Bay View – California repeals discriminatory loitering for prostitution law

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https://sfbayview.com/2022/07/california-repeals-discriminatory-loitering-for-prostitution-law/ July 26, 2022 by Rachel West, US PROStitutes Collective There is a wave of change in the US on the rights of sex workers and it is growing. A slew of laws challenging the criminalization of sex work are … Continue reading

OVER 200 MISSING AND MURDERED BLACK WOMEN IN SOUTH LOS ANGELES AND “MISSING WHITE WOMEN SYNDROME”: PRESS RELEASE

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DATE: Thursday, September 23, 2021FROM: The Black Coalition Fighting Back Serial Murders and the Reclaiming Our Sisters Everywhere (ROSE) Project.CONTACT: Margaret Prescod 323-646-1269 mp@allwomencount.net; Nana Gyamfi 323-947-9722 attorneygyamfi@gmail.com As it stands today, thirty-two Black women whose photos were found in … Continue reading

Know Your Rights To: Protection Justice, Compensation for Sex Workers & Formerly Incarcerated People – Campaign & Booklet

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On July 14th 2021 US PROStitutes Collective launched a new Know Your Rights campaign and booklet for sex workers and formerly incarcerated people. The booklet focuses on hard won laws and policies that have to do with protection, justice and … Continue reading

Media: “Sex workers are human too. They deserve protections for reporting violence.”

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Lauren Crosby Medlicott , Opinion Contributor, Business Insider Feb 14, 2021, 5:03 AM Sex workers are scared to report violence for fear of criminalization for prostitution.  Between 45% and 75% of sex workers globally have experienced violence at work. Until decriminalization of sex … Continue reading

Testimony from US PROS in Support of the DC Community Safety and Health Amendment Act of 2019

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                   Hearing of the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety, October 17, 2019 The US PROStitutes Collective (US PROS) is in strong support of the Community Safety and Health Amendment Act … Continue reading

D17: Stand with sex workers demanding that Mission Police stop arrests and prioritize safety!

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International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers Stand with sex workers demanding that Mission Police stop arrests and prioritize safety! Noon on December 17, 2018 Mission Police Station 630 Valencia Street, SF More women, particularly mothers, are being driven … Continue reading

Victory: Amnesty from arrest for sex workers reporting crime

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January 11, 2018,  ***PRESS RELEASE*** San Francisco announces first in-the-country policies to support sex workers who are victims or witnesses to violence in reporting to law enforcement. “Prioritizing Safety for Sex Worker” policies would protect a sex worker reporting a violent … Continue reading

Bay Area Int’l Day to End Violence against Sex Workers

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December 17, 2017   Center for Sex & Culture   1349 Mission St.  {bet. 9th & 10th Sts.}   Film show, discussion & potluck,  2-4 pm     “Les Prostitutées de Lyon Parlent – The Prostitutes of Lyon Speak ” by Carole Roussopoulos … Continue reading