from Aotearoa/New Zealand'.
Dr. Lynzi Armstrong, Associate Professor, Criminology
School of Social and Cultural Studies | Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka
B6002 Arts Building (Classics Seminar Room) Tuesday June 2nd 2-4pm - all welcome
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Irish Sex Work Research Network (ISWRN) @iswrn.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Elizabeth Malcolm has left us much fine scholarship isaanz.org/the-passing-...
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The passing of Elizabeth Malcolm
19 May 2026. Elizabeth Malcolm died peacefully in Melbourne following a long illness aged 77. Elizabeth was the inaugural Gerry Higgins professor of Irish Studies at the University of Melbourne. Sh…
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ruresearch.bsky.social @ruresearch.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
New Red Umbrella Research Brief: Stigma, Discrimination & SW Law, Armstrong, et al. (2024) Watch here: youtu.be/RvAkthO--lM Please subscribe to support the channel!
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Irish Sex Work Research Network (ISWRN) @iswrn.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Grim subject but fantastic article. May interest sex work scholars as we know the Regina Coeli was a hostel that housed many sex workers.
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Tom Hulme @tomhulme.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
“Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation” @cornellupress.bsky.social featured in the Guardian! 🥹 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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‘Live and let live’: Northern Ireland historian uncovers surprising era of tolerance of gay men
Public records and private papers reveal compassion and tacit acceptance before ‘moral panic’ took hold in the 1950s and 1960s
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Irish Sex Work Research Network (ISWRN) @iswrn.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
A new must follow 👍
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ruresearch.bsky.social @ruresearch.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I'm soft-launching 'Red Umbrella Research' a YouTube Channel sharing #research briefings that promote academic studies & community reports about #adultindustries #sxworkers. Full launch- end of April. Please follow me on socials. Solidarity! youtube.com/@redumbrella...
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Irish Sex Work Research Network (ISWRN) @iswrn.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Awful news www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Ulster University to cut up to 450 jobs
It is not clear which parts of the university, which has campuses in Belfast, Londonderry and Coleraine as well as in Qatar, will be affected.
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Tom Hulme @tomhulme.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
*drum roll* Here is the cover for my book, which will be published by @cornellupress.bsky.social on 15 April 2026! I thought it would be nice to share a bit of info on who these men were and how their lives and interests inspired the design...
A book cover, showing the title 'Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation' by Tom Hulme. It is lavender coloured with yellow text, and shows two men sat on a bench, c. 1935.
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National Ugly Mugs @nationaluglymugs.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
📣 Sex Work Studies and History workshop, with an opening talk from NUM CEO, Lynsey Walton! In-person and online, free to attend, full details below #RightsNotRescue
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Wonderful to be at the Dublin launch at another great book on Irish queer history - ‘Love in the Lav; A social biography of same sec desire in Ireland, 1922-1072’ by @aearls.bsky.social #irishhistory #history #irishqueerhistory is such an exciting area for scholars these days … finally! #spéirghorn
Love in the Lav
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Irish Sex Work Research Network (ISWRN) @iswrn.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Free to everyone to download academic books are a blessing!
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Irish Sex Work Research Network (ISWRN) @iswrn.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Single Mothers in Twentieth-century Ireland and Britain. Interesting looking book launch coming up👇
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Irish Sex Work Research Network (ISWRN) @iswrn.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
A very knowledgeable academic account to follow @drcamillewaring.bsky.social if you are interested in non consensual images and wider questions
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
In Dublin, on Fenian Street, there's a factory that makes child sex abuse material. You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system. It’s a feature. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
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The Gist: The Abuse Factory
X, the child abuse imagery app, revealed our state has no red lines. This is the Gist.
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Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women @gaatw.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Last November we held a consultation with feminist activists, scholars and anti-trafficking experts to ask whether we should be looking to alternatives to the criminal law to achieve justice for victims of trafficking. Here is what we found out: gaatw.org/resources/pu...
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Critical Analysis of Criminal Law Approaches to Trafficking in Persons: A report of the consultation
GAATW sees the phenomenon of human trafficking as intrinsically embedded in the context of migration for the purpose of labour.
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University of Limerick @unioflimerick.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
UL's Dr Leanne Calvert joins Fin Dwyer on the Irish History Podcast to discuss her research into the secret sex lives of Presbyterians in Ulster in the 18th century, which she has revealed in her book, Pious & Promiscuous: Life, Love & Family in Presbyterian Ulster. open.spotify.com/episode/6dkU...
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The Secret Sex Lives of our Ancestors
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Reclaim the Agenda @reclaimtheagenda.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Happy New Year! This year our theme for International Women's Day, and our work, is Strength in Solidarity!
Happy New Year 2026 purple and black text with illustrated fireworksInternational women's day theme 2025 Strength in Solidarity. Rally - Saturday 7 March 2026.
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Irish Sex Work Research Network (ISWRN) @iswrn.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Appreciation today for the late great Dr Vicky Conway who did so much of the groundwork to get this to happen. She is always loved and remembered by the many, many people she helped 💚
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 01/12/2025
Verysad to hear about the loss of Bill Abom. 💔
MRCI's announcement of Bill Abom's death
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Reclaim the Agenda @reclaimtheagenda.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Speaker Line Up! Hear some rallying calls before we set off to Reclaim public space for all accompanied by Chidambaram samba band! Gather in Writers Square from 5pm for speakers at 5:30pm Saturday 29th November 2025. #RTNBelfast #16DaysNI
pictures of Collette, Rita, Emma and Becca alongside logos for Red Umbrella, Trans Pride NI and Chidambaram.
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Anti-Trafficking Review @atrjournal.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
New #CallforPapers! This issue will aim to highlight cases of intersectional, intermovement alliance and solidarity building between different marginalised and oppressed groups. See call 👉🏼 www.antitraffickingreview.org/index.php/at... Guest editors @drellac.bsky.social & @joelquirk.bsky.social
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National Ugly Mugs @nationaluglymugs.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
This year @decrimnow.bsky.social researched the reasons why sex workers in England and Wales are currently entering and remaining in the industry. Read the full report by here: decrimnow.org.uk/2025/10/30/d... #16DaysOfActivism #SexWorkIsWork
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Beyond the Interface Conference @interface-2024.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
(1/6) Please join the Critical Trafficking and Sex Work Studies Research Cluster (at York University: www.yorku.ca/cfr/traffick...) for a candlelight vigil on December 17, 2025, from 12-12:30 PM EST in recognition of the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.
The Critical Trafficking and Sex Work Studies Research Cluster's infographic for its candlelight vigil for the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. The image features lit candles, a red umbrella (the international symbol for sex workers' rights), and forget-me-nots. The image also has the date and time of the event.
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
What a wonderful President we have. #translivesmatter #transrightsarehumanrights
Letter from President
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Reclaim the Agenda @reclaimtheagenda.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Placard Making for Reclaim the Night 27 November, 5:30 - 7:30pm PS2, Rosemary Street Drop into PS2, Rosemary Street, to make a placard for Reclaim the Night, a badge to wear your feminist politics out and about, and have a chat over pizza! Free, materials provided. #16DaysNI #16Days
RSVP for catering purposes.
danielle@reclaimtheagenda.org
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