“Leave safety behind. Put your body on the line. Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind--even if your voice shakes. When you least expect it, someone may actually listen to what you have to say..." M. Kuhn
6th Annual Red Umbrella Gala at Pleasure Chest NYC
Red Umbrella Gala NYC March 25th: Debuting performances about firsthand experiences in the sex trade, crafted over the course of our first writing workshop!Tickets available on Event Brite.
ESPLERP v. Gascon: The Legal Challenge
"[ESPLERP v Gascon] is about LIBERTY. It is about the right to be let alone, about controlling one's own destiny, and about limiting the role of the state in certain spheres of our lives."
Hawaii Update: FSC Urges Support of HB 1533/133
Hawaii HB 1533: Repeals Penalties for Prostitution and Related Offenses; Consensual Adult Prostitution; Motion to Vacate the Conviction of Prostitution Offenses
Crossroads Benefit Concert for Int’l Women’s Day at Underground Arts
On International Women's Day the Global Women's Strike held a benefit concert at Underground Arts for the new Crossroads Women's Center in Germantown. Civil Rights attorney Larry Krasner spoke on why he is running for Philly DA.
Rolling Stone: NJ “may have” a serial killer
Khalil Wheeler-Weaver, 20, is under investigation for the slaying of a teenage Philadelphia hooker whose burned body was left inside an abandoned building in Orange, N.J.
We Remember: Anonymous. A Teenage Philadelphia “Hooker”
"Crying Liberty" copyright: Deborah Gross- Zuchman PHL http://www.deborahzuchman.com
Aussie SWOP Addresses Rural Disparities
Unlike in America, Sex Workers Outreach Project Australia is a non-profit organisation with bi-partisan support and funded by the NSW Ministry of Health for 25 years. (Photo of Cameron Cox by Dan Himbrechts.)
Pa Police Duty Includes Prostitute
On-duty Pennsylvania cop covered up meeting prostitute. Charges are misdemeanors and he will be summoned to court, rather than arrested. The prostitution count for the female sex worker is punishable by up to a year in prison.
OOR RTK Sunshine On Criminal Sex Act Involving On-Duty Pa Police Chief
Pa police chief faces misdemeanor charges for patronizing prostitutes, tampering with and fabricating evidence, obstruction of administration of the law or other governmental functions and official oppression. The prostitution count for the female sex worker is punishable by up to a year in prison; the other charges each carry up to two years in prison. WTF?! Seriously?
International Sex Worker Rights Day
Think Pa is pure from police corruption involving prostitution? Western Pa police chief faces - WTF - misdemeanor charges for patronizing prostitutes, tampering with and fabricating evidence, obstruction of administration of the law or other governmental functions and official oppression. The prostitution count for the female sex worker is punishable by up to a year in prison; the other charges each carry up to two years in prison.
HIPS DC Crowdrise
Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive! Reducing Harm In The Capital: GET HIP to HELP those in the DC Sex Trade! How does HIPS help? HIV and HEP C testing, care coordination and navigation, PREP, SNS, CRCS, Housing Navigation, syringe access and disposal, safer sex materials, harm reduction, care coordination, linkage to care, treatment adherence , 24-hour hotline, drop in … Continue reading HIPS DC Crowdrise
U.N. Recommendation #86
The State Department affirmed U.N. Recommendation #86, stating: “We agree that no one should face violence or discrimination in access to public services based on sexual orientation or their status as a person in prostitution.” UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW of HUMAN RIGHTS 2010 http://www.decriminalizesexwork.com/
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