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
Category Archives: 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
US PROStitutes Collective Welcomes Bill to Improve Sex Workers Health and Safety – SB 233
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The US PROStitutes Collective (US PROS) strongly supports SB 233 Improving Sex Worker Health and Safety which prohibits the arrest of sex workers when they come forward as a victim or a witness to report violent and serious crimes. We … 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
Some Mother’s Daughter: Fighting the criminalization of sex workers
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Some Mother’s Daugher: Fighting the criminalization of sex workers Event in SF discusses the connections between the “Grim Sleeper” serial murder case in LA and the lives of poor women, sex workers, and prisoners BY SANA SALEEM – Mar 23rd … Continue reading
Upcoming Oakland Film Premiere: Tales of the Grim Sleeper
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New Article: “When California Blames Victims” – East Bay Express
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When California Blames Victims – By Sam Levin Under a proposed state policy, women who face brutal acts of violence can be denied financial aid due to their involvement in sex work. For nearly fifty years, the California Victim Compensation … Continue reading
Powerpoint on Victim Compensation Victories
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A report on the victories so far in California’s Discriminatory Victim Compensation Program, presented to the Commission on the Status of Women during Women’s History Month (March, 2014).
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