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U.S. Border Patrol Agent Convicted of Killing 4 Sex Workers He Solicited

2022-12-12T20:19:13-05:00December 8th, 2022|

Jezebel

"According to [the Sex Workers Project of] the Urban Justice Center, 30% of interviewed sex workers said they had been threatened with violence by police officers, and 27% reported experiencing violence at the hands of police that included beatings and rape."

“What will we do if we get infected?”: An interview-based study of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the health and safety of sex workers in the United States

2022-12-19T17:56:22-05:00December 1st, 2022|

Science Direct

"Emerging evidence suggests that sex workers face unique and profound risks arising from the COVID-19 pandemic...The authors wish to thank participants who so generously shared their time and energy. We also wish to thank organizations that supported recruitment and consulted on study design, …[including] the Sex Workers Project of the Urban Justice Center."

Coalition Letter On Privacy and Free Expression Threats in Kids Online Safety Act

2022-11-28T20:33:24-05:00November 28th, 2022|

CDT

We, the undersigned organizations [including SWP], believe that the privacy, online safety, and digital well-being of children should be protected. However, S. 3663, the “Kids Online Safety Act” (KOSA), would undermine those goals for all people, but especially children, by effectively forcing providers to use invasive filtering and monitoring tools; jeopardizing private, secure communications; incentivizing increased data collection on children and adults; and undermining the delivery of critical services to minors by public agencies like schools. 

Letter: 90+ LGBTQ and human rights organizations oppose KOSA

2022-12-05T17:29:03-05:00November 28th, 2022|

Fight for hte Future

"While KOSA has laudable goals, it also presents significant unintended consequences that threaten the privacy, safety, and access to information rights of young people and adults alike. We urge members of Congress not to move KOSA forward this session..." - Signed by the Sex Worker’s Project of the Urban Justice Center and many other non-profits

Promise of a job, duped into the sex trade. How Asian women fall into trap of trafficking

2022-11-14T19:53:52-05:00November 1st, 2022|

North Jersey News

Illicit massage parlors have become the most prevalent form of the sex industry, constituting up to 85% of all sex industry activity in the U.S., according to research by the Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center.

Sex Work: Legalization and Decriminalization focus of Albany Law Review 2022 Fall Symposium

2022-10-31T17:08:03-04:00October 19th, 2022|

Albany News

"The symposium’s panel discussion on Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 3 p.m. will be moderated by Albany Law School's President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law Melissa L. Breger and feature….RJ Thompson, Esq. - Managing Director of the Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center."

“Doubling Our Prices For Creampie Scenes”: Sex Workers On Life After Roe

2022-10-31T17:39:47-04:00October 17th, 2022|

US Today

"Mo Ho, a Missouri sex worker rights organization, is already in the process of establishing a fund for people who need abortions. “We’re very, very good at making sure we find ways to circumvent this systematic oppression,” said Zola Bruce of the Urban Justice Project’s Sex Workers Project. “Because we have no other support.”"

There’s No Way FOSTA Isn’t a First Amendment Violation, Says Lawsuit

2022-09-19T13:21:12-04:00September 16th, 2022|

Reason

“There's no way the Allow States and Victims Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) doesn't violate the First Amendment, argues a federal lawsuit challenging the law. Among other things, it criminalizes web platforms that facilitate prostitution...Briefs supporting the plaintiffs have been filed by the Sex Workers Project of the Urban Justice Center and more than 20 other groups.”

The EARN IT Act Is Back. Here’s What People Are Saying

2022-02-09T19:42:35-05:00February 1st, 2022|

Reason

“The reintroduced EARN IT Act is now scheduled to be discussed at a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on Thursday. It's being sponsored by a bipartisan group that includes some of the Senate's worst actors, including Lindsey Graham (R–S.C.), Dianne Feinstein (D–Calif.), and Josh Hawley (R–Mo.)...The bill has earned criticism from all sorts of civil liberties, sex worker rights, LGBT, and free speech groups including the Sex Workers Project of the Urban Justice Center.”