On November 4th, day of the US presidential election, another historic vote is taking place. The people of San Francisco will vote on Proposition K Decriminalizing sex work Prioritizing sex workers’ safety & rights. Vote YES on PROP K! 8 … Continue reading
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Prop K Could End Criminalization for Prostitutes
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On The Issues Magazine – Fall 2008 Rachel West On election day many hope for a transformation away from the politics of war, greed and repression. Many San Franciscans also hope for a transformation for sex workers and our … Continue reading
Yes on K is the Christian thing to do
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SF Bay Guardian Wed Oct 29, 2008 OPINION Why would a Christian minister support Proposition K, the November ballot initiative that would decriminalize prostitution in San Francisco? There are many reasons. Prop. K would allow sex workers to organize … Continue reading
Sex Work, Rights and Safety: Historic Town Hall Meeting Speak Out and Panel on Prop K
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Thursday, October 30, 7pm -9pm First Unitarian Universalist Church, 1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco Info: 415-626-4114 , sf@crossroadswomen.net http://www.YesonPropK.org, http://www.prostitutescollective.net For the last century, year after year, sex workers in SF have been hounded, arrested and jailed, evicted, raped and even … Continue reading
Press Conference re Grim Sleeper arrest
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Black Coalition in LA Fighting Back Serial Murders at Press Conference re Grim Sleeper arrest
Police Raked for Handling of Prostitute Murder Cases
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Los Angeles Times Wednesday, February 22, 1989 By BETTINA BOXALL, Times Staff Writer Several community activists Tuesday complained to the Police Commission that the Los Angeles Police Department is mishandling and covering up an investigation o[ what appear to be serial … Continue reading
Debating Whether It’s a Crime to Rest on San Francisco’s Sidewalks
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SAN FRANCISCO— Starchild, a self-described sex worker and a candidate forSan Franciscosupervisor, says there is absolutely no reason that his beloved city needs any more rules. “I think that with a lot of laws, half of it is leftover … Continue reading
Canadian sex workers win decriminalization
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The High Court in Ontario, Canada, yesterday abolished the laws banning street soliciting (communicating for the purposes of prostitution), working together from premises (bawdy house) and living off the avails of prostitution as they make sex workers more vulnerable to … Continue reading
Resolution Supporting Sex Workers’ Safety and Rights: for the Decriminalization of Prostitution
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Decriminalization makes it safer for sex workers Full text USSF Detroit 2010 Resolution Supporting Sex Workers’ Safety and Rights: for the Decriminalization of Prostitution US PROStitutes Collective P.O. Box 14512 San Francisco CA 94114 http://www.internationalprostitutescollective.net Contact: Rachel West 415-626-4114 uspros@prostitutescollective.net … Continue reading
City Critique of First Offender Prostitution Program Welcomed
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The US PROStitutes Collective (US PROS) and many others are glad to see the critical audit of the First Offender Prostitution Program (FOPP) just released by the city’s budget analyst. US PROS and other sex worker organizations worked with Supervisor … Continue reading
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