#february-2026 — Public Fediverse posts
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«Disclosure as an Unsafe Practice: A Qualitative Exploration of How Stigma and Discrimination Shape Healthcare Engagement and Receipt of Quality Care for Sex Workers in Victoria, Australia»
🗓️ 5th February 2026
🆔 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/sexes7010007
📄 PDF (open access): https://mdpi-res.com/d_attachment/sexes/sexes-07-00007/article_deploy/sexes-07-00007-with-cover.pdf> Based on a qualitative health needs assessment with 31 diverse sex workers and 17 key stakeholders (including two mental health practitioners) in Victoria, Australia, this article adds to the emerging literature on stigma, sex work, and mental health. It does so by focusing on one element that plays a key role in determining sex workers’ experience of mental health support: whether they would disclose their sex work to a practitioner, why so, and what happens as a result. Our study finds that experiences and fears of being stigmatised by health practitioners when disclosing may prevent some sex workers from seeking professional mental health support in the first place and lead others to silence it or obfuscate; thus, potentially complicating access to safe and affirming mental healthcare. The value and role of disclosure is analysed in context by acknowledging the agency and ability of sex workers to understand, or take action in response to, their own mental health needs. Peer-to-peer support and solidarity are identified as key to sex workers’ mental well-being. Criminal restrictions on sex work are found to negatively impact sex workers’ access to mental healthcare. The findings from this study support ongoing efforts aimed at the full decriminalisation of sex work in order to improve sex workers’ access to high-quality mental health support, should they seek it, as well as the implementation of sensitivity training for mainstream mental health providers and the creation of reliable and accessible referral lists of sex worker-friendly mental healthcare providers.
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🧵 ESWA Monthly March 2026 (9/10): Recommendations (1/2).
> An open access article on the impact of stigma and discrimination on the quality of care for Sex Workers in Victoria, Australia. This research explores sex workers´ experiences while disclosing sex work to mental health practitioners in Victoria, Australia.#Research #Article #SexWork #MentalHealth #Stigma #Outing #Australia #Victoria #February2026
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Wildfire activity in Florida intensified much earlier than usual due to prolonged dry conditions.
Read more in the February drought impacts summary: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a9a4932610f04a0a93ec8334fea566ae
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Drought conditions continued or worsened across much of the U.S. in February, with localized areas of improvement.
Read more in the February drought climate summary: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/425551fbc3b9434a91c368ef1b370c6c
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Park Hyatt Mendoza: An Elegant Gateway To Argentina’s Wine Country https://www.diningandcooking.com/2553010/park-hyatt-mendoza-an-elegant-gateway-to-argentinas-wine-country/ #Argentina #ArgentineWine #ArgentinianWine #destinations #February2026 #SusanLadroni #Wine #WinesFromArgentina #WinesOfArgentina
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via #AIFoundry : What’s new in Microsoft Foundry | February 2026
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#MicrosoftFoundry #WhatsNew #February2026 #Foundry #FoundryFebruary2026 #AI #AIModels #ClaudeOpus4_6 #ClaudeSonnet4_6 #GPTRealtime1_5 #GPTAudio1_5 #Grok4_0 #Grok4_1Fast #FLUX2Flex #Microso… -
🔬📕 «‘It’s Not Who You Know, It’s Who Knows You’: Understanding Outing and Doxxing as a Form of Violence Against Sex Workers» 🗓️ 1st #February2026 👤 Rosie Hodsdon 👤 Raven Bowen 👤 B [🧵(2/15) ESWA Monthly, Feb2026, research.] #SexWork #Research #Violences #NUM #Surveillance #Outing #Doxxing
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ESWA's February newsletter is published~ 💖 And today seems a particularly good day to note it. ^~ #ISWRD #ISWRD2026 👠 📰 Check it out at their website! 👈 Or look through the thread below~ (0/15) @[email protected] #ESWAMonthly #February2026 #SexWork #Europe #ESWA #Newsletter
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ESWA's February newsletter is published~ with a fair share of good news and interesting contents. 💖
Today seems a particularly good day to note it, as well~ 😉Check it out!
📰 https://www.eswalliance.org/eswa_february_2026_newsletter#SexWork #ESWAMonthly #February2026 #ESWA #Europe #Newsletter #ISWRD #ISWRD2026
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After the 81 days of January, #February went by very quickly!
It was a very nice month, despite the nearly constant rain 🙈Let's hope March is even better 🩵
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White House Governors Dinner Marked by Democratic Absence Amidst Guest List Disputes
Democratic governors boycotted the White House dinner on February 21, 2026, after two Democratic governors were excluded. See why and what happened next.
#GovernorsDinner, #WhiteHouse, #DemocraticBoycott, #PoliticalTension, #February2026
https://newsletter.tf/democratic-governors-boycott-white-house-dinner-2026/
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Many Democratic governors did not attend the White House dinner on February 21, 2026. This is different from past years when most governors went.
#GovernorsDinner, #WhiteHouse, #DemocraticBoycott, #PoliticalTension, #February2026
https://newsletter.tf/democratic-governors-boycott-white-house-dinner-2026/
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In the February 2026 edition of Dry Horizons:
➡️ Hawaii climate and drought report supports long-term planning
➡️ New study shares more detailed U.S. groundwater map
➡️ Sustainability index helps assess water usage for corporationsDry Horizons is a monthly roundup of drought research and news. Read more: https://mailchi.mp/unl.edu/dry-horizons-february-2026
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Windows 11 February 2026 preview patch is now live!
#Windows #Microsoft #TechNews #TechUpdates #MicrosoftWindows #Windows11 #February #February2026
https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2026/02/24/windows-11-february-2026-preview-patch-is-out/
