The US PROStitutes Collective and In Defense of Prostitute Women’s Safety Project present a film program at the Saturday, May 27th, Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, 4:00 – 5:30 PM Les Prostitutées de Lyon Parlent – The Prostitutes of Lyon Speak by Carole Roussopoulos Description: On 3 June 1975, 150 prostitute women occupied … Continue reading In Defense of Prostitute Women’s Safety Project
Update: “Community Conversations”
I am sad to share our effort to secure to the Archie Green Fellowship at the American Folk Center at Library of Congress failed - not out of a lack of interest - but rather concern over the merit of utilizing tax payer dollars to document the work experiences of criminalized prostitutes. I apologize for the shared disappointment. M. Dante Pa
🚨 Re/Entry Fundraiser: Amber Batts
AK Fundraiser: Help A Sex Worker With The Cost Of Re/Entry
Dr. Zhana: Sex Workers Mental Health
No published U.S.-based research looks at different mental health profiles across different types of sex workers. But this 2010 Swiss study offers a rare glimpse. In Switzerland, sex work is not illegal, and in 2005 in Zurich, there were about 4,000 legally registered female sex workers. For this study, researchers recruited 193 of them, contacted through a variety of locations (outdoors, studios, bars, cabarets, parlors, brothels and escort services), and interviewed them at length about their mental health and experiences with sex work
Even Your Healthy Blood Is Not Welcome When You Are A Whore
The BLOOD DONATION BAN originally installed to prevent HIV, Hepatitis or Syphilis contamination, the vernacular is still intact, though usually considered relative only to “men who have had sex with men” (MSM). However, there is also selective prohibition with respect to anyone who has sex in exchange for money, drugs or other barter since 1977. This is to filter out intravenous drug users, and other high risk candidates who potentially carry communicable disease. Is that you?
UPenn Discussion On Prostitution
Thank you Global Women's Strike and ESPU for endorsing Larry Krasner for Philadelphia District Attorney.
Global Women’s Strike Endorse Krasner for Philadelphia District Attorney
Krasner for DA Endorsement Issued by Global Women's Strike and Women of Color GWS, with Payday men's network, Erotic Services Providers Union (ESPU), and mothers of prisoners & human rights campaigners.
Update on AK HB 112 / SB 73: Cops On Sexual Contact During Investigations
The Anchorage Police Department is fighting a pair of state bills that would criminalize cops who have “sexual contact” with people under investigation. The reason for the opposition, according to Deputy Chief Sean Case, is that there are “very, very limited” situations in which cops need to cross that boundary — specifically, when it comes to undercover investigations of sex workers. Article by Tracy Clark Flory for Vocative; supporting statistics from ISWFACE LA.
Who Can Sue Whom in Pa Civil Causes of Action Related to Human and Sex Trafficking
Victim’s Consent Not Defense Under PA Human Trafficking Statute 4th Article by Ian S. Abovitz Stark & Stark Wednesday, April 26, 2017 This is the fourth in a series of posts summarizing the civil causes of action available under the PA Human Trafficking Statute. Thus far, I have addressed who can sue under the statute … Continue reading Who Can Sue Whom in Pa Civil Causes of Action Related to Human and Sex Trafficking
ESPU Endorses Krasner for DA
"Erotic Service Providers Union (ESPU) Endorses Krasner for District Attorney As We Fight Towards Gaining Support Against Poverty, Violence and Punitive Abuses."
May 16 Vote: Krasner 4 DA
Krasner on Sex Work: Enforcement against sex workers has only exposed them to murder, assault including sexual assault, victimization and disease.
UPENN Participates In Shared Research Published on Trafficking and Youth Homelessness; though still excludes local survivors
New Research Concludes: Key to ending trafficking of young people is to eradicate youth homelessness first. For decades, one set of activists and legislators have fought to end human trafficking, while a different set have worked tirelessly to try to end homelessness. Activists and legislators have rarely teamed up to fight the two issues simultaneously. The study - released April 2017 - is shared by Covenant House, Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research at the University of Pennsylvania, and Loyola University Modern Slavery Research Project in New Orleans. Bloggers note: UPENN has not been supportive of inclusion over my last three years of communication efforts.
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