Action Alert! Action Alert! Action Alert!Stop legislation that negatively impacts sex workers in Oakland. Going after clients violates rights & increases discrimination vs sex workers On July 19 legislation was introduced by Oakland City Council Member Abel Guillen to arrest … Continue reading
Category Archives: Criminalization of Poverty
“Welfare Reform” Is Pushing Women Into Unwaged Work — It’s Time to Change That
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Direct link to article: https://truthout.org/articles/welfare-reform-is-pushing-women-into-unwaged-work-it-s-time-to-change-that/ BY Sarah Jaffe, TruthoutPUBLISHED June 29, 2017 I spoke with several supporters of the Act at the People’s Summit in Chicago recently, starting with Reverend Annie Chambers from Baltimore, Maryland. Next, I spoke with Rachel West … Continue reading
San Francisco Sex Workers Battle For Rights, Legitimacy
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July 6, 2017 6:00 AM CBS SF Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — “Did you f*** her first or did you pay her first?” a man nonchalantly asked his friend outside a cluster of massage parlors on Kearny Street in … Continue reading
Action Alert! Seventy year old woman facing trial for brothel keeping
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Please see Action Alert issued by the English Collective of Prostitutes, sister organization of US PROS, and share it with your networks on social media and contacts. Also see sample letter below that you can adapt and send in to … Continue reading
Is Feminism Failing Sex Workers? (article) — IAI News
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> From our sisters in the English Collective of Prostitutes June 5, 2017 Why moral objections to sex work are hypocritical. Niki Adams | Spokeswoman, English Collective of Prostitutes, Adams campaigns for the decriminalisation of sex work and … Continue reading
US PROS film show at Sex Worker Film & Arts Festival: Saturday, May 27th, Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, 4:00 – 5:30 PM
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US PROS flyer sex worker film festival Les Prostitutées de Lyon Parlent – The Prostitutes of Lyon Speak by Carole Roussopoulos On 3 June 1975, 150 prostitute women occupied the church of St. Nizier, one of the main churches in the centre of Lyon, … Continue reading
Report: International Day to End Violence against Sex Workers-Oakland
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Posted by thenationreport SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA – The 14th Annual International Day to End Violence Against Sex workers was organized by the US PROStitutes Collective (US PROS), a network of former or current workers and their supporters in all areas … Continue reading
Some Mother’s Daughter – No to Poverty, Violence and Criminalization
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A Women’s History Month event: Saturday March 19, 2pm Redstone Building, Rm 302, 2940 16th St. SF (near 16th/Mission BART) Over 200 women missing in LA! 100 believed to be victims of serial murderers. Participate in a Day of Solidarity with … Continue reading
Support New Hampshire Bill to decriminalize prostitution! Vote is tomorrow! Feb 17th
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Action Alert from the US PROStitutes Collective URGENT: The vote on the New Hampshire Bill HB1614 to decriminalize prostitution was postponed last week and will be voted on tomorrow February 17! Legislators are hearing from people in NH opposed to … Continue reading
Oakland City Council Takes Stand Against Sex Workers
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East Bay Express November 14, 2015, By Sam Levin @SamTLevin; In the spring of 2011, an officer with the Marin County Sheriff’s Office contacted a female escort via an adult erotic website to arrange a session. “Do you have time for me … Continue reading