Sabbatical Announcement
It's been nearly twenty-one years since I first landed in Thailand to begin what has become a quite adventurous career in cross-cultural medical service. I’ve recently been evaluating my work, Relentless, and the changing scope of counter-trafficking activity....
Health Care for Transgender in the Sex Trade
In this episode I briefly describe the health aspects of transgender people in the sex trade and the unique challenges they face. To get in touch with me please leave a comment here: https://gorelentless.org/contact/ Society for Evidence Based Gender Medicine...
Human Trafficking for Organ Removal
In this episode Dr. Trevor Stammers and I discuss Human Trafficking for Organ Removal (HTOR), why it is such an unrecognized problem in the counter-trafficking sector, what transplant tourism has to do with it, and why allowing people to legally sell their organs...
June 2021 CheckPoint Newsletter
Dear Friends, I hope that this finds you safe and sound and surrounded by people you love. This year has definitely presented some interesting and challenging times, but hopefully some joyful and peaceful times as well. Here is a brief summary of what Relentless has...
Patient Advocacy – Wisdom From the Field
This conversation about patient advocacy with two brilliant people doing fantastic work helping women exit prostitution in Germany. We discuss the challenges and barriers these women face in accessing health care and how they meet the needs of the individuals. We talk...
State Sponsored Slavery
In this episode I discuss state-sponsored slavery, particularly the forms that are being perpetrated in China and North Korea. I also discuss other other questionable practices that can be found in other countries. To get in touch with me please leave a comment here:...
Working with Transgender Women in Paris
This webinar travels to Paris where we meet Joni and discuss her work with transwomen in prostitution in Paris. We will discuss the sex trafficking and prostitution situation there as well as the uniqueness of working with transwomen who are in that sector. Joni has...
Queer Theory and Counter-Human Trafficking Work
This podcast is a discussion of a journal article that applies Queer Theory to counter-human trafficking work and a subsequent webinar featuring the article and one of the authors. Queer Theory is a branch of Critical Social Justice and I explain some of the basic...
Human Trafficking in Houston
Jennifer is a physician assistant who lives in Houston, TX and is active in working against sex trafficking there. We discuss the prostitution and trafficking situation there as well as how she integrates her health profession and her counter-trafficking work. This is...