Press Release: California enacts historic measure to prioritize safety for sex workers

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CALIFORNIA ENACTS HISTORIC MEASURE TO PRIORITIZE SAFETY FOR SEX WORKERS BASED ON SAN FRANCISCO’S FIRST-IN-THE-COUNTRY POLICIES AB 2243, inspired by San Francisco’s “Prioritizing Safety for Sex Worker” policies, amends the Evidence Code to protect a sex worker reporting a violent … Continue reading

Sex workers protest Amy Schumer for support of SESTA/FOSTA laws

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Monday June 04, 2018 San Francisco Examiner Francesca, far left, Rachel West, second from left, and Maxine Doogan, far right, protest comedian Amy Schumer’s set at Comedy Central’s Clusterfest on Saturday. (Laura Waxmann/S.F. Examiner) By Laura Waxmann on June 2, 2018 7:04 … Continue reading

Victory for Sex Workers’ Rights! Repressive Bill Defeated!

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We killed SB 1204! Sex workers and supporters mobilized forcefully and successfully against a bill in the California legislature Senate Bill SB 1204. The Bill would have expanded the definition of pandering and further criminalized sex workers and anyone associating … Continue reading

Bay Area, international support groups discuss sex workers’ rights in Oakland

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https://oaklandnorth.net/Thanta Laovilwanyakul(middle) talks about her experience as a sex worker at the “Public Meeting with Empower.” By Saemmool Lee Posted March 21, 2018 1:14 pm On Monday evening, Thanta Laovilwanyakul, a sex worker from Thailand, sat in front of a stage at … Continue reading