Category Archives: Rape, Violence & Serial Murders
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
Sex Worker Rights & Sex Trafficking Laws – Fighting for Justice, Ending Poverty, Racism and Criminalization
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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
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
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
Photos: US PROS at Rally, International Women’s Strike (IWS) Oakland & Our Sex Worker Contingent
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US PROS took part in the IWS in Oakland with women in 50 other countries participating. We spoke at the main rally (see video link) at Oscar Grant Plaza, which was packed with thousands of people, and our statement was … Continue reading
