Police say approximately 100 illicit massage businesses operate throughout Philadelphia. “I’ve been a cop for 30 years and I had no clue,” said Philadelphia Police Lieutenant Gary Ferguson. “No idea that human trafficking and prostitution was this big a problem in Philadelphia.”
2018 Women’s March Rhode Island Includes Sex Workers
2018Women March Rhode Island Includes Sex Workers. COYOTE had a 60 people sign up for our email list, and over 100 people stopped at our table. Bella shared that, "We had strippers from Westerly, and we had students from 3 universities and several communities members asking how they can volunteer with Coyote RI. Most importantly we got to educate our community and explain how Uncle Sam is the biggest pimp in the USA."
The International Union of Sex Workers’ statement on the Centre For Women’s Justice challenge to convictions for street sex work
We seek to remove the barriers to leaving the sex industry imposed by criminal law. Women selling sex onstreet may be arrested for loitering or soliciting[iii]; indoors, any way of working with or for another person creates a risk of prosecution[iv]. Clients are entirely criminalised onstreet and extensively indoors[v]. This means that almost anyone who encounters victims of trafficking in the sex industry has reason to fear arrest if they contact the authorities to report concerns. This complex and confusing mess of legislation endangers everyone in the sex industry. Only complete decriminalisation offers the wholesale reform necessary to create a legal framework that offers us the same human rights accorded to others.[vi]
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Ladies Like: Pa Rep. Mike O’Brien On Women’s Rights
History has certainly shown that women are capable of achieving great things. But, it’s much harder to do when stymied by an establishment that ignores or perpetuates the discrimination and stereotyping that still occurs every day.
Update on NH HB 287
NH HB 287 Yea 177 NaY 135 Congratulations Senator Edwards and everyone who contributed testimony to the Committee.
E v G: Sex Work & Family Values
The husband of an ESPLER Project board member and acclaimed Dominatrix explains in a shared post from Facebook why he supports ESPLERP v Gascon (E v G). The ESPLER Project is a 501 C 3 non profit charity attempting to establish sexual privacy rights, and decriminalize consensual sex work.
As the founder and executive director of the Rhode Island Chapter of Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics (COYOTE RI), Bella looks to build and strengthen support networks for sex workers in Rhode Island and she works in close collaboration with activists nationwide. Bella's personal experiences with the criminal justice system over the past four decades give her unparalleled expertise in the areas of sex trafficking and sex worker rights. Sunday, February 4, 2018 at 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM 1220 Kingstown Rd Peace Dale, Rhode Island 02897 https://www.facebook.com/events/165195230759840/?active_tab=about
REASON Hit & Run Year in Review
The Best Sex Work Writing of 2017: Elizabeth Nolan Brown covered the issues with such clarity that this year a re/post instead my personalized Year in Review (YIR) seems most effective. Let's Step To It! - M. [Hit and Run] rounded up the year's best writing, reporting, and research on erotic industries, those who work in them, and how they're getting screwed by U.S. authorities and laws. Elizabeth Nolan Brown Dec. 31, 2017
Re/Visiting The Invisible John Interview About Jane
The Invisible John Interview About Jane ORIGINAL POST ON SWOP PHL SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 Journalists ask the darndest questions then don’t publish the answers sex workers give them or purposely don’t share all viewpoints if the views don’t fit in with the desired angle of an expose. So – we’ve decided to publish an unpublished and unquoted requested dialog by a journalist who interviewed SWOP Philly’s M. Dante.
Prostitution & The Larksville Pennsylvania Police
Why should Larksville PA cops bother with investigations and due process when they can rely on anonymous tips and social shaming?
Sunday December 17th
“Its time to change the social perception that she wasn’t a person, she was a “prostitute”. No one wants to feel a sense of community or sameness with her. She was something other than us and therefore we don’t need to feel fear or grief at the fact or the manner of her death.”
Death In Queens Raid Leads To D/17 at 109th Police Precinct
Unidentified women, (now known as SONG) 36 years old, falls from her death from a 3rd story building during prostitution raid, Nov 27th, 2017 in Flushing NY http://queenstribune.com/woman-falls-death-flushing-raid/ Freaking sad as hell that this woman died because the cops were doing a prostitution raid: https://www.facebook.com/events/1950197371901135/permalink/1950641071856765/?notif_t=event_mall_reply¬if_id=1511894726094505 The Facebook Shares: The NYPD has murdered one of our community members. On Sunday, … Continue reading Death In Queens Raid Leads To D/17 at 109th Police Precinct
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