Protect workers’ safety! Stop the closure of massage parlors! Stop targeting immigrant sex workers! Under the pretence of stopping sex trafficking, Supervisor Carmen Chu and Mayor Newsom want to impose criminal charges and exorbitant fines on massage parlors despite workers’ … Continue reading
The massage parlor mistake
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SF Bay Guardian Fearing arrest and/or deportation will mean fewer women will report rape or other violence and exploitation when they occur BY RACHEL WEST Tuesday June 30, 2009 OPINION Taking advantage of the recent turmoil over the huge city budget … Continue reading
A dancer speaks
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I had worked in Las Palmas club for some years and then in Club 907 two weeks before it got raided. We all lost our jobs when the club got busted and it was closed down, it was devastating and … Continue reading
Prostitutes – And, All Women – Deserve Protection From Violence, Open Forum
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JACK BOKIN IS BEHIND bars, sentenced to 231 years to life in prison for his murderous attacks on prostitute women. We still need to know why so many women had to be hurt before this known predator was brought … Continue reading
Young Mother Criminalized for Trying to Make Ends Meet
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Action Alert…. US PROStitutes Collective….Action Alert End Criminalization of Women for Trying to Make Ends Meet. In August 2008, Ms G, a 21-year-old Black mother of two appeared at Alameda County Superior Court on three prostitution charges, including violation … Continue reading
Criminalizing sex workers makes them more vulnerable to violence, SF Bay View
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Evidence shows that criminalization makes sex workers more vulnerable to violence. Prostitute women facing rape, sexual assault and murder are afraid to report for fear of arrest – especially if they have outstanding warrants – or deportation. In one case, … Continue reading
“Stand-In” against ¨Sit/Lie”
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“Stand-In” for Safety and against of Sex Workers, Homeless, Youth, Immigrants and other low-income people in SF When: Thursday, May 20, 12 noon Where: Corner of Polk and Sutter in San Francisco Chief of Police Gascón and Mayor Newsom are … Continue reading
Stand-In Against the Arrest of Sex Workers and Sit/Lie
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US PROStitutes Collective P.O. Box 14512, San Francisco, CA 94114 URGENT STOP PRESS…URGENT STOP PRESS…URGENT STOP PRESS… When: 12 Noon, Thursday, May 20 Where: Corner of Polk and Sutter Streets in San Francisco Contact: Rachel West, US PROS (415) 640-4250 … 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
US Social Forum workshop – Rape, Prostitution, Trafficking – the Issue is Consent
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US Social Forum Workshop Rape, Prostitution, Trafficking – The Issue is Consent How a growing international movement is demanding decriminalization of sex work, prioritizing resources, and protection. How anti-trafficking and law enforcement undermine women’s safety and rights and target immigrant sex … Continue reading
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