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German sex workers have long been unhappy with the controversial Prostitute Protection Act. Now, they've drafted a new law themselves. But will the authorities listen?

At a press conference held at Kurfürstenstraße’s Twelve Apostles Church, local sex workers were out in force. They had gathered to introduce a new draft law aimed at replacing Germany’s controversial Prostitute Protection Act (Prostituiertenschutzgesetz, or ProstSchG). The proposal, titled Sex Work Act (Sexarbeitsgesetz, or SAG), calls for the full decriminalisation of consensual adult sex work, finally giving legal recognition to sex work as labour and allowing improved access to healthcare and social protections.

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