David Block has numerous articles published on disability, and also the dangers sex workers face. He is a Temple University graduate.
USPROS: CoVid 19
The Coronavirus is a Disaster for Sex Workers – April 24, 2020 PRESS RELEASE The Coronavirus is a Disaster for Sex Workers – We Need Resources! Contact: US PROStitutes Collective uspros@prostitutescollective.net Thousands of families in the US rely on the income from sex work to survive and have been thrown into a crisis by the coronavirus.
HIPS DC Outreach
The entire HIPS team has been working around the clock to roll out new ways to keep our essential, life saving services going.
The movement to decriminalize sex work, explained by Anna North
Sex workers have been fighting for decriminalization for generations. Now politicians are starting to listen. Anna North John Locher/AP
Wayne Rooney prostitute Helen Wood says ‘the only men that have been nice to me have been the ones that were paying’
Helen told MEN: "The only men that have been nice to me are the ones that were paying me. “I would say one of the top five questions I am asked is do you regret being an escort. Well no - I have some great memories. Could I say that about my family or those who I have called my boyfriend? No. That speaks volumes. “I’m not saying that I didn’t have options and I’d be lying if I said I chose the easy way out. Some days I was repulsed by it. “But when you can pick your child up from school and pay your bills on time and be comfortable, it felt like the right thing to do at the time.”
Poetry: Radio Waves Antimony by Fred Hatt
For Mind to know the Real, it must enter a body. Therein it will revel in pleasure, and strive, and suffer, and die. Here you are, piloting a doomed craft on a river of glory
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Meet The Face Behind PA Workers Survivors
Updated 7/8/2019 HELLO! Thank you for your interest in my discussions on survival sex, sex work and sex trafficking. This post contains strong content not appropriate for all environments.
California Passes SB233
Sex Workers Applaud Vote By California Assembly For Passing SB233: SB 233 prohibits the arrest for prostitution of people who witness or are a victim of specified violent and serious crimes, and prohibits the use of condoms as evidence of sex work.
Poetry: We, Made of Bone by Mahtem Shiferraw
"We, Made of Bone" by Mahtem Shiferraw
NEW: Pennsylvania Project
Torturing Sex Workers, with Melanie Dante: Ken’s guest is Melanie Dante discussing various issues surrounding the sex trades, badly needed decriminalization, and holes in the law that create “viminals”, i.e., making criminals out of victims of sexual abuse.
Poetry: Transportation By Janet Fishman
Transportation Poetry by Janet Fishman, Painting by Philip Zuchman, Image Collage by Ms. Dante, Image of Ms. Dante also by Janet Fishman, at a Salon arranged by Deb Zuchman Philadelphia April 14th 2019
The War On Whores
Author and Whore, Maggie will be joined by Triple-X Secretary Kerry Porth and New Democratic Party candidate Sven Robinson will host a panel discussion following the film. The War on the Whores is a feature-length documentary that exposes the harms and waste of America’s escalating crackdown on sex work which masquerades as fighting sex trafficking and rescuing vulnerable women and girls caught up in sexual exploitation.
PA Women: Extreme Differences Of Opinion
One op editorial. Two totally different opinions. Posted below: Project SAFE's Aisha Mohammed's January op ed in Philly dot com, and Villa Nova's Legal Fellow Shea Rhodes discussing the op ed from an abolitionist perspective. Compare / Contrast. For those of us defined as youth survivors and adult sex workers we are caught between these radical extremes. As the PA motto goes its seems that No: both can’t survive!
Feature: Sex Workers Are Human Resources
JAN 10 • Thank you so much for your fair and balanced coverage of the 15th Annual IDTEVASW. Since 2012 SWOP and SAFE have strived to stand up and speak out in Philly on issues specific to stigma and gratuitous violence against sex workers. Folks are always amazed at how hard and painful this event is to do, yet in the end how truly blessed we are to be able to come together to do it. Many households in most areas of Greater Philadelphia, if not all of PA, are touched somehow by this issue. Talking about sex work and prostitution is hard. Living in shame and silence is harder. D/17 is not fun, though it is full of love. Truly. We are here because we have been there, and we care. Our voice is their voice. Thank you for covering the memorial. Words cannot even express the gratitude I feel right now. Philly is proving we got LOVE!
