About Us
Who We Are
We are a group of current and former sex workers, sex trafficking survivors, and allies advocating for policies that promote the health and safety of people involved in the sex industry.
What We Believe
We believe that people who have experienced exploitation should have access and opportunity to receive services and support no matter how they got where they are. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.
Meet our staff, interns, and volunteers.
Check out the advocacy research and news publications we produce here at COYOTE.
Read our annual reviews to see all that we accomplish.
National Sex Worker Anti-Criminalization Principles
We offer up these principles to our movement as a working template for a national platform.
The History of Sex Work Law in RI
In the United States, sex work was not explicitly outlawed in many areas for the first few centuries of its existence. Most states criminalized prostitution around the time of the First World War… Read more.
Margo St. James
Read about the founder of COYOTE, Margo St. James, who founded our national organization in 1973 to push for financial security, health care, and legal rights for sex workers.