Time for some maintenance work

Last month saw a lot of improvements to Tryst.link with our beautiful new search interface so this month we spent some time doing maintenance and cleanup work and prepping for the next big thing.

For those of you in the US we've added imperial distances to the search interface so now instead of searching within 50kms, you can search within 30mi instead! Still seeing kilometres? We guess your location based on your IP address but you can also manually set the language used in the site footer.

New this month

• English (US) localisation

Other changes

• Fixed some rendering bugs in Safari
• Added some additional indications to the message interface so it's easier to tell the difference between a system message and a user message.

In the community

There's loads going on in the community and we want to highlight some things each month in our release notes to help bring more awareness to them. Are you involved in an event or organisation, or know of one, we should highlight? Reach out and let us know!

• Stilettos Inc are organising the 2022 Stripper Strike running in Philadelphia on the 6th of August and Los Angeles on the 20th of August and are currently looking for volunteers, donations and venders. For more info check out: https://linktr.ee/stilettosinc_
• Queering Dirty Talk with Tina Horn is running online from 5pm PST on August 31st. Tickets here.

Recurring events

• St James Infirmary are running a SW writers circle every Thursday from 2:00pm - 4pm PST. Invite via the "Sex Workers we love you button" found here.
• Kinky Queer POC virtual monthly meetup, Wednesday August 3rd 7pm-9pm EST on zoom. Head over to the pervertsofcolor instagram for more info.
• Magenta in Perth are running meet ups the first Thursday of every month. DM them on instagram for more info
• Sober Sex Workers is running a monthly Zoom meeting every second Sunday at 7pm CST. Request a meeting link via the @sobersexworkers instagram account
• Sex Worker breakfasts Wednesdays 11am -2pm Least London E1. Contact swblondon@protonmail.com for more details.

In the media

• A sex worker gave my autistic son the gift of confidence – and I organised the encounter - Anonymous
• Breaking Agreement to Use a Condom Is a Sex Crime, Canada High Court Rules - Catherine Porter
• New organization creates safe space for Hamilton sex workers on path to decriminalization - Anthony Urciuoli
• I Listed Sex Work on My LinkedIn Profile. Here’s What Happened Next. - Shubhanjana Das
• India’s Supreme Court rules to protect sex workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic - Sarthak Gupta
• Porn is Schooling Us Again on Staying Safe — This Time With Monkeypox - Andrea Marks
• How a Former Porn Performer Sued Her School for Discrimination—and Won - Samantha Cole
• Local Politicians Are Scapegoating Sex Workers to Score Points With Voters - Layla Caradonna
• Stop punishing sex worker mums by taking kids away, demand activists -
  Lauren Crosby Medlicott
• Jehovah's Witness ditches bible for OnlyFans bondage and recruits boffin hubby as snapper - Sophie Norris and Saffron Otter
• Escort terrified she'll be forced into brothel or street sex work by new bill - Matthew Dresch
• 4 Things Sex Workers Can Teach Us About Digital Surveillance - Tiffany Diane Tso
• Photos that capture the everyday life of an anarchist sex worker - Emily Dinsdale
• The Supreme Court May Have Just Killed Porn’s ‘Creampie’ - Aurora Snow
• Sex industry representatives call for major changes in WA - Duncan Murray
• UK armed forces introduce ban on use of sex workers abroad - Dan Sabaggh
• How an Unqualified Sex Worker Allegedly Infiltrated a Top Air Force Lab - Justin Rohrlich
• ‘Sex workers are human beings’: Community rallies in support of woman violently sexually assaulted last month - Fallon Hewitt
• Men Are Hiring Sex Workers to Beat Small Penis Anxiety - Ryn Pfeuffer
• Symposium told decriminalising sex work will stop cops from taking advantage of sex workers - Lwazi Hlangu
• Report finds criminal law causes harm to sex workers but fails to recommend repealing it - Peter McKnight
• No Justice For These Sex Workers, Even With the Supreme Court on Their Side - Suprakash Majumdar
• Arizona police investigating sex trafficking at massage parlor solicited sex acts from potential victims - Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
• Can Strippers Really Forecast a Financial Crisis? - Jenny Singer
• A Final Fantasy 14 ‘Pimp’ Says He Was Banned for Protecting Sex Workers - Samantha Cole
• Mass. should decriminalize sex work - Chastity Bowick and Michael Cox