Poetry: Kerosene by Sarah Doughty
(C) Sarah Doughty Kerosene “I didn’t know who I would be. But I think I know now. I was meant to survive.”
Sex Worker Site CityXGuide Takedown Sparks Calls For Decriminalization | Observer
The FBI seizure of CityXGuide, a popular ad site for sex workers, has intensified a battle over sex work decriminalization and policing. — Read on observer.com/2020/07/sex-worker-site-cityxguide-take-down-protests/
Vulnerable LGBTQ+ Sex Workers Targeted Again by Politicians
The EARN IT Act, which the Senate could advance tomorrow, is dangerous. — Read on http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/7/01/vulnerable-lgbtq-sex-workers-targeted-again-politicians Jared Trujillo is president of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys.
COYOTE RI: An open letter to Senator Whitehouse on upcoming EARN IT Act vote – Uprise RI
COYOTE RI: An open letter to Senator Whitehouse on upcoming EARN IT Act vote – Uprise RI — Read on upriseri.com/2020-06-30-coyote-ri/ COYOTE RI: An open letter to Senator Whitehouse on upcoming EARN IT Act vote By COYOTE RI June 30, 2020 “Your office was not willing to review any of the evidence based research regarding … Continue reading COYOTE RI: An open letter to Senator Whitehouse on upcoming EARN IT Act vote – Uprise RI
Billy PENN: Teen coronavirus cases rise; Protests boost Black biz; Safety worries Uber drivers and sex workers
Teen coronavirus cases rise; Protests boost Black biz; Safety worries Uber drivers — Read on mailchi.mp/billypenn/teen-coronavirus-protests-boost-black-biz-uber-safety
Pride Screening of No Human Involved (with Q and A) Tickets, Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 5:00 PM | Eventbrite
Eventbrite - PJ Starr presents Pride Screening of No Human Involved (with Q and A) - Sunday, June 28, 2020 - Find event and ticket information. — Read on http://www.eventbrite.com/e/pride-screening-of-no-human-involved-with-q-and-a-tickets-109907811222 More about the film: In 2009 after she was sentenced to more than two years of imprisonment for solicitation of prostitution, Marcia Powell was locked … Continue reading Pride Screening of No Human Involved (with Q and A) Tickets, Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 5:00 PM | Eventbrite
Fundraiser by Raani Begum : Philadelphia Sex Worker Relief Fund
You can follow us on: Twitter, Instagram & Facebook For more, our Website … Raani Begum needs your support for Philadelphia Sex Worker Relief Fund — Read on http://www.gofundme.com/f/m4q8nw
The fight to decriminalise sex work | openDemocracy
COVID-19 threatens both the lives and livelihoods of sex workers yet governments look the other way. A new publication seeks to help sex workers get their attention. — Read on http://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/fight-decriminalise-sex-work/ COVID's many threats to sex workers Last January we released an expert discussion online about how to effectively argue for the decriminalisation of sex … Continue reading The fight to decriminalise sex work | openDemocracy
Police mistreatment of sex workers by Sarah Smit
The relationship between sex workers and the South African Police Service has always been strained, with both male and female workers levelling allegations of discrimination and harassment against law enforcers. But sex workers say intensified policing during the nationwide lockdown has made matters far worse. As violence erupted in the United States over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, news broke of the death of a sex worker in police custody in Mowbray, Cape Town. - Sarah Smit
International Whores Day (IWD)
International Whores' Day or International Sex Workers Day is observed annually on June 2 of each year, honours sex workers and recognises their often exploited working conditions. The event commemorates the occupation of Église Saint-Nizier in Lyon by more than a hundred sex workers on June 2, 1975 to draw attention to their inhumane working conditions.[1] It has been celebrated annually since 1976. In German, it is known as Hurentag (Whore's Day). In Spanish-speaking countries, it is the Día Internacional de la Trabajadora Sexual, the International Day of the Sex Worker.
