Oppose the Sex Trade Survivors Justice & Equality Act!
Statement on prohibitionist Nordic Model Legislation in New York: Oppose the harmful "Sex Trade Survivors Justice and Equality Act"
Dismantle Vice in NYC
Dismantling Vice in NYC: a human rights cause even police can get behind
Brooklyn DA Dismisses Hundreds of Prostitution Arrests
Spectrum News NY1
“The criminalization of sex work is what makes it dangerous." said Mariah Grant, director of research, organizing and advocacy for the Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center. "It makes it so that people can’t operate freely, that they can’t go to the police and feel comfortable expressing that they’ve seen abuse happening or experienced it themselves because they’d be fearful of arrest."Opposing Repeal of 230: Communications Decency Act
We signed on to this letter on January 27, 2021 to the Biden/Harris Administration and the 117th Congress: In the wake of this latest act of white supremacist violence directed at the U.S. Capitol, it’s more urgent than ever that lawmakers take steps to address systemic racism and injustice, and to hold Big Tech companies accountable for their role in undermining democracy and amplifying harmful content.
The Case for Decriminalizing Sex Work in New York City
Decriminalizing sex work would allow for the creation of safety regulations to protect both sex workers and buyers from exploitation. If decriminalized, sex workers could safely report incidents of violence and sexual assault without fear of entering the criminal justice system themselves.
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The Vice-Loathing Reverend and the Sex Workers Who Took San Francisco by Storm in 1917
Daily Beast
On Jan. 25, 1917, sex workers in San Francisco marched to the Central Methodist Church to meet with Rev. Paul Smith, who had organized a campaign to rid and protect the city from vice. This was the first sex worker-led protest in the U.S.Washtenaw County will no longer prosecute consensual sex work
Detroit Free Press
"This is a really wonderful thing that other jurisdictions should duplicate because across the country, Black folks ... and also trans and cisgender women all bear the disproportionate burden of criminalization," said RJ Thompson, a sex worker who is managing director of the Sex Workers Project of the Urban Justice Center, a national legal services and advocacy group.What Sex Workers Want Kamala Harris to Know
The Nation
“A lot of black cis women, gender-nonconforming people and trans women just don’t know that it’s possible for a black woman to sit in such a high position.” But Bruce adds that “there’s some challenges because historically, we know that she hasn’t been supportive of trans women in particular, and also not supportive of sex workers. I just feel like for us to see positive change in our communities, we need to see her also change.”Response to: OHCHR Call for Submissions on Systemic Racism and Police Brutality
Together, Woodhull and SWP have prepared this response to highlight the impacts of systemic racism and police brutality on Black Sex Workers in the United States, this includes immigrants from Africa or African diaspora communities in other countries, as well as people of African descent.
Response to: OHCHR Call for Submissions on Systemic Racism and Police Brutality
Together, Woodhull and SWP have prepared this response to highlight the impacts of systemic racism and police brutality on Black Sex Workers in the United States, this includes immigrants from Africa or African diaspora communities in other countries, as well as people of African descent.
