The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Cecilia's act 2 for rights in the sex trades. AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to decriminalizing sx work; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating to prostitution; to amend the criminal procedure law and civil practice law and rules, in relation to eliminating prior criminal records and making other related changes; and to repeal certain provisions of the criminal procedure law relating to the prosecution of prostitution offenses.
2025 Feature: Old Pros in Iceland
Old Pros is co-producing a one-day conference, Sex Worker Stories and Public Policy, to educate the Icelandic public about why decriminalization is the only policy that reduces violence.The conference will take place at The Nordic House, a prestigious cultural center in Reykjavik, Iceland on Saturday, November 1, 2025 from 11–8pm UTC and will be free and open to the public. Sex Worker … Continue reading 2025 Feature: Old Pros in Iceland
2025 Pittsburgh PA Decriminalizes Sx Work
An ordinance decriminalizing sex work is headed to Pittsburgh City Council | Social Justice | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper For Safer Sex Work has discussed this ordinance with the police and district attorney’s office, Nightingale said, and plans to do more outreach to educate law enforcement about the change to the minimum penalty should the ordinance pass. https://www.pghcitypaper.com/author/jordana-rosenfeld
2025 Live in Boston, Massachusetts
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2025 ESPLER Project Policy Agenda
Explore @esplerp Policy Agenda 2025 to discover a comprehensive roadmap for legislative changes that champion the rights and safety of sex workers
2025 When Sex Work Is Treated Like Sex Trafficking | Cato Institute
Elizabeth Nolan Brown of Reason details the implications of Commonwealth v. Garafalo, a case in Massachusetts that may ultimately define all sex work as sex trafficking.
2024-2025 Belgian labor law for sex workers
UTSOPI is the Belgian union of sex workers organized for independence. The independence of our bodies, our choices and our lives.
2025 02/27 5 PM Pacific: Resisting Displacement!
The ESPLER Project, The Sidewalk Project, UCLA
2024 Dec 17th: 21st Annual Int’l Day To End Violence Against S3X Workers (IDTEVASW)
Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers was first recognized in 2003 as a memorial and vigil for the victims of the Green River Killer in Seattle Washington. Since 2003, Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers has empowered people from cities around the world to come together and organize against discrimination and remember victims of violence. During the week of December 17th, sex worker communities and social justice organizations stage actions and vigils and work to raise awareness about violence that is commonly committed against sex workers
Oct 19, 2024 From The Daily: ‘The Interview’: Mia Khalifa’s Messy World of Money, Sex and Activism.
Over the last decade or so, Mia Khalifa has been forced to try to find some answers. In 2014, when Khalifa, who was born in Lebanon and raised Catholic in the DC area, was 21 years old, she made a decision that changed the rest of her life. Khalifa was working in the adult film industry and performed in an explicit scene while wearing a hijab. The video went viral and the response was harsh. She even got death threats, including a Photoshopped image of her being beheaded by the Islamic State. The vitriol was part of what led Khalifa to leave the adult film industry and try to go back to anonymity. She couldn’t. From The Daily: 'The Interview': Mia Khalifa’s Messy World of Money, Sex and Activism, Oct 19, 2024
2024 Support Decrim NY
Violence against s3x workers has been increasing in Jackson Heights, Queens.
Read the press release Decrim NY issued yesterday to get the facts about decriminalization: bit.ly/decrimnyoct24
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