Did you know prostitution convictions cannot be expunged in Pennsylvania? At a time when most all other non-violent crimes are being erased from public record, prostitutes are forced into LEAD, Rescue Diversion, must accept a permanent sex crime conviction on their record. SBB connects with PHILLY CAM!
The ESPLER Project Summer Happenings
Status of ESPLERP v Gascon: ORAL ARGUMENTS scheduled for OCTOBER in CALI FEDERAL COURT We would not be this far along without you! Date TBD. Administration:We are registered with the California State Attorney General’s Charitable Registry. Ironic, I know! Folsom Street:We are honored to be selected as a supporting beneficiary by Folsom Street Events for 2017. We … Continue reading The ESPLER Project Summer Happenings
NJRUA: Revisiting A Discussion On Parenting & Prostitution
Stigma and social marginalization of sex workers will continue to give systems of power justification to use other laws to further harass and take advantage of a disenfranchised community. Discrimination in all its forms must be addressed for the full empowerment of the community.
Meet Larry Krasner: Civil Rights Attorney, Death Penalty Opponent & Democratic Philly DA Candidate | Democracy Now!
Will a defense attorney with a long record of standing up to prosecutors and police soon head one of the nation’s busiest district attorney offices? Amy Goodman Interviews Larry Krasner on Democracy NOW!
In Defense of Prostitute Women’s Safety Project
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
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