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== Comics ==
* The prostitutes of Old Town in ''[[Sin City]]'', who've banded together into an army to keep the police and pimps out of the district.
* In the ''[[Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire|Buck Godot Zap Gun for Hire]]'' stories by [[Phil Foglio]], Buck's friend Louisa dem Five runs a brothel, the Velvet Fist -- andFist—and has established, as of the "Gallimaufry" arc, a Velvet Fist franchise on the title [[Space Station]].
 
== [[Fanfic]] ==
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== Real Life ==
* [[Truth in Television]]: There is such an organisation in the UK called the ''International Union of Sex Workers''. They're part of the GMB, and I remember an article from a few years back about table-dancers joining the GMB as well, inspired by the example. (The GMB is Britain's General Union -- basicallyUnion—basically a way for those who aren't part of the huge professions to have a chance at some representation at the higher levels).
** There is also the English Collective of Prostitutes.
** In general there are a [[wikipedia:Category:Sex worker organizations|lot of these]], including the admittedly silly-sounding Canadian Guild of Erotic Labour and the International Sex Worker Foundation for Art, Culture and Education, which also focuses on the collection and preservation of art by and about sex workers.
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