LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 12.03.10. French male sex worker Thierry Schaffauser and president of the GMB-IUSW, Adult Entertainment branch at home on Friday, 12th March 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2010.

“Sex workers need power not brothels” – Thierry Schaffauser, The Guardian.

“Sex workers are not criminals” – Thierry Schaffauser, The Guardian.

“Time for porn stars to self-organise” – Thierry Schaffauser, The Guardian.

“Let sex workers advertise” -Thierry Schaffauser, The Guardian.

This is a new project to document the social and political issues facing male sex workers in modern Britain today. The first set of pictures are of French male sex worker Thierry Schaffauser – president of the GMB – IUSW, Adult Entertainment branch – at home in London. An audio of an interview I have done with Thierry will be published over the summer with more pictures.

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 19.07.09. Thierry Schaffauser joins other sex workers on a march through Soho in central London against new laws that campaigners claim will increase criminalisation of sex workers and push prostitution underground on Sunday 19 July 2009 in London, England. The Policing and Crime Bill 2009 will create a new offence of paying for sex with a prostitute who is “controlled for gain” and modifies existing offences – such as loitering and kerb-crawling. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 25.03.10. Brian Caton, General Secretary, Prison Officers Association (left) and Dave Nellist, Coventry Socialist Party councillor and former Labour MP at the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) general election launch rally on Thursday 25 March 2010 in London, England. The TUSC aims to challenge the three main parties in the general election and opposes all public spending cuts and privatisation, fight for the repeal of all anti-trade union laws and the renationalisation of the privatised utilities. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2010.

Mike Thomson reports from the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition launch rally – Today Programme, Radio 4.

Justin Rowlatt reports on the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition launch rally – BBC Newsnight.

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 22.03.10. British Airways cabin crew and Unite trade union members on day three of strike action at Heathrow Airport on Monday 22 March 2010 in London, England. The strike was triggered after BA management tore up cabin crew contracts last November. Reduced the number of crew members on flights and proposed to bring in new staff on inferior pay and conditions. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2010.

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 21.03.10. British Airways planes grounded at Heathrow Airport on day two of strike action by BA cabin crew and Unite trade union members on Sunday 21 March 2010 in London, England. The strike was triggered after BA management tore up cabin crew contracts last November. Reduced the number of crew members on flights and proposed to bring in new staff on inferior pay and conditions. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2010.

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 21.03.10. British Airways cabin crew and Unite trade union members on day two of three days of strike action at Heathrow Airport on Sunday 21 March 2010 in London, England. The strike was triggered after BA management tore up cabin crew contracts last November. Reduced the number of crew members on flights and proposed to bring in new staff on inferior pay and conditions. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2010.

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NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT – 29.07.09. Vestas workers, family members and supporters march from the Vestas wind turbine factory to the local County Court on Wednesday 29 July 2009 in Newport, Isle of Wight. Vestas workers represented by RMT lawyers argued successfully that a possession order had been incorrectly served and that Vestas could not be granted an eviction order – the judge adjourned the case to Tuesday 4th August 2009. Vestas workers have been occupying the factory after management revealed plans to cut 600 jobs and close the factory. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.

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NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT – 24.07.09. General view – at night – of the Vestas wind turbine factory occupation on Friday 24 July 2009 in Newport, Isle of Wight. Vestas workers have been occupying the factory for the last four days after management revealed plans to cut 600 jobs at the end of July. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.

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NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT – 24.07.09. Vestas workers, family members and supporters march from St Thomas’s Square to the Vestas wind turbine factory on Friday 24 July 2009 in Newport, Isle of Wight. Vestas workers have been occupying the factory for the last four days after management revealed plans to cut 600 jobs at the end of July. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.

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NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT – 24.07.09. The occupation of the Vestas wind turbine factory on the Isle of Wight enters day four on Friday 24 July 2009 in Newport, Isle of Wight. Vestas workers have been occupying the factory after management revealed plans to cut 600 jobs at the end of July. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.

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