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
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100 Years of the Sex Workers’ Rights Movement
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Tenderloin Museum and the Center for Sex & Culture present: Wednesday January 25th, 2017 Doors: 5:30 pm Program: 6-8 pm Procession: 8-9 pm Presented by the Tenderloin Museum and the Center for Sex & Culture SAN FRANCISCO, CA (January 2017) … Continue reading
US PROS statement supporting the New Hampshire bill, NH HB 287
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We support the New Hampshire bill NH HB 287 to establish a committee to study the decriminalization of sex work. Such a study is urgently needed and could play a crucial role in understanding the impact of criminalizing sex work … Continue reading
D17 International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
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Why Decriminalization?
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Decriminalization would: 1. Increase safety. Police crackdowns break up safety networks. Raids, arrests and prosecutions make it harder for sex workers to collectively assert their rights to better working conditions. Street workers are forced into isolated areas and … Continue reading
SF Chronicle- Protest Against Raid on Backpage (click for more photos)
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Support Lawsuit to Decriminalize Prostitution in California
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A lawsuit led by Erotic Service Provider Legal, Education & Research Project (ESPLERP) calls for the removal of California Penal Code 647(b), which criminalizes soliciting or engaging in prostitution. This law is used for most prostitution-related arrests in California. The court case … Continue reading
Key Things to Know about LEAD for Sex Workers
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LEAD (Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion) for sex workers is NOT a voluntary, non-arrest, no jail program as proponents suggest. It is NOT an alternative to the criminal justice system. LEAD programs authorize police to refer sex workers to a … Continue reading
Petition: Support Decriminalization of Sex Work
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BACKGROUND ● The criminalization of sex work has a devastating impact on the lives of sex workers, overwhelmingly women, and their families. It increases vulnerability to violence, discrimination and exploitation, and stigmatization. Millions face arrest, imprisonment, deportation, being separated from … Continue reading
US PROS report from Desiree Alliance Conference 2016
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Rachel West from the sex worker’s organization US PROStitutes Collective (US PROS) and Alex Berliner from All of US or None (AOUON), an organization of formerly incarcerated people, recently participated in the Desiree Alliance Conference: The Sex Worker Rights Movement: … Continue reading
